By Ross McGarrigle - hrmagazine.co.uk Now the Olympics are over, the UK is looking towards a more positive future. With the Olympic Legacy being widely discussed, the hope is that the doom and gloom of the past few years is behind us. But for the economy...
By Personneltoday.com HR must help to build a new generation of ethical, self-aware leaders, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Falling levels of trust as a result of the financial crisis, diminishing respect for political figures and controversy over...
By Corey L. Jamison For many, the status quo is a comfortable place to live, to work, and to be safe. Policies, processes, ways of interacting are familiar, and people are invested in them. Routines are easily followed and don’t require a lot of thought. And...
By Stacie Nevadomski Berdan - huffingtonpost.com More women on corporate boards? The question is not why but, why not? As organizations adapt and prepare for success in the global marketplace, they need the best and the brightest at the helm to overcome obstacles, create opportunities and...
Today, we conclude Stephen Shapiro’s three-part series on Innovation as a Weapon in Global Competition with his best thinking on creating a culture of innovation. Last week’s post addressed strategies that have worked, such as making everyone accountable, replacing rigid processes with clear business objectives,...
Linkage Leadership Blog Last week, we featured a post on how HR can take the lead during times of hardship in an organization. We addressed four key areas to consider in The Focus Alignment Map, the importance of ‘passionate champions’, and the value of communication. In...
By Dr. Marshall Goldsmith - MyLinkage.com/Blog Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in helping successful leaders get even better – by achieving positive, lasting change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. He is also a featured keynote speaker at the 2012 Global...
By Martin Couzins - TrainingZone Leaders and managers prefer to learn informally, according to a study on leadership development carried out by GoodPractice. The GoodPractice research looked at the key challenges faced by managers in UK organisations today, where they go for support and to understand the...
By Jack Zenger - Contributor to Forbes.com When senior executives are asked in a casual conversation what they most value in a subordinate, the most frequent answer is “honesty” or “integrity.” Because of the consistency of this response from senior executives, as our leadership development firm...
By Marcus Buckingham - HBR.org Virtually every corporate and academic leadership development program is founded on the same model — we call it the formulaic model. It tries to collect all the various approaches to leadership, shaves off the weird outliers, and packages the rest into...