You can always grow—personally and professionally. As long as you have the desire to improve, our personal development programs can help you unlock potential, set meaningful goals, and achieve measurable results beyond your current performance.
Whatever your personal development goals may be, Leadership Performance Group delivers proven programs to help you reach them. Built on the Leadership Management International (LMI) approach, our offerings include self-improvement courses, personal productivity plans, and leadership development—all tailored to fit your needs and growth objectives.

Leadership Performance Group’s personal development programs are built on the proven approach of Leadership Management International (LMI)—the world’s leading provider of leadership development. We offer high-quality tools, courses, and training programs designed to help individuals improve performance and reach their full potential.
Whether you’re working to improve focus, communication, mindset, or team dynamics, our expert team helps you grow with step-by-step strategies tailored to your goals. From personal productivity to team building, every program is designed to strengthen the skills, behaviors, and attitudes that drive meaningful, measurable change.
Your productivity is measured by how well you generate, enhance or create products or services. We help you build a stronger internal ambition and show you how small, positive changes in your attitude can have a huge impact on your personal productivity program.
Actions speak louder than words, which means strong leaders need to support their expectations of their employees by holding themselves to the same accountability. We help your directors and supervisors develop the necessary skills to effectively lead their teams.
Whether it’s by putting people in positions they can thrive in or efficiently managing time and resources to achieve lofty goals, people in leadership positions form the backbone of your company. We can help your managers balance their power and authority to generate optimal employee production.
Your productivity is measured by how well you generate, enhance or create products or services. We help you build a stronger internal ambition and show you how small, positive changes in your attitude can have a huge impact on your personal productivity program.
Actions speak louder than words, which means strong leaders need to support their expectations of their employees by holding themselves to the same accountability. We help your directors and supervisors develop the necessary skills to effectively lead their teams.
Whether it’s by putting people in positions they can thrive in or efficiently managing time and resources to achieve lofty goals, people in leadership positions form the backbone of your company. We can help your managers balance their power and authority to generate optimal employee production.
Whether you want to become a more effective leader, improve as a manager, or build stronger relationships, personal development is key. The right program can help you strengthen essential skills, shift your mindset, and reach your full potential.
Leadership Performance Group offers personal development programs built on the proven methodology of Leadership Management International (LMI). Here are some of the most common questions we hear about how our process works—and what it can help you achieve.
Our plans are customizable, so you can choose from a selection of courses and other tools that suit your personal development goals. You will work closely with our personal development experts, who will help you define your vision and goals. Based on this, our team will help you select the material that is most appropriate for your needs.
We have a variety of courses and tools to choose from to develop a custom personal development plan. We know that there can never be a one-size-fits-all plan for everyone. We offer leadership, team building, interpersonal communication, mastering public speaking, and personal productivity courses, among others.
While all areas of business development are important, both the immediate and long-term goals of your business dictate which areas you should focus on. For example, if you are looking to expand your business, you may want to focus on developing strategic partnerships. In addition, excellence starts at the top, so it’s important to focus on building excellent leadership and management within your business. For this, we can recommend some of the best online management courses in the industry. Overall, having clear business goals, robust data management systems, and client engagement and retention strategies are key areas for any business to focus their development on.
Our team of expert professionals not only has the business expertise and experience but is also results-oriented and driven to succeed. We work with you to identify your goals and craft cutting-edge plans to achieve them. We have a hands-on approach to delivering successful solutions for all aspects of your business development goals.
Productivity is the true measure of success. Our Effective Personal Productivity program is designed to accomplish just that. Through it, we empower you with skills for enhancing personal awareness, fine-tuning your efficiency, and effectively achieving your goals. The comprehensive, multi-phase program allows you to unlock new potential by establishing superior self-management.
To begin, we will utilize our psychological assessment. The Profile Evaluation System (PES) is an exceptional tool that characterizes individuals on a number of psychological traits that are important for job performance. Discover more about the PES and how it can help your organization.
