“It’s in our DNA.” You can’t miss hearing or reading that statement. Advertising agencies tell you that creativity is in their DNA. Mercedes-Benz says that safety is in their DNA. In fact, organizations of all kinds use the phrase to claim some virtue. Stephen J. Gill just wrote a blog post titled: “10 Principles 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 mentoring, making your business successful through leadership development, why your people need leadership development […]

“Oh, we’re ‘agile’ all right,” my young friend said, “We hop from fad to fad so fast it makes you dizzy.” I laughed, but it wasn’t really funny. Sharon had been with her current company for five years. By her count, they had run through seven “magical” (her word) programs which were designed to “fix […]

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 developing leaders from inside, leadership development and the “leadership industry,” leadership development on the […]

Most of the articles I read about leadership development pick one component and concentrate on that alone. There are plenty of articles about assessments, and high potentials, and training, for example. There are very few articles about designing an entire program. That’s why I was excited to read Darleen DeRosa’s post, “Anatomy of a Successful Leadership […]

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 gap analysis, the gap between leadership development and the rest of the […]

Leadership development for the 21st Century We’re in the process of changing the way we think about leadership. One key principle of the leadership we’ve moving toward is that people are at the center and should be treated like people. Frederick Winslow Taylor had a huge impact on the way we think of leadership. He […]

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 business book clubs, why you should help employees learn, hiring great leaders, and Kroger’s […]

Carl wants to attain a top position in his organization. His company thinks he’s got lots of potential and lots of ambition. That’s why they sent him to a special training program to develop his strategy building skills. Now what? Now Carl goes back to work. The knowledge he gained may or may not get […]

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 Claudio Fernández-Aráoz: To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments “Over the course of my career, I’ve spent countless hours talking to and hearing from […]