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Returns on Leadership Development Investment
We’re often asked to quote a demonstrable Return on Investment (ROI) for the leadership development programs we develop and deliver. While we’ve seen others suggest quantifiable ROI for such efforts, as an...
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Please Stop Half-Assing Leadership Development
Within the past several months we’ve witnessed multiple “leadership experts” misquote and misname some of the leading thinkers in our business, pass off clever memes as profound advice, and, most recently, suggest...
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Not Enough Time? I Thought We All Got the Same Number of Hours a Day
We recently gave an executive leader an assignment in advance of a program we’re starting in Ohio. Weeks, two missed deadlines, and multiple e-mail and telephone reminders later, I got a nice...
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Chasing the Needle
I used to spend a lot of time in aircraft. From 1983 until 2003 I flew helicopters and airplanes for the U.S. Army and as part of our training we regularly practiced...
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High Engagement Approaches for Talent Retention – How to Keep Talent Without Strangling Your Budget or Retaining an Attorney
Incentive and welfare program for employee retention, building staffs loyalty reduce resignation rate for important talent, boss holding magnet to pull back resigned or leaving employee. Last September, I was in a...
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The Darwin Awards, Failure, and the Power of No
Tragedy and comedy are arguably nowhere more integrated than in recurring Darwin Award announcements. According to the official website (www.darwinawards.com), these snippets pay homage to Charles Darwin, the father of evolution. “Darwin...