Like all of our developmental programs, your road to more effective personal productivity begins with an introduction to the basic concepts of the LMI Process and our developmental approach. Your complete buy-in to the notions of multi-sensory learning, spaced repetition, and the power of goal setting is vital to successfully completing the program.
Whether you’re trying to become more productive, communicate more effectively, or evolve into a better salesperson, strong self-motivation and crystallized goals are the keys to your enhanced success.
To begin, we will utilize our psychological assessment. The Profile Evaluation System (PES) is an exceptional tool that characterizes individuals on a number of psychological traits that are important for job performance. Discover more about the PES and how it can help your organization.
The Effective Selling Strategies Courses will help you learn the arts of prospecting and presentation delivery so you can attract clients. We’ll then show you how to recognize buying signals and discover prime buying motives so you can become an expert closer and deliver the ultimate customer experience.
Our multi-phase Effective Selling Strategies program is meant for people who are motivated to make professional selling their career. The program’s methods can be used to achieve maximum results within the sales profession.
Faulty communication and poor leadership are, unfortunately, the bane of many companies. Regardless of employee talent or product quality, if an organization’s leaders aren’t effectively communicating, managing, delegating, and increasing productivity, that organization will remain stagnant instead of moving forward toward its goals. Not only will products and people fail to reach their full potential, but the atmosphere, morale, and productivity of the organization will also suffer immensely. Talented employees may even become disgruntled and leave, while those who remain question the value of their work and the overall direction of the organization.
Thankfully, great leadership can be developed, and good communication can be taught. Any organization, no matter what their current situation, can be turned around and improved. The key to Effective Leadership Development lies in training and motivating people to a higher level of productivity.
To begin, we will utilize our psychological assessment. The Profile Evaluation System (PES) is an exceptional tool that characterizes individuals on a number of psychological traits that are important for job performance. Discover more about the PES and how it can help your organization.
Our multi-phase Effective Leadership Development program is designed to help current leaders realize the full weight of their actions and learn to lead with authority and conviction. It will also help develop new leaders and equip them with all the tools to motivate and nurture people to their maximum potential.
Communication, though it seems simple on the surface, is actually quite a complex area of business that costs companies untold millions every year. Most companies underestimate the importance of communication and therefore don’t give it the proper time, energy, and resources that it deserves.
The Effective Communication program can help your company and employees to improve communication skills, overcome communication barriers, and truly understand styles of behavior and the various ways of communicating.
Our eight-phase Effective Communication Course is designed to help organizations improve their communication skills from top to bottom and, in the process, also learn how to solve problems through communication.
Great leaders are respected and revered. They are self-motivated and tenacious individuals who are admired within all levels of an organization. It is a leader that blazes new trails and accomplishes feats others have only dreamed. Your ability as a leader can speak volumes about how you are observed as a professional and as a representative of your organization. Whether in your personal life or in your career, you will be observed according to your ability to lead your peers and in your role as a thought leader in your field and industry.
To begin, we will utilize our psychological assessment. The Profile Evaluation System (PES) is an exceptional tool that characterizes individuals on a number of psychological traits that are important for job performance. Discover more about the PES and how it can help your organization.
Visionaries are hidden in every organization. We aim to reveal your untapped potential. Through our Effective Personal Leadership program, you will develop the skill set required to spearhead your goals and create a winning environment despite the odds.
Our multi-phase Effective Personal Leadership program is designed to uncover, develop, and tailor your personal leadership abilities.
You will learn to believe in your full potential and discover the untapped potential within.
Learn about the opportunities for leadership and personal growth while detailing the courage needed.
Focus on your strengths and understand the rewards of leadership and the internal nature of personal leadership.
Nothing is more frustrating for employees than a ‘leader’ who doesn’t lead by example and can’t properly communicate their vision. People aren’t productive or motivated when they don’t see the logic or reasoning behind a specific directive. If your leaders can’t outline and explain the basic notions of their plan, they’ll have an extremely hard time getting employees on board with their goals and expectations.
