Leadership development: chasing perfection

October 19, 2016 by Wally Bock

Jack Zenger recently wrote another of his excellent columns for Forbes. The title is “Why Leadership Development Doesn’t Change Some People (And How To Turn Them Around).” As usual, the entire piece is worth reading, but there were two comments that flipped my thinking switch. Leadership development isn’t about perfection Jack says that many company […]




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Free Coaching Exercise: “Three Other Lives”

October 17, 2016 by Sandra Mashihi

This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: If you could three completely different lives form the one you are now living, what […]




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Top Leadership Development Blog Posts this Week: 10/14/16

October 14, 2016 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 the difference between good leaders and great ones, what science tells us about leadership […]




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The 3 Unique Rater Differences in 360-Degree Feedback

October 12, 2016 by Sandra Mashihi

“Different but equal.” -Donna Ann Evans Different raters do appear to be applying different observational filters that bias and reflect on the behaviors they are rating (Nowack, 2009). Ratings from managers appear to be performance-oriented Ratings from direct reports are more interpersonally oriented Ratings from peers are focused on future leadership potential At a practical […]




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Leadership development: rethinking the degree requirement

October 12, 2016 by Wally Bock

Here’s a challenge for you. Ravin Jesuthasan and Marie S. Holmstrom of Willis Towers Watson just published an article on the Harvard Business Review site titled “As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up.” Here’s the opening. “As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. The […]




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Free Coaching Exercise: “Activities I Tend to Avoid”

October 10, 2016 by Sandra Mashihi

This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: To help you identify the areas in your life that you avoid improving or taking […]




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Top Leadership Development Blog Posts this Week: 10/7/16

October 7, 2016 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 important personality traits for CEOs, succession planning, learning to lead, and filling your leadership […]




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Pros and Cons of Using 360-Degree Feedback with a Personality or Style Assessment

October 5, 2016 by Sandra Mashihi

“I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.” -John Barton In general, skill or competency based 360-degree feedback assessments provide data on how participants are perceived by others, while personality and style assessments provide insights about why […]




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Leadership development: different folks for different strokes

October 5, 2016 by Wally Bock

Leadership development is what we do to make sure that our companies remain competitive far into the future. A key part of leadership development is sorting out the potential of different leaders. That’s the subject of an excellent Harvard Business Review article by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic titled “What Science Tells Us About Leadership Potential.” There’s plenty […]




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Free Coaching Exercise: “You’re At Your Best”

October 3, 2016 by Sandra Mashihi

This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: This exercise is one of several in published research that increase subjective well-being and happiness […]




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