Leadership development practitioners are always looking for an edge. We hope that one book out of the 20,000-plus on Amazon will give us the one big thing that will suddenly make things right. There are plenty of good ideas out there in books and articles and web sites, but they can only make things better […]

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 From Mike Prokopeak: Building the Leader of the Future “The stakes are high. Leaders […]

Leadership development is always about people and people haven’t changed much in the last few thousand years. The dress and the tools and the challenges have changed, but people are the same. It’s important to remember that when you think about the development challenge. Leadership development is about developing willing people into competent leaders The […]

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 management training doesn’t work, leadership development and informal online learning myths, human leadership […]

Leadership development isn’t easy and taking the easy way is hardly ever the best. That thought was inspired by Katy Tynan’s post, “Why Management Training Doesn’t Work (and What You Should Be Doing Instead).” Here’s part of her conclusion. “We know that classroom training alone doesn’t move the needle on behavior change, but it has […]

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 From Scott Gregory: The Most Common Type of Incompetent Leader “A young friend recently […]

Leadership development has lots of moving parts and leaders can fail on many dimensions. But my experience tells me that there’s one set of skills that’s the most critical. I thought of it when I read Scott Gregory’s HBR article titled “The Most Common Type of Incompetent Leader.” Here’s the part of the the opening […]

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 training, leadership development strategy, identifying high potential leaders, and unexpected things […]

Leadership development and training are intimately connected. That’s why Aaron Levy’s article in Forbes caught my eye. The title is “Why Leadership Training Doesn’t Work,” Here’s the golden kernel. “Most leadership training programs are designed for ease of operational delivery within an organization, not for habit formation. They are event-based trainings, meaning that the training […]

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 leaders who think they’re better than they are, building trust, improving your one-on-ones, and […]