To begin we will utilize our psychological assessment. The Profile Evaluation System (PES) is an exceptional tool that characterizes individuals on a number of psychological traits that are important for job performance. Discover more about the PES and how it can help your organization.
Leaders like Richard Branson, who might appear unconventional on the surface, are masters at defining a laser-focused strategy and presenting it to their companies in such a way that employees are not only on board, but enthusiastic and anxious to get started. The key to effective strategic leadership rests on a leader’s ability to clarify why his or her company exists, where it currently stands and ultimately, execute on a plan to get it where it needs to be.
Leadership for Women is a focused development experience designed to help women strengthen their voice, elevate their presence, and lead with confidence. Through ten progressive phases, participants explore the connection between values, vision, and leadership identity—gaining tools to lead authentically and effectively.
The program begins with the Profile Evaluation System (PES)—a behavioral assessment that helps uncover individual strengths, motivational drivers, and key traits linked to leadership performance. This insight becomes the foundation for personal growth and practical development.
Leadership for Women supports participants in overcoming limiting beliefs, reshaping self-perception, and stepping into roles of greater impact—with clarity, intention, and influence.
The ONI is a work-smart tool that is unbiased, confidential, and provides a comprehensive diagnosis of an organization. The ONI measures your structure today compared to the ideal of tomorrow. This tool can help you effect productive changes so that everyone in your company is motivated and moving in the same direction.
Want to know your organization’s culture? ONI will give you The Organizational Needs Inventory® (ONI), allowing everyone’s input. It gives leaders a current picture of what the organization looks like in terms of its people and their perceptions. It sets a benchmark for the management team’s leadership and provides a clear measurement of success into the future.
The ONI is for Organizations whose leaders want to build a better environment for attracting and retaining better people, thereby achieving better operating results:
The ONI Report consists of an Executive Summary, Factor Scores, and Item Scores.
Executive Summary—Contains the major finding of the organization as perceived by the members of the organization.
Factor Scores—Focuses attention on scores for the specific group factors such as years with the company, gender, age, and position within the company, and includes suggestions to management as a basis for action.
Item Scores—Focuses attention on specific, concrete beliefs, perceptions, and practices.
The ONI is a survey and comprehensive report relating to three key areas for every organization. The survey is administered to a cross-section of the organization. The report measures participant feedback by how they currently view the organization and what their ideal view would be. It photographs the current organizational structure, leadership style, and organizational culture, allowing decision-makers to guide the organization. Responses are confidentially processed, and a comprehensive report is prepared, which pinpoints areas of concern.
The Development Needs Inventory was designed to help leaders understand their strengths and development needs better. This customizable assessment consists of 9 base and 6 optional scales. When combined with a facilitated interpretation and feedback session, the DNI results provide participants a sound basis for setting development goals and tracking developmental improvement over time. This information facilitates individual growth and progress, increasing the overall effectiveness of the organization.

The DNI was designed with the following objectives in mind to help leaders lead more effectively. Other objectives that support this primary objective:
The Development Needs Inventory ® (DNI) is a 360-degree instrument that is administered over the internet and designed to allow managers, supervisors, and others in leadership positions to better understand their strengths and development needs. The information provided by the DNI will help facilitate the individual(s) growth and progress and, as a result, increase their effectiveness in the organization. Designed for customization to the client’s needs, it consists of 9 base scales and 6 optional scales.
Base Scales
Optional Scales
Find it difficult to learn about an applicant’s abilities through their resume and interview? Our Profile Evaluation is your ultimate solution.
Our Profile Evaluation System enables you to know about the mental aptitudes and personality dimensions of the applicant, which play a major role in their work output and progress. Define the ideal talent sets you require, ask applicants or employees to complete the online assessment, and get detailed coaching, hiring, and personal reports. The Profile Evaluation System clearly identifies strengths and development needs. This not only helps you hire the right fit but also empowers you to assist employees to grow into the position to which they are best suited or most interested.

