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Spencer Stuart, a leading global executive search and leadership advisory firm, today announced that it has acquired Cambria Consulting, which specializes in individual and team development.

The Leadership Development Menu

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A recent brainstorming session about how to develop an organization’s leaders captured the full range of world-class leadership development options. Understanding the pros and cons of each option will enable your organization to select the right path.
Followership is an impressive, dynamic and influential self-driven ability that can identify gaps and strengthen bridges with others. Relying on collaboration, this method of engagement presents opportunities for clear strategic alignment.

Avoiding the Peter Principle: How to Make Promotions Work

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It’s common for organizations to promote people up the hierarchy until they reach a level of incompetence — a concept known as the Peter Principle. Even when a position requires a different set of skills, it’s past performance that leads to the...

The First Three Steps of Succession Planning

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If your company does not have a leadership development program in place, or if you haven’t given much thought to how your company will make an orderly transfer of leadership responsibility, 2020 is the year to focus on this critical planning.
Leaders in business, academia, and other fields can now rate their leadership strengths and weaknesses – and see how they stack up against their peers – with MindEdge Learning's new online Leadership Assessment tool, which the edtech firm launched...