Leadership development is hard to get right, and it seems like we’re coming up short. Martin Lanik, Ph.D., CEO of Pinsight® and the author of The Leader Habit analyzes why things aren’t working in his article, “Where Did We Go Wrong with Leadership Development?” He says: “Clearly there is a global leadership problem, despite people’s […]

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 training, a growth mindset , emotional intelligence and , and developing leaders in […]

Leadership development is one of the most important things that a company does. Alas, we don’t see results right away, so we keep trying quick fixes. That thought came to mind when I read Sonia McDonald’s article, “Why leadership development training has not been effective.” Here’s the part that caught my eye. “In my experience, […]

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 the most productive workers often don’t make good leaders, an idea for a […]

Leadership development starts with identifying the people who might succeed as leaders. It shouldn’t be as hard as we make it. Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman outline the problem in their HBR post: “Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers.” Here’s the money quote. “When a company needs a supervisor for […]

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 what you need to make your leadership development program effective, optimizing workforce performance, tomorrow’s […]

Leadership development gets more and more challenging as the world becomes more complex and challenging. Rick Lepsinger’s article about six things you need to make development programs effective contains this key paragraph. “The modern workplace is vastly different from what it once was. Today, organizations of all sizes and industries face increasingly globalized markets, remotely-located employees/teams, […]

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 budgeting for leadership development, the top traits for success, Bain’s latest management tools and […]

Leadership development doesn’t start with a class or an orientation. It begins with a mental model of leadership. That makes an aspiring leader’s first boss really important. Leadership development and “leadership trees” People who write about athletics refer to “coaching trees,” how great coaches tend to learn their craft by working for other great coaches. […]

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 succession planning, a review of leadership development methods, the importance of relationships in talent […]