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 essential programs every manager should take, planning for autonomous learners, career management, and what happens when leaders coach.
From Dan McCarthy: 10 Essential Training Programs Every Manager/Leader Should Take
“I’ve taken, taught, sold, and managed a lot of training programs throughout my career. Some were horrible, some pretty good at the time but the learning rarely applied, and some were game changers. From that experience, I believe there are a handful of ‘must-have’ training programs that a manager/leader should take at some point in their careers.”
From Harold Jarche: Autonomous learners
“One of the limitations of instructional design is the assumption that a program can be designed and built based on the initial specifications. Assuming you know everything at the start of a complex development project is rather arrogant. Arrogance is believing that the perfect system can be engineered on the first try.”
From Kristen Frasch: Career Management Missing the Mark
“The latest indication that career-planning programs are basically failing to help employees plot their courses and understand advancement opportunities they might find at their companies comes from Towers Watson’s 2014 Global Workforce Study, which finds fewer than half (46 percent) of more than 32,000 global employees polled say their organizations provide useful tools for plotting their career paths.”
From Steve Roesler: What Happens When Leaders Coach?
“A couple of years ago I was involved in designing a leadership program to develop the top talent in a global company. We created a model that used the senior management team as coaches for the structured learning activities. First we coached the coaches on how to coach; then we turned them loose. It’s been the most effective learning we’ve experienced in nearly 30 years of leadership development and design.”
