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Articles from the field

Sandy Shullman and Lily Kelly-Radford on “becoming global”

Sandy and Lily write in the May 2015 issue of CLO Magazine, drawing on their experience in global degreed curricula as well as executive coaching. A 2013 Right Management study reported that 42 percent of individuals in overseas assignments fail. The same study found...

Randy White at HEC Paris Knowledge Lab in Qatar

#HR Knowledge Lab hosted by @HECParis Prof White discusses #leadership development with HR professionals @edgp #Qatar pic.twitter.com/csovcqiRKP — HEC Paris ExecEd (@HECParisExecEd) November 20, 2014

Strengths are still overrated and overplayed

In the 13 years since author Marcus Buckingham popularized the strengths movement in leadership development, we've seen varying degrees of acceptance among our clients and colleagues. Late last year Forbes contributor Ekaterina Walter offered up the "Four Essentials...

There is a transglobal leadership development model coming

Is there a new "transglobal" model for leadership development emerging? Yes. Executive Development Group is heavily engaged around the world this year, partly through our work with HEC Paris and Duke Corporate Education, but also from our direct corporate clients....

Lily Kelly-Radford leads youth leadership workshop in Qatar

EDG partner Lily Kelly-Radford is wrapping up "Leadership Acceleration Program," a youth leadership learning opportunity, in Doha, Qatar this week.  It's part of our work for HEC Paris and is sponsored by Commercial Bank of Qatar. Lily's workshop functions as an...

How three clients mastered ambiguity

Randy White and Sandy Shullman feature the stories of three clients of the Executive Development Group in their article, "Build Leadership's Tolerance for Ambiguity." Read it all in this month's CLO Magazine We have a serious problem at the Food and Drug...

360 assessments to help resolve sexual harassment can work, if…

The Executive Development Group partner Sandra L. Shullman weighs in on an engaging article appearing in Talent Management concerning the use of executive coaching with 360 assessments to resolve harassment cases in the workplace. Sandy has been an expert witness in...