Learning and Development Consulting Firms Create Tension
In my last post, I introduced the concept of four cognitive conditions in leadership development training that lead to self-generated insights. The...
The Insights Leadership Consulting Companies Really Want
My colleagues and I have spent a considerable amount of time and resources rethinking traditional corporate leadership training principles and...
Corporate Leadership Training Relies on Transfer
We are wired to learn, yet most people are not great learners. But it’s not entirely their fault. Most of the current methods used in executive...
Leadership Development Assessment That Moves Learning Forward
There are three assessment techniques leadership consulting companies use during simulation training that can be used to determine participants’...
Optimal Assessment & Your Leadership Consulting Company
In my last post, I described how the “U-shaped” development curve applies to effective leadership training. We have observed this learning curve in...
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...