Building the Next Line of Business Leaders for an Eminent Real Estate Developer
A leading real estate developer with a strong multi-city presence embarked on a structured Manager Development Program (MDP) to strengthen the business capabilities of its mid-senior leadership cohort.
The organization was operating across key markets in India. As part of its ongoing strategic growth and business expansion journey, the leadership team identified the need to augment business acumen, decision-making and cultivate an owner’s mindset across managerial layers.
Over two cohorts, the second edition of our renowned Catalyze program engaged more than 200 managers in a six-month blended development journey.
The Leadership Challenge
The organization sought to strengthen key managerial capabilities that directly influenced business performance and long-term leadership readiness.
The themes defined for the program included:
- Financial analysis and interpretation of financial statements
- Structured decision-making through complex problem solving
- Development of an owner’s mindset
- Building critical thinking capability
- Expanding business perspective through big picture and mega-trend thinking
The intent was clear: enable managers to move beyond functional depth and engage with the business through in-depth analysis, stronger judgment and a broader strategic lens.
Designing the Intervention: Catalyze 2.0
Catalyze 2.0 was structured as a six-month blended journey comprising:
- 12 hours of self-paced pre-work
- 8 days of in-person workshops
- 6 hours of virtual sessions
- Department-wise functional coaching sessions
- Board game simulation
- Action Learning Projects with structured review stages
- Pre- and post-assessments to measure capability shifts
The program design combined foundational learning, immersive workshops, applied case work and ongoing coaching touchpoints. It was deployed consistently across four geographies, ensuring a unified learning experience at scale.
Methodology: Creating Application-Oriented Impact
Methodology: Creating Application-Oriented Impact
Catalyze 2.0 combined multiple learning modes to ensure sustained engagement and practical application:
- Interactive Digital Pre-work covering fundamentals of finance and strategy
- Live Virtual Sessions on critical thinking and problem solving
- Two-Day Immersive Workshops featuring case discussions and finance practice
- Industry-specific case studies and decision-making case-lets
- Role-play simulations focused on strategy and financial decisions
- Board game simulation to reinforce experiential learning
- Department-wise Functional Coaching Sprints
- Action Learning Projects with mentor check-ins and leadership panel reviews
This multi-layered methodology ensured that managers did not only understand concepts but practiced applying them in structured settings.
Measured Impact
Assessment Shift
The program incorporated pre- and post-assessments to evaluate learning progression. The grading scale measured understanding and application of concepts across financial analysis, strategy and decision-making domains.
Among the 91 managers who completed both assessments:
- 89% improved or maintained their grades
- 76% moved from lower grades to higher grade bands
These shifts indicated measurable movement in business comprehension and application capability across the cohort.
Swapnil Shinde
Operations, GPL
Shruti Salaria
Customer Relationship Management, GPL
Organizational Significance
Catalyze 2.0 engaged over 200 managers across four locations in a structured, measurable development journey. The intervention combined financial rigour, strategic thinking and applied decision-making within a single architecture. By integrating assessments, experiential learning and coaching, the program created a common foundation of business thinking across the managerial cohort.
The initiative reflected a deliberate investment in building the next line of business leaders — equipped not only with functional expertise, but with sharper judgment, financial literacy and strategic perspective.
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