Authentic leadership ought to be hard work

Authentic 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...
Do you have a succession plan? Is it real?

Do 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...
Sandy Shullman earns life achievement award

Sandy 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...
Leadership outcomes from the EMBA, in CLO Magazine

Leadership outcomes from the EMBA, in CLO Magazine

Writing in CLO Magazine, Randy White presents the benefits of the more leadership-focused executive MBA. Randy spoke with academic colleagues Dr. Roger Hallowell, Marina Kundu and Dr. Mary Logan to gain insights about how masters programs have evolved to include...
Do we need Chief Curiosity Officers?

Do we need Chief Curiosity Officers?

  Photo: Greg Rakozy In our work studying how people deal with uncertainty and through our use of The Ambiguity Architect® we’re ambassadors of embracing the unknown. So we were interested in Todd B. Kashdan’s article in Harvard Business Review,...
How the 10 informs the 20 and the 70

How the 10 informs the 20 and the 70

Our colleagues from the Center for Creative Leadership developed the 70-20-10 theory of learning and development some decades ago. It’s integral to two works of the day, both Lessons of Experience: How Successful Executives Develop on the Job, by Morgan W....
Sandy Shullman and Lily Kelly-Radford on “becoming global”

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...