Learning’s role in building a diverse workplace

Learning’s role in building a diverse workplace

Photo: Adobe Stock Learning plays a role in creating a diverse workplace through the leadership examples it presents. If we’re still relying on the case studies of the past – mostly white, mostly men –  how can we expect minority learners to see themselves as...
Go ahead and hit the wall. It’s normal.

Go ahead and hit the wall. It’s normal.

Marathon runners “hit the wall” when they lose the ability to run as fast as they’d like or even come to a complete stop, when their bodies run out of fuel. In the beginning we were all about hikes, dog walks and baking bread. But now making dinner each night is a...
American leaders are rising to the occasion. Oh really?

American leaders are rising to the occasion. Oh really?

Yes. You just have to look a little deeper than our top national leaders, according to Randy White, writing in Great Leadership, a blog by Dan McCarthy. We are seeing that leadership is a calling and it’s often more geeky than macho and certainly not...
Eight behaviors to help you master uncertainty

Eight behaviors to help you master uncertainty

Uncertainty in life and work can derail a career. Or it can be an opportunity to lead. Executive Development Group partner Randy White, whose recently published ebook Relax, It’s Only Uncertainty, teaches executive MBA students in global business schools how to become...
Four strategies to get the best from younger workers

Four strategies to get the best from younger workers

Randy and HEC Paris colleague Dr. Jeremy Ghez discuss the advantages of cultivating a workplace that is equally inclusive of younger and older talent. Their article, “The Kids Are Alright” appears in the new online Chief Learning Officer. It’s easy to...
LGBTQ rights preserved by Supreme Court ruling

LGBTQ rights preserved by Supreme Court ruling

As a firm whose mission is to help business facilitate meritocracy without regard for race, ethnicity, age, faith, sex or sexual orientation we, The Executive Development Group, heartily endorse this decision. “It is impossible to discriminate against a person...
How has the pandemic changed coaching? Not that much.

How has the pandemic changed coaching? Not that much.

–Illustration: Adobe Stock With traffic and with travel, I predict that coaching will certainly increase because the fees are totally directed to coaching as opposed to travel and other additional logistics to support the task.Lily Kelly-Radford Drs. Lily...
A request for action and hopeful outcomes

A request for action and hopeful outcomes

We stand with Black Lives Matter and all those working positively for reform, justice and equality. The current state of our country must be addressed at every level and we invite our colleagues, clients and students to seek solutions and unity in everything you do....
If you’re a leader right now, here’s your handbook

If you’re a leader right now, here’s your handbook

Late last summer when my team began the work to bring Relax, It’s Only Uncertainty into the digital age, we could not know how much the world would change in just a few short months. I hope that you and your families are well, sheltering safely in your...