Sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. The Harvard Business Review is a respected and valuable publication. The article title, “Your Leadership Development Program Needs an Overhaul,” certainly caught my attention. The opening paragraph was promising. “Most companies make big investments in leadership development, rolling out intensive internal programs for high potentials, sending […]

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 to become CEO, seven tenets of a good succession process, leadership development […]

Andrea Derler wrote a fascinating piece in Bersin by Deloitte’s Business of Talent titled “A Look Ahead at Leadership 2016/2017.” Here’s one thing that jumped out at me. “Leading others in the new world of work looks profoundly different from managing employees in previous decades. New generations entering the workforce pose major challenges for those […]

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 virtual leadership training, the transition to management, the key traits that separate CEOs from […]

On November 15, 2016, Rick Lepsinger published a post on the OnPoint Consulting blog with the title, “When Virtual Leadership Training Is Better Than In-Person Training.” Here’s the opening. “Is virtual leadership training better than the real thing? A recent article by Wall Street Journal writer Catherine Bolgar posed the question and invited me to […]

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 for frontline leaders, coaching for leadership development, strategic self-awareness, and leadership development […]

I scan the latest articles on BCG Perspectives every week and I always find something interesting, insightful, and helpful. Last week I discovered an article by Vikram Bhalla, Deborah Lovich, Jean-Michel Caye, Christopher Daniel, and Liza Stutts titled, “How Frontline Leaders Can Deliver Breakout Performance.” Here’s the opening paragraph. “Imagine this scenario: Josh, one of […]

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 performance reviews, leadership development for a VUCA world, developing agile-ready leaders, and leadership development […]

Leadership development and leadership training Two months after she was promoted, June attended her company’s leadership training for new managers. The training lasted ten days. Two days were devoted to supervisory skills. The night before she returned to her job, she spent a couple of hours going over her notes, figuring out what to do […]

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 raising the leadership bar, the importance of unlearning in leadership development, how to develop […]