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THE 8 NEEDS METHOD™
A practical leadership framework for building trust, accountability, ownership, and high-performance
People perform differently when leaders consistently meet the essential human needs that drive motivation, trust, engagement, and ownership.
Seen. Heard. Autonomy. Challenge. Recognition. Direction. Protection. Connection.
When these needs are met, people take ownership, develop faster, communicate better, and perform closer to their potential. When they are neglected, you get disengagement, politics, low accountability, burnout, and turnover.
The method is built on LGG Founder David Spungin's book, Lead by Serving Needs, and refined across 5,000+ leaders in the field.
The 8 Needs Diagnostic™
Start by measuring where your leaders actually stand.
You cannot develop what you cannot see. The 8 Needs Diagnostic™ gives you a clear, quantified read on how each of your leaders meets the eight needs, drawn from a leader self-assessment, a team 360, and stakeholder interviews.
You find out, leader by leader:
- where your bench is already strong
- where it is quietly costing you talent
- exactly what to develop next
Then we build development on top of the data and re-measure at the end, so you can prove what changed and show it to your executives.
Who We Work With
Tech & engineering-driven companies that understand leadership is the limiting factor to success.
We work with technical and engineering-driven companies where technical excellence built the business, and leadership is now what will carry it, or cap it.
Industries:
- Construction
- Defense & Aerospace
- Software & Technology
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Industrial Services
- Other technical fields
Size: Usually 150 to 1,000 people
We partner with the people who own leadership development: the CEOs and executives who feel the gap directly, and the L&D and people leaders responsible for building the bench.
And we develop leaders at every level, from first-time supervisors and mid-level managers to senior executives who were trained to manage and are now honing how they lead at the top.
We have 15+ years of experience developing 5,000+ leaders inside companies like Google, Lockheed Martin, Clark Construction, TIAA, Accenture, DaVita, and Johns Manville.
what changes
What Changes When Leadership Improves?
Managers have the conversations they used to avoid. Teams own outcomes instead of waiting for permission. Your best people stay. Executives stop firefighting problems their leaders should be handling.
Leadership stops depending on a handful of strong people and becomes something your whole organization does. That is what scales culture, execution, and healthy growth.
Meet David Spungin
LGG Founder & Principal Leadership Advisor
David Spungin is a leadership advisor, executive coach, and organizational development consultant with more than 15 years of experience helping leaders improve performance, strengthen culture, and develop stronger leadership teams.
A West Point graduate and former U.S. Army Cavalry Officer, David has coached and developed leaders inside technical and high-performance organizations, from Fortune 500s to growing companies in demanding, engineering-driven industries.
David is the creator of The 8 Needs Method™ and author of the bestselling book Lead by Serving Needs.
