The Highly Effective Employees Program: Driving Consistently High Levels of Performance

Highly Effective Organizations (HEO) knows that leadership isn’t just for managers. It starts at every level. That’s why our leadership training program for employees develops high-performance team members who bring initiative, improved collaboration, and better critical thinking to the table.
Built on decades of research and facilitated by Tim Nolan, Ed.D., our employee engagement training program gives our employees a complete toolset to lead from within.

Why Choose The Highly Effective Employees Program?
Unlike traditional seminars or generic online courses, The Highly Effective Employees Program is grounded in real-world practices that work. No theory. No fluff. It’s a guided, structured employee leadership development program that delivers measurable outcomes, including stronger team performance, better customer service, and improved employee retention.
The Highly Effective Employees Program is a six-month, step-by-step employee leadership training program that turns team members into confident contributors who bring the best version of themselves to work each day. With our proven employee engagement training, you can gain a team that takes ownership of their roles to shape a more productive and energized workplace.
Here’s what separates our performance improvement training program from others:
- Extremely cost-effective with a significant return on investment (ROI)
- Targets the most critical employee behaviors, including critical thinking, collaboration, and many others
- Easy to implement across teams, small and large
- Improve client and customer care through stronger internal performance
- Encourages employees to take initiative and provide suggestions that improve organization-wide metrics
- Fosters a shared standard of excellence across departments, no matter the size of your company
- Increases the frequency of high-performance behaviors
What’s Included:
Participants in our employee leadership training program experience the full value of a structured, repeatable process for personal and professional growth. Here’s what’s included:
- The Essential Handbook for Highly Effective Employees, a book that’s helped drive change for employees nationwide
- A comprehensive workbook for exercises and performance goals
- A personal development notebook for tracking leadership insights and participant progress
- Monthly 2-hour group sessions tied to book content and real-world applications
- Guided self-assessments to reflect on what participants are learning
Each employee begins our employee performance training program by completing a self-assessment, which each participant’s manager reviews. This step sets a baseline while building accountability and demonstrating a manager’s role as a partner engaged in a participant’s development.
HEO values and understands that your company has a lot on its plate. That’s why we only ask for about a 3-hour-per-month time commitment. That’s it! In the time a few lunches take, our leadership training program for employees can transform your organization into one that achieves significant long-term results.
Choose a Proven Employee Leadership Program That Will Transform Your Organization

If you want to reduce turnover, increase productivity, and build a culture grounded in taking ownership, this is the complete employee leadership training program to get your business where it needs to be. Participants leave with stronger communication habits, a more proactive mindset, and a clear understanding of how each participant can bring their unique skills to their team and organization.
Here’s a closer look at the modules of The Highly Effective Employees Program:
- Taking Initiative with Positive Energy: Cultivate a proactive mindset that influences others while elevating your performance.
- Using a Self-Reflective Approach to Drive High Performance: Strengthen professionalism, customer service, and personal accountability.
- Utilizing Advanced Critical Thinking to Embrace Change: Equip employees to solve problems, contribute ideas, and lead through transitional times.
- Maximize Your Professional Growth and Passion to Excel: Help employees own their development, improve relationships, and carry out a growth plan.
Get Started Today
Leadership starts with your people. Performance improvements naturally follow when your employees are empowered to think and act like leaders with a proven employee engagement training program. Help your team step into their true potential with a research-backed, scalable, and easy-to-deploy employee leadership training program that works in today’s fast-paced workplace. Request a free copy of The Essential Handbook for Highly Effective Employees and schedule a program demonstration.