The Aptitudes section consists of six sections, each of which was designed to measure an aptitude important in job performance.
The personality structure is measured in accordance with the Bell Curve with one-third of the population in the 1-3 range, one-third in the 4-6 range, and one-third in the 7-9 range. There is no particular low or high. Instead, the level scored must be compared to the requirements of the job or the lifestyle.
The Distortion and Equivocation measurements are added to the instrument to assess the reliability and accuracy of the answers given by the individual completing the evaluation booklet.
People thrive when they are put in a comfortable environment and allowed to work and provide input on projects they are passionate about. Great managers create effective teams by having the intuition and foresight to put their employees in situations where they can learn, grow, and achieve their personal goals while simultaneously doing great work for their company. Too many companies throw their teams together without thinking about group dynamics or asking their employees for input regarding their tasks and assignments.
To begin, we will utilize our psychological assessment. The Profile Evaluation System (PES) is an exceptional tool that characterizes individuals on a number of psychological traits that are important for job performance. Discover more about the PES and how it can help your organization.
The Effective Team Dynamics program helps managers understand their teams and outlines proven methods for setting and achieving team goals.
The multi-phase Effective Team Dynamics program is designed to help both managers and team members begin to thrive in a learning environment and understand the five keys to team success by assuming responsibility and accountability.
Jonah Erbe currently serves as President at Leadership Management International, a global leadership development organization operating in over 80 countries and offering programs in more than 25 languages. Jonah’s personal mission is to help others realize their potential—physically, mentally, spiritually, professionally, and relationally—a guiding statement that informs his work both within LMI and beyond.
As author of Excellence for Influence, Jonah shares insights at the intersection of Biblical faith and workplace leadership, encouraging faith-informed excellence in career and daily life. Since early 2025, he has also been publishing a Substack newsletter titled Leadership in Light of Eternity, addressing leadership, priorities, family, and work through an eternal and scriptural lens.
Residing in Texas with his wife, Brooke (his high‑school sweetheart), and their children, Jonah integrates his roles as business leader, pastorally minded coach, and family man. He frequently emphasizes leading by example, stewarding servant-hearted leadership, and inspiring organizations to reach their full potential for Kingdom purpose.
President and CEO Randy Slechta has served in a variety of leadership roles since joining the business in 1985. It was his outstanding management and professional development skills, combined with his commitment to fulfilling our purpose of “Developing Leaders and Organizations to Their Full Potential™,” that led Founder Paul Meyer to appoint him president of LMI® and SMI® in 1993. Recognized throughout the world as a pioneer in the leadership development industry, Slechta is frequently asked to share his expertise with others. Randy has personally given thousands of presentations, speaking to millions of people in almost 60 different countries. Under his leadership, sales have grown over 400%, and the organization has expanded to over 80 countries, with programs available in more than 25 different languages. Upholding the legacy of our founder, Randy will continue to cultivate leadership on a global basis by expanding the business into untapped markets.
“The LMI experience encourages and supports the articulation of a personal mission statement. Here is mine: to be a lead actor in the many roles I play in life and continually work at developing a better version of myself. I want others to be able to breathe a little easier because of my contribution.”
