ABOUT US

Founded in 1991, our mission is to assist small and medium-sized businesses to develop robust succession pipelines and build a leadership development strategy. This is an efficient and cost-effective approach that also ensures retention and engagement.

We’re all about the ROI.

Clients love working with us because we are a true business partner with experience in dozens of industries from hospitality to finance, pharma, manufacturing, and more. By developing your future leaders from within you’ll enjoy higher retention, higher productivity, and a clear vision for the future that everyone is aligned with - these achievements, in turn, lead to greater profitability.

In this Chief Learning Officer magazine article, we share our approach to developing well-rounded leaders.

And in this Forbes article, founder Dr. Nanette Miner (learn more about her, below) talks about why training doesn’t work - and what actually does.

In a nutshell, here is our philosophy on succession planning…

ABOUT YOU

You are the CEO / COO / Owner / Founder of a company with 100 – 400 employees and you are motivated by one of three things (all of which require a robust leadership pipeline):

• You would like to retire and leave the company in the hands of capable people who will continue to fulfill the mission and vision of your company in an increasingly volatile business environment. 

• You would like to sell your company to a competitor.

• You would like to sell your company to your employees, via an ESOP.

  We primarily work with manufacturing, AEC, professional services, and healthcare organizations. 

Nanette Miner, Ed.D., Founder

I love business.

I started working at age 11 and I can’t foresee a day when I would stop. Everything about business is intriguing and exhilarating to me. I have consulted for a wide range of industries including finance, pharma, manufacturing, consulting, hospitality, broadcasting, oil & gas, professional services, the US military, and more.

After spending 25 years consulting with Fortune 500 companies on talent and performance I realized that the #1 thing they get wrong is how they develop their future leaders (if they develop them at all). So today…I am on a mission to help organizations to sustain their success by preparing their future leaders.

Give me a call so we can talk about your vision for the future and how to get you there… and while we’re at it, we can also talk about these fun facts:

• I was a professional drummer for three years

• I ride a Harley

• While in college, I was the personal assistant to Ronald McDonald

FAQ’s

Here are the top questions we get about our services and work:

What type of training do you offer?

We don’t offer training. We help you to strategize professional development for your organization and your people, to achieve your business goals. There is endless leadership training out there, we don’t need to create more. Our expertise lies in:

• Thoughtfully and purposefully customizing the best approach for increasing the capabilities of your organization, through your people

• Introducing you to vendors and programs that would work best for your needs – these might be enterprise resources like LinkedIn Learning, an affiliation with your local college, or vetting a coach to work one-on-one with an up-and-coming leader

What makes you different from other leadership development consultants?

We concentrate on succession planning first; then leadership development. 

Over the years we’ve come to discover that helping companies with “leadership development” isn’t enough, they also need help with:

• Identifying who to choose as future leaders 

• Knowing how long it takes to develop leadership capabilities in future-leaders 

• Identifying the best resources and approaches to developing their future-leaders 

• Knowing who “owns” succession planning and leadership development 

Hence, we developed our Succession Sprint to swiftly (two-days) move through the big questions that often become stumbling blocks and lead to inaction.

How do we get started?

Industry Experience

The Training Doctor has never specialized in a particular industry or trade because leadership skills are a universal need for all companies; however, our heart lies in manufacturing, construction, healthcare, and professional services like ourselves.