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 coaching new managers, what helps people apply training to work, how to inspire bosses to become leaders, and agile leadership development.
From Anne Perschel: 8 Reasons Why Coaching New Managers is a Wise Investment
“Coaching new managers proves to be an excellent investment. Supporting data for this finding resulted unexpectedly from my work with senior leaders and new managers at the same company.”
From Paolo Sciacovelli: What makes people apply what they learn during training
“Keypoints
1. When assessing how much people transfer learning to their jobs, it helps to distinguish between what people could do, from what they will actually do on the job.
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Smarter and conscientious individuals are more likely to try harder in applying knowledge and skills they’ve acquired through training in a sustained way.
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Increasing people’s self-efficacy, communicating clear expectations for training, and providing consistent workplace support, is likely to lead to higher transfer.”
From Gwen Moran: Bosses: This is how to inspire your employees to become leaders
“Aspiring leaders need help realizing their potential. Some simple day-to-day actions from managers can help.”
From Suparna Chawla Bhasin: A broad gauge effort! – Agile Leadership
“Leadership development has become synonymous with self-development. The new era of work, workers, and the workplace demand a shift from competence to consciousness and from content to context. But are our leaders evolving from having a broader intent and awareness, to exhibiting agile leadership behavior?”
