Leadership development is the way the companies deal with the forces shaping the future. There are lots of opinions about what the future holds. That’s what led Stephanie Neal of DDI to ask “Which are the skills that leaders need to be successful now and in the future?” Here’s part of the opening paragraph 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 ways that industry veterans drive execution, why managers should spend more time on coaching, […]

The HR Magazine headline about leadership development programs is “Developing leaders not delivering ROI.” Jenny Roper discusses several measures of “ROI” of the programs and they’re not accounting measures. That’s a good thing because trying to put dollars and cents on the output of a leadership development program is a little like putting a tutu […]

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 talent management and succession planning, individual development plans from two perspectives, and leadership birth […]

Leadership development should teach the art of decision making We expect leaders to make decisions. That’s one of the most important things that leaders do. It should be a core skill that we help leaders develop and refine. But we don’t do that. Second Lieutenants versus middle managers on decision making The fact is that […]

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 if everyone can lead, CEO succession and why it goes so wrong, […]

I did supervisory training for newly promoted police sergeants for decades. Every three day program included at least two panels of experienced sergeants with street cred. They were always among the favorite parts of the program. It makes sense. Sure I was an “expert,” but I could never have the credibility that a highly esteemed […]

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 CEO succession, Walmart’s HR strategy, training for critical leadership skills, and beyond the blend […]

When I got back from the party, I did a little search to see if I remembered the article correctly. Sure enough, I found an article from September 2014 by Nicole Torres titled “Most People Don’t Want to Be Managers.” She refers to a CareerBuilder survey of more than three thousand full time workers. Here’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 why you should invest in leadership development, the development of emotional intelligence, creating a […]