How to Create a Successful Leadership Development Program
Leadership development programs are often overlooked and underfunded, leaving potentially great future leaders without the training or mentorship they need for a smooth transition to leadership roles.
5 Habits Successful Leaders Do Every Day
Some leaders like to claim there is a bit of a natural ability when it comes to solving problems as a leader. Sure, leaders have an instinctual reaction when it comes down to making big time decisions, but this instinct isn’t a natural “born with it” reaction. This snap-like reaction leaders have is a set […]
Leadership Qualities Defined: What Makes a Good Leader?
Look around you. There’s most likely a leader somewhere in the room, bus, train, office or wherever you are. Leaders come in all different forms. Some people are natural leaders and some people must be taught to lead. Some are aggressive while others are more laissez-faire. Whoever you are and whatever leadership style you take […]
The Ins and Outs of Leading with Psychological Intel
When we think of what makes a great leader, many adjectives pop into our heads: honest, focused, passionate, respectful, persuasive, confident. One of the most underrated aspects of leadership, though, includes a firm grasp on psychology. When leaders can understand beyond just the symptoms of issues i.e. reasons employees are procrastinating, or coming up short […]
4 Impactful Conversation Phrases to Improve Your Leadership Training Today
In a Brandon Hall Group study, researchers reported that 83% of organizations said targeted development for leadership at all levels is essential or very important. While leadership development and training is on the minds of many organizational chiefs, what are the first steps to reaching this goal? To best develop your leaders, the most critical […]
5 Shades of Power by Dr. Drea Zigarmi
Organizations are moving from a hierarchical reporting structure to a flat structure. This evolution on workplace reporting and accountability is having a major impact on how we perceive power and the use of power within this clash between traditional and modern reporting structures. Relative to leadership, power is slowly being distributed to employees as leaders […]
3 Seriously Simple Ways to Fix your Succession Plan
Succession planning means investing in individual and organizational development, but sometimes succession plans derail as talented individuals leave your organization. The natural response is to improve employee retention strategies, right? But the real issue behind failed succession plans is that they need adequate leadership development and employee retention strategies to thrive.
3 Unmistakable Traits From the Best Employee Training Programs
What makes top employee training programs “top” material? The question poses many different perspectives on the subject, but the one that stands out the most is how the best employee training programs become so great. What goes into their creation? Their development? Their implementation?
4 Common Leadership Training Mistakes To Avoid
Employee engagement statistics have been at the top of improvement lists at organizations across the country for as long as Gallup has been measuring them. Even as our solutions for getting employees engaged (and keeping them that way) have grown, the number of disengaged people within an organization has remained, stubbornly the same.
Why and How to Set Achievable Goals Within Your Organization
Companies thrive when the organization sets goals for its bottom line and aligns those to its employees. While setting organizational goals is crucial for companies, most companies don’t. In fact, in a study conducted for companies, over 80% of the participants stated they have not set organizational goals because they didn’t believe it to be […]
