Leadership Development Consulting Firms Should Stop Interviewing and Start Engaging
I spoke to a friend recently who told me that he was interviewed by 25 people over a six month period in order to get a senior level position at a...
Innovation’s Role in Learning and Development Training
In my last post, I touched on the important role of critical thinking, particularly in the context of maximizing the effectiveness and output of...
For More Effective Leadership Training, Summon Your Inner Child
In previous posts, I’ve described Core Abilities that shape effective leadership training, including critical thinking. Two of the most prominent...
What's the Coolest Learning and Talent Development Innovation You've Seen Recently?
It was the beginning of the third futurecasting event sponsored by our new organization Talent Development 2025. Stavros, our facilitator, was...
Do Training and Professional Development Programs Focus Enough on Critical Thinking?
According to a 1997 report from Idaho, thousands of American deaths have been attributed to the chemical compound dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO), mainly...
Business Simulations for More Purposeful Thinking
About ten years ago, my colleagues and I realized that our challenge as learning and development consultants was to develop a technology that would...
Get in the Game. Tap Learning and Development Training Programs to Develop True Business Acumen.
Business acumen is one of those buzzwords that most people say they understand, but very few can concisely describe. In fact, I would be willing to...
Effective Leadership Training Turns Change Into Opportunity in the Healthcare Industry
As I discussed in my last post, The Regis Company’s partners in the healthcare space are faced with a changing landscape that presents unique,...
Mapping Impact for More Effective Leadership Training
About five years ago, my colleagues and I at The Regis Company created a process called impact mapping to drive more effective leadership development...
Successful Leadership Development Training Programs Target Core Abilities
As mentioned in my last post, The Regis Company has organized and mapped how-to-think patterns to one or more thinking abilities that we refer to as...
Key Takeaways for Better Executive Leadership Training from CLO Symposium Plus+
I recently attended the CLO Symposium Plus in Huntington Beach California, where forward-thinking authors and learning leaders took the stage to...
Using Business Performance Analytics to Identify Value Workers
Over the course of one hundred business simulations, my team and I documented patterns of thought that helped us identify individuals we call Value...