Many successful organizations differentiate themselves with a dual focus on mission accomplishment and individual development. An integral piece of that development is the coaching that leaders receive along the way.
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Stephanie Lischke has purchased Franklin & White, a trusted partner for assessment management services serving executive coaches, leadership consultants, learning and development professionals and university executive programs.
Egon Zehnder, the world’s leadership consulting firm, has formalized an agreement to purchase a minority stake in Zurich, Switzerland-based Sinequanon (SQN), a firm that uses AI and advanced analytics to improve workplace culture and performance.
To curb conflicts that may stem from misalignments of meaning, leaders can work with their team to create a team charter, which provides a common understanding of acceptable practice.
Digital learning and emerging technologies are offering new tools to teach soft skills in powerful ways; gamification, virtual and augmented reality, and simulations are just a few. These trends are worth exploring.
This blog post is a sampling of just a few leadership lessons. Take what you want, discard what you don’t and pass on whatever you think worthy. One of the greatest legacies we can leave is inspiring people to be their best.
When leaders recognize accountability as something that is teachable and measurable – i.e., a hard skill – they can wield its power to achieve a slew of top-line business goals.
Employer emphasis is often on developing hard skills, like computer science and data science, but it’s critical not to discount the importance and marketability of soft skills.
A foundational soft skill in a manager’s leadership toolkit is “noticing,” a hard-to-teach soft skill responsible for increasing leadership effectiveness, navigating change, and leading through complex and ambiguous times with agility.
The term “soft skills” is commonly used, but it is more accurate to define them as part of the behavioral skills that are needed in the workplace that are no less important than “hard skills” (technical skills) and that are sometimes more...