When I was a boy and we had a disagreement at the dinner table, my mother would often say, “That’s a fact, we don’t have to argue about it, we can look it up.” Off we would go to our home reference library. If we couldn’t look up said fact there, we called the Reference […]

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 mentoring program, networks as shackles for developing leaders, why some managers thrive […]

Leadership development has learning at the core Leadership development is a collection of learning experiences. Some (a few) happen in classrooms, but most happen in the workflow, taking on the challenges of the day. How learners connect with learning Learners should be able to find, select, and use learning experiences without formal organizational help. 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 coaching programs, healthy leadership pipelines, high potentials, and leaders who coach (or don’t). From […]

Leadership is specific Herb Kelleher is one of my heroes. I love the stories of him drawing up the idea for Southwest Airlines on a cocktail napkin, drinking his Wild Turkey 101, and generally being just a little outrageous. I like to use him as an example of why leadership development isn’t general, it’s very, […]

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 execution as a key executive skill, ascending to the C-Suite, the role of people […]

Think about the most powerful learning experiences of your life. What were they like? Were they gentle, easy experiences? Or did they demand that you use every fiber of your strength and every bit of your intellect to master the situation? We call those experiences “crucibles” for a reason. Leadership development in the crucible 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 shattering the glass labyrinth, Zappos and holacracy, what managers do to engage workers, and […]

I just read an article about Gallup’s latest research into “Why Great Managers are So Rare.” The “sky is falling” part shows up early. “Gallup finds that companies fail to choose the candidate with the right talent for the job 82% of the time. Bad managers cost businesses billions of dollars each year, and having […]

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 training, coaching, self-development, and succession planning. Here are the details. From Richard Benson-Armer, Silke-Susann […]