Leadership development is an intense personal experience. Leadership happens in public. But the most important part of leadership development happens in private. The best leaders use their time alone to reflect on their experience on the job and in the classroom. Great leaders use their time alone to motivate themselves so they can handle 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 micro-doing, MBA programs, getting noticed, and top tools for learning. From Mike Taylor: Instead […]

Leadership development is learning and much more. Effective development converts learning into understanding and acting. But wait, there’s more. Learning and acting and getting feedback and reflecting must reinforce each other. Mike Taylor’s post, “Instead of Microlearning, it Should Be Micro-doing” started that line of reflection. Mike’s post is great, but it’s only about one […]

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, evaluating your program, exceptional leaders, and how to get high potentials interested […]

Leadership development should be intentional. But sometimes it‘s accidental. Art Petty describes what that’s like in his post, “New Manager Development—Put Your Back Into It.” “While a few organizations treat new manager development as a strategic imperative, in most I encounter, the work is ad hoc with inconsistent results. Too often, competent contributors are tapped […]

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 letting employees drive leadership development, a learning culture at Visa, leadership excellence for the […]

Leadership development must be dynamic because the business world is changing all the time. Competition comes up with new strategies. Technology changes almost daily. Aspiring leaders must adapt. Emily Manley suggests that we help leaders develop best if we give them control of their own learning. Here’s one of the golden kernels from her thought-provoking […]

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 creating a better leadership development program, what’s next in career management, how to get […]

Leadership development programs are hard to evaluate. Some people think hard ROI numbers should be the final test. Others suggest that success is having enough qualified people to fill leadership slots as they open up. Karin Hurt and David Dye ask: “What Makes the Difference Between Game Changing and Frustrating?” They offer four ideas. Read […]

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 becoming a more agile learner, why great employees may not make great leaders, why […]