Hot Topic: Unwrapping Executive Presence
Leaders who have naturally strong executive presence are born with a gift they share with co-workers. But what is executive presence and can it be learned? It’s not easy to describe and define. It’s a...
View ArticleMake Change Stick
How long has it been since you last made a change in your life? Did it last? Did you even start? Wherever we are in our lives and in whatever context we lead, most of us know that the skills that got...
View ArticleView from the Learning Executive: Supporting Major Change at the Top
Sheri Mullin was Vice President of Human Resources for Contact Solutions when she won the 2013 prize for strategic alignment from the Human Resources Leadership Organization for Greater Washington....
View ArticleThe People Component
When Kevin Martin, Chief Research & Marketing Officer for the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), recently surveyed a group of senior-ranking informational technology (IT) executives from...
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A Team of Leaders by Paul Gustavson and Stewart Liff, Amacom Books, March 2014, 240 pages Workplace teams are supposed to harness employees' talents to tackle challenges. But often the reality often...
View ArticleTime Management vs. Habit Management in the Workplace
A few weeks ago, I was talking to my friend Anne about recent books we were reading. Anne told me that she had recently purchased a book that she is interested in, but doesn’t have time to read. After...
View ArticleMustn’t Miss: April 2014
The Secret to Peak Productivity by Tamara Myles, Amacom Books, February 2014, 224 pagesAuthor Tamara Myles, a certified professional organizer and productivity consultant, explains how to increase your...
View ArticleView from the Learning Executive: The Shadow Side of Power
The quality of leadership seems to be on everyone’s mind today. In her new book, The Shadow Side of Power: Lessons for Leaders, leadership and change expert Patricia McLagan explores how and why...
View ArticleHot Topic: The Many Advantages Of Cloud Based Learning
It used to be an insult if you said someone has his head in the clouds. It denoted a spacy, fragmented person. Not anymore. Cloud-based technology and its learning components are here to stay....
View ArticleInternal Bench Strength Found Lacking at High Levels
With an average of 10,000 Baby Boomers turning 65 every day for the next ten years, corporations are beginning to worry that they may be facing shortages of talent in critical segments of their...
View ArticleBig Data about Age and Retirement Can Help Companies Plan for Future Talent...
Across virtually all industries, business leaders consistently point to the talent of their workers as a key business resource. Human capital, the sum of competencies, knowledge, and personal...
View ArticleMustn’t Miss, February 2014
Trust Inc.by Nan S. Russell, Career Press, November 2013, 256 pages.These are difficult times in which to lead. The majority of employees are disengaged, their discretionary efforts tamed, their...
View ArticleHot Topic: Companies with Chief HR Officers Outperform Their Peers
Karie Willyerd, vice president of social learning and adoption at SuccessFactors, an SAP company, is author of a recent white paper which found that companies which treat HR as a critical business...
View ArticleView from the Learning Executive: How Being Told “No” Led to a Better Solution
View from the Learning Executive Karen Maude, Director of Human Resources, NES AssociatesNES Associates provides global IT services, such as IT infrastructure design, network operations, telecom...
View ArticleInside Story: Getting 51,000 Employees on the Same HR Page
How do you get a company with 51,000 employees worldwide on the same page to disseminate crucial information that is at once formulaic and used over and over again? That was the task facing Sharon...
View ArticleMustn’t Miss, December 2013
The Star Factor by William Seidman and Richard Grbavac, AMACOM publishers, December 11, 2013, 240 pagesIn every company, a select few produce more, sell more, and deliver better results. These stellar...
View ArticleView From the Learning Executive—Michele Neiman, Northrop Grumman
Michele Neiman, Director of Talent Acquisition at Northrop Grumman Technical Services, attributes her success to the mentorship and guidance of those who believed in her. She recently won the Human...
View ArticleInside Story, November 2013
The Career Changer Program at AMP HorizonsAMP Horizons is AMP’s development center for financial advisors. AMP is a wealth management specialist with a network of more than 4,200 financial advisors,...
View ArticleView from the Learning Executive: Josh Bersin of Bersin by Deloitte
Companies with Strong Learning Cultures are 92 Percent More Likely to InnovateQ: You have found that an agile organizational approach enables businesses to compete and deliver more effectively. Define...
View ArticleMustn’t Miss, October 2013
Leading with Wisdom by Jann E Freed, ASTD Press, August 2013, 216 pagesJann E. Freed, is a leadership development and change management consultant with the Genysys Group.In Leading With Wisdom, Jann...
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