5 Ways To Scale Leadership Development Quickly For Strategic Results

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by Jen Zaslow | June 8, 2015

Scaling leadership development is vital to the successful future of any company. It is scale that allows companies to create a culture of leadership that empowers current leaders to guide and help form the next generation of leaders, while also establishing consistency in its leadership voice. But in today’s constantly changing and consistently chaotic business environment, management faces a significant number of challenges that make scaling difficult: Time and cost Logistics of handling a large volume of learners Meeting the needs of multiple generations, cultures, languages and learning styles Making an impact in a short amount of time The good […]

Multi-Generational Teams: How Can We All Work Together?

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by John Alsbury | June 3, 2015

A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to participate in an event that featured Tammy Erickson, a Harvard Business Publishing author and leading expert on the topic of multiple generations in the workplace.  She led a round-table discussion with learning professionals from various companies and industries, and based on the energy in the room, it’s a hot topic. Tammy explained how each generation is influenced by events that take place in their youth, establishing an “unconscious bias” that affects how they experience the world. Tammy has written extensively on the topic of multiple generations in the workplace and proceeded […]

Can Zombies Help You Develop Better Leaders

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by Jeff DeSmet | May 21, 2015

A few years back, I decided to run my first marathon. I downloaded a training plan and was literally off and running the next day. After completing that first marathon, I reflected back on the experience. Setting a big goal helped motivate me, and sharing it with friends and family held me accountable. But I also found that leveraging a few game mechanics kept things interesting. Specifically: I tracked my progress with a color-coded spreadsheet. After each run, I shaded a cell according to how well I did. A quick view of the color patterns told me if I was […]

Action Learning With Impact

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by Sumit Sahni | March 30, 2015

Most of us know this quote by Confucius: “I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.” I like to extend this quote with another line: “I reflect and I learn.” One of the key ways people learn is by being exposed to cycles of “doing and reflecting.” We call this process “action learning.”  But as leadership development professionals, how do we design and implement powerful action learning experiences? What is Action Learning? Action learning is not the same as action learning projects. There are many organizations that include action learning projects in their leadership […]

How L&D Can Accelerate Sales Performance

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by jhamedi | March 12, 2015

Judging by their rhetoric at off-sites, few managers are against increasing capabilities in their organizations. But do firms turn rhetoric into reality where, arguably, it counts most: in linking strategic goals with the behaviors of the people who deal with customers? Consider: U.S. firms spend annually on sales forces more than 3 times their total advertising spend, more than 20 times their spending on all digital marketing, and more than 100 times their current spend on social media. As Mark Twain said, “If you put a lot of eggs in one basket, then keep your eye on that basket!” Sales person turnover […]