Leadership Development

19 Feb Leadership Livecast: Motivating People Doesn’t Work … What Does?

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Disengaged employees cost organisations billions of dollars every year. Unfortunately, many executives responsible for measuring and improving engagement have no idea how individuals become disengaged in the first place. The key to engagement is the quality of an individual’s day-to-day motivation. This 60-minute event will...

29 Jan The Roots of Becoming a More Effective Leader

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By Dan Pontefract - forbes.com If I had my way, any face-to-face leadership development program on the planet would first start with the facilitator showing a picture of General Sherman. No, not General William Tecumseh Sherman – military strategist and General of the Union Army during...

09 Jan How to Build Global Leaders

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By Kevin Martin - clomedia.com To prepare someone to lead globally, development options must equip leaders with the right combination of skills around collaboration and influence. Most curriculum to develop global leadership skills and competencies focuses on the same points: developing and executing strategic business plans; communicating...

25 Nov Talent Strategies in Asia: Do Asian Leaders Behave Differently?

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By Josh Bersin I just completed a two week tour of Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo) and met with dozens of Human Resources and business leaders. It was a fascinating trip and I want to share a few thoughts. 1. Acute Leadership Gaps: Asian Leaders Behave Differently. It’s easy...

20 Nov Discovering Your Authentic Leadership

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By Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean, Diana Mayer - hbr.org During the past 50 years, leadership scholars have conducted more than 1,000 studies in an attempt to determine the definitive styles, characteristics, or personality traits of great leaders. None of these studies has produced...

25 Oct Connected leadership: The CEO and the HRD

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By Jonathan Nicholls, Simon Hayward - hrmagazine.co.uk Ram Charan has caused controversy recently with his suggestion that HR departments should be split. The leading business guru and author claimed that CEOs across the globe are disappointed in their HR people. There has been a backlash, of course....

23 Sep The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

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The equivalent of an entire sales force is replaced at many firms every four years, so it's critical that go-to-market initiatives remain tied to strategic goals. Frank Cespedes explains how in his book, Aligning Strategy and Sales. By Carmen Nobel - http://hbswk.hbs.edu Too often, there's a huge...

23 Sep Why Most Leadership Development Programs For Women Fail And How To Change That

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By Joelle K. Jay - fastcompany.com When it comes to leadership development, a focus on women is all the rage. As an executive coach working with senior leaders in Fortune 500 companies, I have seen a noticeable uptick in the interest in developing female leaders. Companies are...

19 Sep The Future of Work – five reasons why you are (probably) unprepared

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Workforce 2020 By Mike Ettling - diginomica.com Today’s workplace is the most diverse work environment the world has ever seen. It’s the most multi-generational, with up to five different generations working together – each with different skills, experiences, work habits and motivations. More of our workers are...

08 Sep Leadership Development Around The World Remains Stalled

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By Karen Higginbottom - forbes.com It’s tough to find an effective leader in the workplace. Only 40% of leaders rated their organization’s leadership as high, according to a global survey of 13,124 leaders and 1,528 human resource professionals by talent management consultancy DDI and the Conference...