McLean’s Guide to Crafting the Leadership Lifecycle
Thursday, February 6, at 1:00 PM ET | 10:00 AM PT
Webinar Summary
According to McLean & Company’s HR Trends Report 2025, developing leaders is the #1 priority for organizations, yet only 32% of respondents report HR is highly effective at developing leaders.
What if we told you we could help you craft a plan to prepare leaders? McLean & Company’s workshops are designed to help HR organizations overcome several challenges, starting with outlining the importance of leadership within your HR strategy, developing a framework to build leadership competencies, and designing a succession planning program – all of which help lay the foundation of a future-proof workforce by strategically developing your leaders.
Join us for this webinar, where our expert speakers will discuss:
- Why investing in HR initiatives to build leaders is important, beginning with prioritizing within the annual HR strategy.
- How our workshops can help you accelerate your most pressing HR projects in just one week.
- Our proven methodologies and process-driven activities that will help you fast-track your project, strengthen internal networks, and break down silos.
- Three of our most popular workshops that can help you to craft your leadership lifecycle, including creating an HR strategy, developing a competency framework, and designing a succession planning program.
Meet the Speakers
Rebecca Watson
Practice Lead, HR Workshops, McLean & Company
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As Practice Lead of HR Workshops at McLean & Company, Rebecca Watson helps our clients tackle key initiatives and build programs aligned with talent and organizational strategy. She is passionate about developing leadership at every level.
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Rebecca’s HR career spans over 25 years in national and multinational organizations within the higher education, technology, retail, aviation, and mining industries. She’s applied her in-depth knowledge of the full employee lifecycle while leading HR departments as well as centers of excellence in Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Employee and Leadership Development, and HR Operations.
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Rebecca holds designations in HR including CPHR and SHRM-SCP and has certificates in Strategic Leadership, Human Resources Management, Adult Education, and Change Management.
Sheri Blades
Director, HR Workshops, McLean & Company
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Sheri Blades is a Director of HR Workshops at McLean & Company. Sheri thrives on building trusted relationships through meaningful conversations to meet client needs and concerns. Sheri has over 10 years of HR experience in leadership development, team effectiveness, process consulting, and facilitation.
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Prior to joining McLean, Sheri worked in financial and professional services. Sheri has extensive knowledge and experience in talent development, change management, and organizational effectiveness and leading teams through complex strategic planning efforts.
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Sheri holds a Master of Arts in Human Systems Intervention from Concordia University and a personal and professional coaching certificate. Sheri also has a certificate in Adult Education from OISE and an HR certificate from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson).
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