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What Ben Franklin Knew About Leadership Development
Since his birthday was in January, there was a recent flurry of articles and posts about olde Ben Franklin. One of the articles referred to the character development system that Ben created at the age of 20. In his autobiography, Ben attributed much of his...
Read More >Leadership Development and Business Performance: Proving the Link
I’ve had several occasions over the years when executives have asked me whether the time, effort and dollars invested in leadership development makes as difference. My answer is always a qualified, “Yes”, if the leadership development focus and approach is built from the company’s strategy...
Read More >Why It’s Critical to Be Even Better at Firing Than Hiring
During a tour of Google headquarters in 2014, our host described the impressive amount of time and effort the entire company put into hiring the best talent. However, he went on to proudly state that Google was even better at firing people. Why would the...
Read More >The New Talent Equation: Hire Slow, Lead Easy, Develop Intentionally, Fire Fast
In 2014, I had the privilege of visiting Facebook headquarters to learn how this rapidly growing and innovative firm leverages talent to drive results. When we were talking about their approach to talent, our host said that Facebook, “hires slow, manages easy and fires fast.” My reaction...
Read More >Training is a Dead End
Why employees are avoiding Training and eLearning in droves Consider the results of a Corporate Leadership Council survey of 1500 managers in 53 organizations around the world: 76% felt that their Learning and Development function was ineffective or very ineffective in helping them achieve business...
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