Case Study: Developing a Future-Proofed Executive Pipeline
August 1, 2025
2024 Brandon Hall Bronze Winner – Best Leadership Development Program
As a global property insurance company neared its 200th anniversary, the demands of a fast-changing world—ESG priorities, climate risk, and global expansion—outpaced its leadership model. Despite technical depth, the firm lacked a pipeline of leaders ready to navigate ambiguity, innovate boldly, and drive global growth.
The High-Potential Vice Presidents at a Crossroads
The firm identified 25 high-potential Vice Presidents to participate in a new flagship program to prepare them for C-suite readiness—developing strategic acumen, leadership agility, and innovation capabilities. But they needed a partner to bring credibility, depth, and structure to the transformation.
AIIR Consulting as an Embedded Partner
The firm partnered with AIIR Consulting to create the Senior Leadership Development Program (SLDP)—a transformative journey built around discovery, coaching, and global immersion.
The collaboration began with a strategic design “hackathon,” aligning internal priorities with a behavioral science-backed approach. The program, designed around the AIIR® Method, utilized the Coaching Mindset Index® to ensure the program would drive real, lasting change.
A Science-Backed Program Designed to Develop a Robust Pipeline of Effective Leaders
All of AIIR’s engagements are designed around the AIIR® Method — Assessment, Insight, Implementation, Reinforcement — a proven approach to transforming leaders, teams, and organizations and empowering them to achieve excellence.
Assessment
AIIR’s approach to executive leadership development includes a robust assessment phase. Leaders were assessed using the firms’s proprietary survey-based 360º and the AIIR Coaching Mindset Index®, which helps leaders understand how they leverage coaching skills and strategies to manage others.
Insight
During the Insight phase, AIIR’s executive coaches and consultants leverage decades of experience and expertise to help individuals and organizations make meaning of assessment data.
In addition, understanding the learning objectives and the preference for highly skilled facilitators who have been successful in their respective fields, AIIR evaluated its group of global facilitators and provided several recommendations for each learning block.
Implementation
The implementation phase is where we turn insights into action. Participants engaged in four immersive, week-long global sessions focused on key leadership capabilities: strategic leadership (U.S.), business acumen (Singapore), innovation (Germany), and leading change (U.S.). Instructional designers evaluated each first-run session to inform improvements for future cohorts. Throughout the program, participants also met with coaches for five 1:1 sessions to advance their Strategic Development Plan and apply learning from the SLDP experience.
Reinforcement
As the program neared completion, the executive coaching sessions focused on strategies to sustain behavior change in the program over time. In addition, participants were tasked with working on solving a business challenge in groups throughout the program, culminating in a final presentation to the Executive Team.
A Pipeline Transformed, A Legacy Secured
The results were decisive:
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- 100% applied coaching to their roles
- 90% improved in self-management, leadership brand, and performance
- 60% reported gains in team engagement and performance
- NPS: 90
One participant’s team expanded—and thrived—due to a new leadership approach. Others received feedback on improved listening, trust, and impact.
“Our teams are more engaged, and our work is more aligned with enterprise priorities.”
—Program Participant
A New Leadership Legacy
With SLDP, the firm redefined its leadership legacy. Through deep partnership with AIIR Consulting, the organization built a new model for executive development—anchored in strategy, global perspective, and sustainable behavior change. What began as a cohort experience became a catalyst for cultural transformation.
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