June 25, 2014 by Wally Bock
The Updated Leadership Development Toolbox Back in January 2014, Right Management published a piece by Dr. Ric Roi, Their Global Talent Management COE Leader. The title was “What’s in Your Leadership Development Toolbox?” Here’s the summary paragraph. “The practice of leadership development has evolved considerably. Years ago, the focus was on the individual: up-and-coming executives […]
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June 20, 2014 by Wally Bock
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 whether to outsource learning, corporate online courses and nanodegrees, the rhythms of talent management, […]
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June 18, 2014 by Wally Bock
My father was a Lutheran pastor. Once, early in his ministry, he preached the exact same sermon two Sundays in a row. As the congregation filed out of church every member, asked him why. He told each one the same thing: “Nothing much changed the first time I preached that sermon, so I thought I’d […]
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June 13, 2014 by Wally Bock
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 the danger of ‘smooth’ CEO succession, setting hi pos up to fail, ditching command and control, and Dan McCarthy’s secret to becoming a better leader From Reshmi […]
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June 11, 2014 by Wally Bock
What works in talent management Gallup’s James Harter and Randall Beck have just posted a fascinating article titled, “New Research: How Four Talent Practices Add Up to Big Revenue Gains.” They analyzed the bottom line effect of four talent management practices “previously revealed to be valuable” to quantify their impact and whether they worked better […]
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June 8, 2014 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. A recent survey by Harris Interactive suggests that 91% of office workers in the U.S., U.K., and Australia bring work […]
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June 6, 2014 by Wally Bock
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 group coaching, telling the truth about talent, stress testing future leaders, and the business side of leadership development. From Manfred Kets de Vries: Group Coaching: Tipping Points […]
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June 4, 2014 by Wally Bock
Leadership development is all about people and the future. Anne Fulton outlined some of the challenges in her excellent post. “It’s High Time We Start Redefining Talent for the 22nd Century.” One observation caught my eye. “Astonishingly, only 5 percent of organizations attempted to adjust their conception of what ‘talent’ meant for their organization to […]
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May 30, 2014 by Wally Bock
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 cliches, leadership development problems, accelerating leadership development, and redefining talent. From Georg Vielmetter and Yvonne Sell: Kicking Leadership Clichés “In ‘Leadership 2030: The six megatrends you […]
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May 28, 2014 by Wally Bock
I loved Sally Helgesen’s article, “Why ‘Leadership’ Isn’t Just for Leaders Anymore.” Here’s the money quote. “But in today’s lean and fast-shifting environment, where the spread of information and networked technologies have broken down hierarchies and eroded silos, people at every level need to make decisions.” That’s a work in progress. We’re way past the […]
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