Top Leadership Development Blog Posts this Week: 11/27/15

November 27, 2015 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 strategic leadership development in 2016, playing it safe leadership development, figuring out why employee development […]




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Free Coaching Exercise: Can You Really Achieve Your Goal?

November 25, 2015 by Ken Nowack

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: As you pursue either a significant professional or personal goal, it is important to […]




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Leadership development: the best of both worlds

November 25, 2015 by Wally Bock

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 […]




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Thanks for Giving….Gratitude

November 22, 2015 by Ken Nowack

“Gratitude is fertilizer for well-being.”                     Kenneth Nowack If you want to change the world, have a lasting impact on your community, create a meaningful and psychological healthy workplace, develop a safe community, loving family or meaningful partnership–it all starts with you. Several research studies have focused on the power of gratitude giving as a necessary […]




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Top Leadership Development Blog Posts this Week: 11/20/15

November 20, 2015 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 performance ranking, learning, creating a talent pipeline, and retaining your talent. From Bob Rogers: […]




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Free Coaching Exercise: Creating Practice Plans

November 18, 2015 by Ken Nowack

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: There is a difference between goal intentions and implementation intentions (practice plans). Using the […]




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Leadership development: the people parts are most important

November 18, 2015 by Wally Bock

Here’s a key paragraph from Darleen DeRosa’s post “3 Trends in Leadership Training and Development for 2016” on the 21st Century Leadership Insights blog. “In the coming year, we’ll continue to see companies adopting new, innovative forms of learning. Here are three leadership training and development trends to keep on your radar for 2016 and […]




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How to Determine the “Best” Response Scale for 360-Degree Feedback?

November 16, 2015 by Sandra Mashihi

“The trouble with measurement is its seeming simplicity.” -Unknown With the various types of scales that are used for survey and 360 measurement, how does one determine which one is best? Is there even a “best” response scale? Many studies suggest that response scales have a large impact on the 360-degree feedback data and some […]




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Measuring Leadership Competence–The Coin Toss

November 15, 2015 by Ken Nowack

“Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.” Peter Drucker There is no debating that leaders make a difference on the retention, productivity and health of talent today. Our own research, using a proprietary management practices index used in employee engagement surveys in diverse industries, indicates that interpersonally […]




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Top Leadership Development Blog Posts this Week: 11/13/15

November 13, 2015 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 finding the balance in business education, microlearning, retaining senior managers, and preventing burnout. From […]




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