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Can Women Reach the Top of America’s Largest Corporations? It’s not happening.
In 1987, “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can Women Reach the Top of America’s Largest Corporations?” was first published. The book addresses the barriers to women trying to advance in the workplace and concludes on a hopeful note that positive change,[...]
read moreWho’s up for some experiential learning?
Uncertainty is part and parcel with experiential learning. Workplace experience is key to learning leadership as most in our field subscribe to something close to the 70-20-10 model of leadership development. The 70% is for experiential learning. Twenty percent is[...]
read moreUncertainty is good for learning. Are you good with uncertainty?
A Yale University study last month says we learn when uncertain. “We only learn when there is uncertainty, and that is a good thing,” said Daeyeol Lee, Yale’s Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and professor of psychology and psychiatry.[...]
read moreExecutive Development Group leads Masterclass in Doha
“Are Leaders Born or Made?” was the title of a Masterclass we just completed at the Commercial Bank Plaza in Doha. It’s the latest special session tailored specifically for Commercial Bank in a partnership between HEC Paris in Qatar and[...]
read moreTeaching in Singapore – what to expect and how to prepare
Teaching in Singapore can be a choice assignment for Western trainers and instructors. Lily Kelly-Radford shares her experience on what to expect and how to prepare in the April 2018 issue of Training Magazine. The cultural experience on the ground[...]
read moreDeep engagement and how to get it
In this month’s edition of Dialogue, colleagues Hervé Coyco, Roger Hallowell and Randall P. White present and discuss the concept of “deep engagement” and suggest two vital principles in the journey to achieve it: 1) People before rules Break the[...]
read moreAuthentic leadership ought to be hard work
Photo courtesy Takatuf. Authenticity is in demand. Your boss and your staff want the real, unvarnished you. Or do they? They might actually prefer a more polished, thoughtful and developed “you.” Experience suggests that the hard work of personal development can[...]
read moreGlobal leadership: Western curricula needs to be attuned to Eastern culture
For global leadership development, Western-style curricula continues to be in demand in Asia, but as Lily Kelly-Radford writes in Chief Learning Officer, it needs to be carefully attuned to local culture in order to be effective. What should you look[...]
read moreDo you have a succession plan? Is it real?
According to a 2014 Human Capital Media Advisory Group, succession plans are found in about 70% of organizations. But are they actually followed? Authentic succession is part and parcel of learning organizations and it’s incumbent upon talent managers to assure[...]
read moreSandy Shullman earns life achievement award
The American Psychological Foundation has named Sandra L. Shullman, PhD, recipient of its 2016 Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology. The award recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing the professional practice of[...]
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