Revolutionizing Leadership Development: How LAK Group Boosted Coaching ROI by 14x with Yoodli AI

TL;DR: LAK Group implemented ORIEL Coaching on Demand, powered by Yoodli, to boost coaching ROI by 14x, triple service efficiency, increase retention by 28%, and improve goal attainment by 70% for leaders and teams. By modernizing their coaching approach, LAK Group now delivers scalable, high-impact coaching that prioritizes strategic guidance and supports leaders at every level.

Background

LAK Group, based in Wisconsin, is dedicated to empowering organizations across industries such as healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, as well as supporting individuals in enhancing leadership capabilities and advancing their careers. Their approach emphasizes in-depth discovery, practical application, and experiential learning to deliver meaningful growth and development. Their key focus areas include: 

• Leadership Development: Equipping leaders with skills for resilience, strategic growth, and change management to inspire and elevate teams in today’s dynamic business environment. 
• Preparing Emerging Leaders: Empowering emerging leaders across multigenerational workplaces through mentorship and experiential learning, enabling them to take on greater responsibility.
• Career Development for Key Individual Contributors: Developing career paths for key contributors to retain top talent and build a skilled pipeline, aligning individual growth with long term company goals.
• Career Planning: Helping individuals and organizations align career aspirations with strategic goals through personalized guidance and targeted development plans.

By integrating ORIEL Coaching on Demand, powered by Yoodli, into their service offering, LAK Group increased leader accountability and engagement in personal development by 40%.

The Challenge

Despite their success, LAK Group encountered challenges in scaling their high-value leadership coaching to meet client needs and evolving workforce demands. Key challenges included: 

1. Meeting Multigenerational Needs: Addressing coaching preferences across generations required a flexible approach beyond traditional methods.
2. Proving ROI: Client companies needed quantifiable results to justify coaching investments.
3. Enhancing Career Pathways: Younger employees sought personalized, mentorship-driven growth opportunities.
4. Maximizing Coach Impact: High demands limited coach bandwidth for strategic guidance, highlighting a need for scalable, self-directed coaching.

The Solution

LAK Group introduced ORIEL Coaching on Demand, a unique approach that integrates a coaching technology platform powered by Yoodli’s AI. This innovative solution blends traditional coaching with an AI-enhanced framework, delivering a personalized and scalable coaching experience. Through ORIEL, clients gain access to Yoodli’s AI to practice giving feedback, navigating difficult conversations, and reinforcing accountability.

The results speak for themselves: 88% of leaders reported feeling more prepared for their roles after participating, and 40% demonstrated increased accountability and engagement in their personal development.

The Results

With Yoodli’s AI, LAK Group achieved significant improvements:

• 14x Average Return on Investment (ROI): Delivered consistent measurable value, far surpassing investment expectations.
• 3x Efficiency Boost: Reduced live coaching hours by 3X, enabling greater scalability.
• 28% Increase in Talent Retention: Enhanced stability and satisfaction within teams.
• 40% Rise in Leader Engagement: Improved accountability and commitment to development.
• 88% Satisfaction Rate: Leaders felt better prepared and more confident post-coaching.

""Partnering with Yoodli has enabled us to be an agile, adaptive solution. Participants now experience accessible, effective AI-supported learning, allowing us to stay impactful and relevant. Together, Yoodli and LAK Group exemplify a truly symbiotic partnership.
— Michael Grubich, President and Managing Partner at LAK Group""

Looking Ahead with Yoodli 

As LAK Group and Yoodli advance their partnership, they are poised to revolutionize workforce development through innovative, scalable solutions. Upcoming initiatives include expanding into multilingual capabilities and tailoring programs for diverse functional areas, including sales, media communications, and technical sales engineering. Together, Yoodli and LAK Group are setting new standards for skill development, building adaptable solutions that drive growth and engagement across industries.

For more information on LAK Group’s leadership and career development services, click here. To learn how Yoodli can enhance your organization’s learning programs, contact us at sales@yoodli.ai. 

Check out the ORIEL Coaching on Demand in the video below.