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 letting employees drive leadership development, a learning culture at Visa, leadership excellence for the digital age, and the real crisis in leadership.
From Emily Manley: 4 Reasons Why You Should Let Employees Drive Their Own a Development
“So what can learning departments do in order to work within this new environment? How can we give people the knowledge they need when that knowledge might be outdated by the time it reaches them? And will they even look to learning departments for that knowledge when they have such free access to whatever they need to learn?”
From Jeff Mike: Strategic HR: Visa Empowers a Learning Culture in the Face of Disruption
“Visa, Inc. is one organization that has placed HR in a leading role in strategy. In a new case study, we describe how the HR team at Visa partnered with its technology organization and C-Suite to champion learning as a strategic function and establish a culture of learning to help move Visa, its workers, and its customers into a new age of digital payments. Visa Enables a Culture of Learning in the Face of Industry Disruption is now available for a limited time for download. We encourage you to take a few minutes to read this case study and learn more about the drivers and the foundations of learning culture at Visa.”
From Murad Salman Mirza: Leadership Excellence for the Digital Age: 10 Tips For Turning Possibility Into Reality
“This is the second article of a two-part series. Read Part One now.”
From Rasmus Hougaard: The Real Crisis In Leadership
“Being trustworthy and selfless; truthful and compassionate – these are wonderful qualities. If leaders consistently displayed these traits, workplaces and employees would be doing much better. But not all leaders, including many of the most famous and successful, exhibit these qualities.”
