Fill in the blank. “Young people today aren’t as _____________ we were.” That’s the kind of discussion we were having. Of course not one of us would be counted as a “young person” these days. People our age have always had these discussions about young people. I’m guessing that the hunters around the fire in […]

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 and learning like a gamer, letting go during succession, customizing leadership development, […]

Lately I’ve seen several articles about how the learning part of leadership development needs to change. Stephen J. Gill describes the current situation well in his post “The Self-Directed Learner.” “The most common way in which companies train employees today is basically the same as organizations have been training for the past hundred years (some […]

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 an app to help you find the perfect candidate, getting leadership development right, improving […]

Leadership is changing. So should leadership development. Leadership has focused on one kind of leader for decades. It’s the leader with a permanent leadership position, a boss. Those leaders are still with us, but now we have temporary leaders and emergent leaders, too. Leadership development should serve all three. Leadership development for permanent leaders Permanent […]

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 and neglected talent, leadership development and culture, deliberate practice, and how to […]

Yesterday I read Dorothy Dalton’s great post: “Career Path replaced by Cluster Career.” If you’re thinking about how to plan your career, this is a must read. But it got me to thinking about how we do leadership development in a very different world. Leadership development for a different way to climb Forget the career […]

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 analytics, leadership development to make leaders fit for purpose, succession squads and leadership […]

One of the more interesting leadership development articles I’ve read recently was Ron Carucci’s HBR article, “A 10-Year Study Reveals What Great Executives Know and Do.” You should read the entire article, but here’s what got my attention. Boldface is mine. “These seven factors led to our discovery of four recurring patterns that distinguished exceptional […]