Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about why emerging leaders stop emerging, the importance of re-skilling the workforce, measuring the impact […]

Leadership development isn’t a flawless rise to the top of the chart. Developing leaders must often learn the hard way. Consider this. “I thought back to one of my own early-career, well-intended, clumsy moves. I was an inexperienced HR manager attending a meeting on employee engagement where I told a room full of VPs, all […]

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about closing the gender gap, leadership development planning, why developing leaders stop developing, and microlearning. […]

Leadership development programs are not all there is to good leadership development. When most people think of leadership development at all, they think of a formal program. The program offers training, evaluates aspiring leaders, and helps with development plans. But you can have all those things and not have good leadership development. Leadership Development Is […]

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about coaching new managers, what helps people apply training to work, how to inspire bosses […]

I began my business career fifty years ago. Back then, coaching wasn’t a common part of anyone’s career development. Businesspeople thought coaching was an admission you needed help and didn’t have “the right stuff.” Things are different today. Today we know coaching can make a big difference in a manager’s performance and career. How big? […]

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about leadership development and the work, agile leadership development, finding time to learn, and top […]

Leadership development is failing too many people. I know far too many leaders who dread the thought of going to work every morning. Some of them are in bad situations, but many of them dread the day because they dread the work. In most companies moving into management is your only option if you want […]

Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about changes in the way we do leadership development, trends in leadership development, and spotting […]

Leadership development programs develop people to lead others. Some of those leaders have a “leadership position.” But in the knowledge economy we need more leadership. We need people to assume a leadership role and influence others, even if they don’t have a leadership job. We do most of our work in teams. Most leaders are […]