As senior leaders are making a mass exit toward retirement, millennials are rising through the ranks to claim leadership positions. Organizations may have the best of intentions to properly develop new leaders, but leadership programs are falling flat.
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We all know the difference between high-performing and average-performing managers; however, for certain job levels, it depends upon productivity, efficiency and the ability to execute complex jobs. But leaders don’t just appear; they were once...
Historically, "leadership" has largely been considered a top-down function. Leaders were masters of their crafts that doled out their knowledge over time to eager apprentices aspiring to gain wisdom. Enter the "Knowledge Worker."
It's been more than 15 years since Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman began sharing the Gallup organization's research on employee engagement. It was a great breakthrough.
Today, everyone can be a leader, but they need leadership development training that delivers targeted outcomes, sustains high levels of performance and improves the team's engagement.
In the business world, women leaders are still a minority. This statement comes as no surprise to most of us; what is surprising is that men outpace women in leadership roles across every sector in the world:
Companies rarely think about providing training to people making the transition into their first leadership position until the individual actually settles into their new role - or later.
In the past, most organizations developed global leadership skills by expatriating or through globally cross-functional teams. That is yesterday's solution.
Training can help harness the full potential of leaders and maximize business impact. Read this article to examine how companies can drive organizational performance by providing their leaders with the skills they need to succeed.