By Drew Hansen - forbes.com Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) President John Maeda believes that art and design will transform the economy in the 21st century the way science and technology did in the last century. I agree, and we need creative leaders—inspired by those principles—to...
By Josh Bersin - forbes.com 2013 looks to be a year of global growth, but for HR and talent leaders, it will likely continue to present challenges. Bersin by Deloitte just released our 2013 predictions for corporate HR, leadership, and talent management. You can read the entire report here. Overall:...
By Doug Dickerson - ibtimes.com In a column for the Harvard Business Review Blog Network, Jack Zenger unveiled a startling and troubling fact: We wait too long to train leaders. Citing research from his consulting agency, he revealed that in their database of some 17,000 worldwide...
By Mike Myatt - forbes.com Over the years, I’ve observed just about every type of leadership development program on the planet. And the sad thing is, most of them don’t even come close to accomplishing what they were designed to do – build better leaders. In...
By Halley Bock - hr.blr.com Fierce, Inc., leadership development and training experts, offered 5 predictions for management and business communications for 2013. These predictions are based upon the company’s training experiences with organizations ranging from global Fortune-level businesses to startups and non-profits across the country. Fierce expects to see business communications and leadership...
By Naheed Mirza - hrmagazine.co.uk Critical to organisational success, leaders need to embrace every opportunity to demonstrate leadership. This includes communicating the direction and vision of an organisation frequently, consistently and with absolute clarity to both customers and employees. Yet few leaders appear to truly grasp the...
By Julia Hanna - http://hbswk.hbs.edu What skills do today's executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? And how do corporations teach these skills to their own leaders? "The shift from a country-centric corporation to one that is more global in its outlook will...
By Michael G. Winston - Fortune 50 Executive, Speaker, Adviser Innovation is the lifeblood of any business. Whether it is a groundbreaking invention or an incremental change in process, innovation is about generating new ideas that will give the company's products and services a competitive edge....
By Susan Healy - mylinkage.com Linkage Principal Consultant Susan Healy knows first-hand that negotiation is a critical skill that, when done right, can lead to mutually beneficial outcomes or, when done wrong…. collateral damage. Here, Susan shares a valuable lesson about building trust and some tips...
By FRANK DILLON - irishtimes.com For famed management strategist Robert Kaplan, many organisations fail to implement change because they can’t align their people around a unified strategy GREAT STRATEGY is about doing a small number of things exceptionally well but too often leaders spread themselves too thinly...