Founder Paul J. Meyer’s extraordinary life and legacy seem unlikely for a boy born into a poor immigrant family. Much of Paul’s childhood was spent working in the fields, orchards, and vineyards with other migrant workers. After a particularly grueling workday, young Meyer asked his mother, “Am I going to have to do manual labor all my life?” His mother’s insightful response profoundly influenced Paul’s life. She put her hands on her son’s head, looked straight into his eyes, and said, “You have everything right in here to do anything and be anything you want.”
a.k.a. ‘Boss Lady’ Maria is the Executive Assistant at Slight Edge Group- LMI Canada, where she helps her team produce amazing results for their clients. From keeping communication consistent between clients, to ensuring the office is running smoothly through organization, arranging and planning – it all helps produce an atmosphere where LMI’s clients are happy and ready to become the best they have ever been. Maria’s mission in life is to help people rise above their circumstances, go beyond their own expectations in life and reach the potential they are meant to have. Here at LMI, she gets to do just that. A wife and a mom of two, she is always looking for new adventures to explore and happy to have old ones revisited. From road trips with the family to coaching soccer- she loves being outdoors and seriously jokes that she is solar powered. Her other mission in life is to get a puppy…
CEO Slight Edge Group Licensee of LMI Canada Steve Daniels, CEO Slight Edge Group was previously honoured as the “America’s 2013 Motivator of the Year”, “2010 Rookie Licensee of the Year”, “America’s 2015 Sales Leader of the year”, “America’s 2018 Motivator of the Year” and recently honoured as the recipient of the “2019 Sales Leader of the Year” and “2020 Sales Leader of the Year” awards. He has also been named to the prestigious President’s Honor Club at the Executive Degree level. Steve’s philosophy is simple, “To inspire a passion for life and leadership in everyone he meets”. He takes great pride in being able to help individuals and organizations make great leaps toward measurable change. Helping them better themselves through changing both behaviour and habits of thought that affect their results and subsequently, their level of success.teve Daniels, CEO Slight Edge Group was recently honoured as the “America’s 2018 Motivator of the Year” and previously honoured as the “America’s 2015 Sales Leader of the year”, “America’s 2013 Motivator of the Year”, recipient of the “2019 Sales Leader of the Year” and “2020 Sales Leader of the Year” awards, and “2010 Rookie Licensee of the Year”. He has also been named to the prestigious President’s Honor Club at the Executive Degree level. Steve’s philosophy is simple, “To inspire a passion for life and leadership in everyone he meets”. He takes great pride in being able to help individuals and organizations make great leaps toward measurable change. Helping them better themselves through changing both behaviour and habits of thought that affect their results and subsequently, their level of success.
Nothing is more frustrating for employees than a ‘leader’ who doesn’t lead by example and can’t properly communicate their vision. People aren’t productive or motivated when they don’t see the logic or reasoning behind a specific directive. If your leaders can’t outline and explain the basic notions of their plan, they’ll have a difficult time getting employees on board with their goals and expectations.
To begin, we will utilize our psychological assessment. The Profile Evaluation System (PES) is an exceptional tool that characterizes individuals on a number of psychological traits that are important for job performance. Discover more about the PES and how it can help your organization.
Leaders like Richard Branson, who might appear unconventional on the surface, are masters at defining a laser-focused strategy and presenting it to their companies in such a way that employees are not only on board but also enthusiastic and anxious to get started. The key to effective strategic leadership rests on a leader’s ability to clarify why his or her company exists, where it currently stands, and ultimately, execute on a plan to get it where it needs to be.
People aren’t motivated to follow other people by the archaic notion of hierarchies, which is why the development of truly exceptional leaders who can effortlessly motivate others to follow them is of utmost importance. Great leaders are respected, revered, and admired, and people follow them because they want to, not because an organization chart says they have to.
To begin, we will utilize our psychological assessment. The Profile Evaluation System (PES) is an exceptional tool that characterizes individuals on a number of psychological traits that are important for job performance. Discover more about the PES and how it can help your organization.
Leaders aren’t just leaders; they are visionaries and communicators who are equally as capable of leading groups of people down a broad path or an individual along a narrow, personal path. Whatever your specific area of need, our Effective Motivational Leadership program will help you and your employees understand what it takes to be a great leader and not only create winning teams that forge ahead into today’s volatile business environment but also foster an organization full of leaders on every level.
Our multi-phase Effective Motivational Leadership program is designed to help leaders communicate and motivate, like visionary legends Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.