13/10/2026
What makes leadership development valuable - not just engaging?
For Memetics, it comes down to one question: Are we helping leaders develop the behaviours their organisation needs? After several months of preparation, we’re delighted to kick off a tailored, Development Programme for more than 30 managers in the financial services industry.
Designed around our client’s leadership competency model, this programme is more than a series of workshops. It is a continuous learning journey that connects development with clear behavioural expectations. Not every organisation needs a comprehensive competency model as its development blueprint. For some roles and industries, a simpler framework - , , , and Other - may be sufficient to identify .
But a well-defined competency model helps us connect three important questions:
🔹 What specific behaviours do we want leaders to demonstrate?
🔹 Where are the gaps between current and desired performance?
🔹 How will we assess whether development is making a difference?
A heartfelt thank - you to our client for trusting Memetics People Development Consultancy to design a sustained development programme - not simply a one-off workshop. This partnership allows us to create opportunities for learning beyond the classroom, with practical assignments that reinforce learning and encourage application at work. assessments will also help us track development, alongside evaluating how changes in leadership behaviour contribute to business impact.
As a training consultant, we believe the value of training is not defined by how entertaining it is, how novel the content feels, or how many theories we introduce. Those elements can enrich the experience. But the real test is whether we help people develop - and consistently demonstrate - the behaviours that matter to their organisation. That is what competency-based development brings into focus: turning leadership expectations into observable behaviours, and those behaviours into meaningful development goals. In your experience, what helps leadership learning translate into lasting behavioural change at work?