The title of the article in Perspectives(at)SMU seemed straightforward: “HR of the Future.” Then subhead added something else: “Business-minded HR practitioners are needed to take the organisation forward.” Leadership development should be the core of competitive advantage The company’s leaders make the choices that result in success or failure. That’s why leadership development is 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 winning in the workforce revolution, leadership development in 2016, ATD’s 2015 State of the […]

In his post at HREOnline, Mark McGraw asks: “Are Managers Cutting It As Coaches?” Here’s a key paragraph. “In a survey of 117 vice presidents of talent management, vice presidents and directors of HR, directors of personnel and CHROs, talent-management software provider SilkRoad found 45 percent of these respondents saying their managers lack the skills […]

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 improving learning in leadership development, keeping your leadership development plans current, a leadership development […]

I recently read a blog post by Irving Wladawsky-Berger titled “The Growing Value of Social Skills.” Here’s the opening paragraph. “I recently read a very interesting paper, The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market, by Harvard professor David Deming. Deming’s paper shows that over the past several decades, labor markets have been […]

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 strategic leadership development in 2016, playing it safe leadership development, figuring out why employee development […]

Leadership development and succession planning There are lots of reasons to promote your CEO from within and DDI’s Evan Sinar lays them out in a post titled: “‘Growing Your Own’ Leaders? Here’s How to Make it Fruitful.” “For many organizations, a ‘grow your own’ strategy—that is, filling most leader roles with capable internal candidates—is an […]

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 ranking, learning, creating a talent pipeline, and retaining your talent. From Bob Rogers: […]