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Licensing Partnerships
Become an official CLS Licensing Partner and offer Situational Leadership® training to your own clients!
Leverage Our Content and Brand to Grow Your Business!
Accelerate the growth of your business by partnering with our team of experts. As a valued CLS Licensing Partner, you will have the ability to train and sell our Situational Leadership® Essentials program to your clients—including assessments, course materials and sustainment.
Building a Robust Partner Community
Our desire is to partner with organizations that have an established presence in local markets who want to deliver exceptional leadership development solutions. We believe that by collaborating with like-minded organizations, we can extend our impact and achieve mutual success in key international markets.
Our Ideal Partner
The right partner will have a deep understanding of the territory in which they wish to represent CLS. This includes knowledge of local organizational structures, customary business practices and legal requirements, all of which are essential for a successful partnership. Partners should also have a proven track record of selling and delivering leadership development services.
The CLS Advantage
As a CLS partner, you will enjoy access to a portfolio of world-class leadership training that will expand your credibility and impact. As well as joining a community of people who are dedicated to building a legacy of leadership, you’ll equip people at all levels of the organization to effectively influence, engage and succeed. This is the CLS advantage:
A Model You Can Trust
All of the learning content from CLS is built on the foundation of the Situational Leadership® Model. Based on more than 100 years of behavioral science and more than 55 years of training, this model has stood the test of time and is more relevant now than ever.
Cohesive Learning Experience
Because all of our courses are tied to the Situational Leadership® Model, they reflect a consistent philosophy and build upon each other.
Available for a Global Audience
Our goal is to empower global organizations to achieve a common leadership language across all of their employees. That is why we have translated our flagship program into more than 13 languages. And if we don’t have a language now, we will work with you to make it available for your audience.
Consistent Quality
At CLS, we take pride in providing the highest quality products to leaders and organizations across the globe.
Thought Leadership
As an industry leader with over five decades of experience, we understand the importance of sharing our expertise to help others develop world-class leaders. That’s why we create relevant, actionable insights on key topics like leadership, influence, learning strategies and more.
Customer Service
We take pride in offering superior customer service and a best-in-class user experience that truly stands out.
Additional Support for Your Solution
Participating in the CLS Partner Network gives you access to training developed by L&D experts for learner engagement and training excellence, but there’s more. In addition to providing training to your organization, we also offer the following services for additional fees:
- Ensure Executive Readiness: Leadership development is an ongoing journey. Strengthen your client’s C-suite team and build bench strength with our executive coaches. With our experienced coaches, your executives will embark on a personalized development experience.
- Leverage Our Experts: Hire CLS trainers to train your learners.
- Own the Message: As you roll out Situational Leadership® courses, your clients can co-brand the training materials and even add videos and quotes from their executives describing why this training is important for the success of their organization.
- Make It Personal: In-person certification with your trainers by a CLS master trainer.
- Access Our Expert Learning Team: Need help creating connections between your existing training and Situational Leadership® courses? Our team of training experts stands ready to serve you. We will work with you to build custom learning solutions that directly address needs of your learners.
- Deliver Keynotes: Reduced rate for leadership experts to present to your organization on a variety of topics, including: the Situational Leadership® Model, women in leadership, coaching, leadership trends and more.
Path to Partnership
Our Story
CLS, founded by Dr. Paul Hersey, is the global home of the Situational Leadership® Model, the most successfully and widely adopted leadership model available.
Grounded in research and application, our award-winning solutions enable leaders to engage in effective performance conversations that build trust, increase productivity and drive behavior change. We serve customers both domestically and internationally through an extensive network of over 200 learning professionals in more than 25 languages.
Under the leadership of Maureen Shriver, an industry veteran with a track record of success as an executive, CLS has trained more than 15 million managers worldwide in the Situational Leadership® framework as we continue honoring Doc’s legacy of leadership.
For more than 55 years, CLS has partnered with organizations to develop their most important asset—their people!
Take the Next Step
Are you ready to turn potential into performance for your clients by joining the CLS Partner Network? Or do you still have questions you need answered? Either way, our team is here to help! Start a conversation with one of our experts, so we can learn how to best serve you.
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