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Leaders don't excel because of the books they've read or the training programs they've attended: Experience builds high performance leadership. CLS has designed a unique approach to leveraging experiences, which has made us the world's leading consultancy in the area of experience-based development. We specialize in the development of high potential leadership, and design and implement leadership solutions to accelerate learning from experience.

We start by identifying the skills, knowledge and perspectives your leaders must have to face your firm's key business challenges. We then assess the experiences that will maximize the development of your high potentials that prepare them to excel. We then design systems to match your high potential people with the right experiences at the right time so they can learn the right lessons.

Our unique research driven process allows us to identify the most powerful experiences within your company, and the lessons they provide. We build development models that align high potentials with high-impact development experiences. By offering the most powerful development experiences to your best talent, you not only develop your high performers, but you also increase their retention by showing commitment to their development.

CLS offers an internet-based process for assessing and tracking the experience of your employees. Through this online system, you can build a comprehensive database of key experiences and learnings from your most talented leaders. This allows you to generate reports that manage experiences within your company and ensures you build a leadership team to meet your business challenges.