This article from Forbes magazine came to me via my friends at Transform, a Maryland consulting firm. The title got my attention because it includes two of my practice areas: executive coaching and leadership. I’ve been coaching executives on one
I love this LinkedIn post from Marshall Goldsmith, one of the real gurus in leadership development in this country. I’ve seen the same phenomenon in our work in leadership development, and, more recently, in our work in CEO evaluations. Where
A good article from American Express’ Open Forum with this title inspired me to add another thought. If you’d like to really clone that star employee (well, almost anyway), do this: Sit down with that employee (or employees) and share
Here’s an article with an interesting question: will we ever get leadership development right? The article says let’s stop worrying about teaching leadership skills or competencies, and concentrate on teaching leadership “mind set”. This would include understanding the role of
Today’s guest post comes from Denny Coates, Ph.D., CEO of Performance Support Systems and creator of 20/20 Insight and ProStar Coach. Having represented PSS for more than ten years now, I’ve quoted Denny many times over the years on this
McKinsey: Why Leadership Development Programs Fail My colleagues and I have long called it “the dirty little secret of employee development”. According to the American Society for training and Development (ASTD), 80% of the money spent in employee development (of