Corporate Leadership Training - A Long and Winding Road
An important concept to consider when developing learning and development training programs is the process through which we retain new information....
Leadership Development Training Programs Aren't Natural
In my last post, I touched on the brain’s ability to adapt based on an individual’s experiences. Daniel Coyle, the author of The Talent Code,...
How Our Brains Make Effective Leadership Training Possible
Not too long ago, a unique book hit the shelves that gave a glimpse into the potential to change behavior through effective leadership training. As a...
Case Study - Driving Collaboration and Elevating Business Acumen
Several years ago, my colleagues and I were asked to design a business simulation based learning and development training program for a multinational...
The Most Effective Leadership Training Begins With Collaboration
The golden thread that unites many of the topics we discuss here for a common purpose is collaboration. Globalization, mergers, and acquisitions in...
The Best Leadership Programs Focus on Value, Not Success
In a society so fixated on one million-dollar word, success—how to be a success, teaching students to be a success, measuring success—the definition...
Responsive Modeling Drives the Best Organization Development Consulting
If you take a deep look at organizational structures and the practice of organization development consulting, you will see that their design supports...
The Best Leadership Development Programs Rely on Systems Thinking
A system is a collection of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent parts that form a complex and unified whole that has a specific purpose....
For Better Professional Development Training Programs, Understand Credit Card Debt
Continuing the ongoing thread on systems thinking, I thought it would be relevant to focus on two extremely common challenges that are frequently...
To Be Effective, Leadership Development Consultants Must Be Systems Thinkers
As you know if you’ve read any of my recent posts, systems thinking balances critical thinking and creative thinking by providing context and...
Learning and Development Training Needs a Good Dose of Healthy Skepticism
Given my recent focus on the value of balancing creative and critical thinking in corporate leadership training, I thought it would be interesting to...
Simulation Training Isn't a Right vs. Left Brain Thing
My last two posts have focused on critical and creative thinking separately. But how do the two work together to improve performance, create better...