Ross Kelly wrote a fine piece for Chief Executive titled, “Even in the Digital Age, Leaders say People Skills are More Important.” The article was about search firm Russell Reynolds Associates’ survey of three hundred executives about what skills will be important in the future. Naturally, at least if you read other surveys, the executives […]

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 building a strong leadership pipeline, keeping your development program strategic, leadership development at Disney, […]

After three days, the 2017 NFL Draft is over. What can we learn about leadership development from it? Leadership development compared with the NFL Draft Leadership development seems very different from the NFL Draft. One is a highly structured, rule-drenched system that is the primary recruiting method for National Football League teams. The other is […]

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 characteristics of exceptional CEOs, GlaxoSmithKline’s unique approach to leadership development, the academic claims he […]

The April 2017 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly includes an article by Michael Birshan, Thomas Meakin, and Kurt Strovink titled “What makes a CEO ‘exceptional’?” Great question, huh? If your job is developing leaders, you want to know the details so you can set them up as a model. Here’s how the consultants set about […]

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 Rick Lepsinger: Make Every Minute Count With These 5 Leadership Development Strategies “If […]

John F. Broer is assistant vice president, learning and development for Welltower Inc. Recently he wrote a piece for CLO Media titled, “But I Don’t Want to Be a Leader.” Early in the article, I read something that inspired a smile “Talent development professionals can and should proactively identify people developers within their organizations.” I […]

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 the state of corporate training, effective leadership development, measuring workplace learning, and leadership development […]

Great leadership development is a lot of things, but there are several important things that it’s not. Here are four of them. Leadership development is not training Training is only one piece of the puzzle. It’s an important one, but it’s not the only one. Some experts claim that leaders learn seventy percent of their […]

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 the state of corporate training, y employees think there’s no chance for growth at […]