The title of an HBR article by Lauren A. Keating, Peter A. Heslin and Susan J. Ashford seems to be stating the obvious: “Good Leaders Are Good Learners.” Everybody knows that, right? The opening paragraph doesn’t do anything to contradict that impression. “Although organizations spend more than $24 billion annually on leadership development, many leaders […]

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 on leadership development and training, coaching, the 2020 workplace, and getting started with analytics. From […]

Sarah Fister Gale has an excellent article in Workforce with the title, “Learning & Development Today: Microsized, Personalized and Really, Really Short.” Here’s the opening paragraph. “In today’s on-demand world, employees want training at the moment they need it, and they want it to align with their learning style and knowledge. That’s driving many learning […]

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 on the risky business of leadership development, training as an investment, whether “self-driving” employees need […]

Leadership development is risky Most people seem to think that the job of developing aspiring leaders is a boring, administrative function. It can be, of course, but if it is, you can bet that not much development is happening. Here’s what Julie Winkle Giulioni has learned from successful leaders. “My ongoing research with senior leaders […]

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 improving leadership development plans, leadership development coaching, agile leadership skills, and multi-dimensional leadership competencies. […]

If you’re like me, you’ve seen far too many development plans wind up as all plan and no development. That’s why I loved Julie Winkle Giulioni’s marvelous post: “How To Demand More Of Development Plans.” Here’s the money quote: “In most organizations, individual development planning is one of the most simultaneously stressful and disappointing annual […]

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 four leadership development strategies, leadership development workshops, the war for talent, and tieing leadership […]

Leadership development in the military Bernard Banks is a clinical professor of management and associate dean for leadership development at the Kellogg School. He’s also a retired Army Brigadier General who taught leadership at West Point. It’s not surprising that he has some clear ideas about how to develop leaders. They’re described in a Kellogg […]

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 in the age of career disruption, organizational changes in the future, helping […]