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Career Development Takes a ‘Do It Yourself’ Turn
The following excerpt is from my article with Beverly Kaye, "A Leader’s ‘Crashless’ Course: Helping Employees Drive Career Development," that appears in Training Industry Quarterly. The do-it-yourself trend has taken hold across industries and within organizations...
Managers, Mentors, and a Lot More
Chip Bell and Marshall Goldsmith have just introduced another gem into the leadership development world. Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning is now available everywhere books are sold. It’s a rich resource, filled with wisdom, perspective, and...
Give ‘Em Enough Rope….
I like to start each day with an early morning yoga class. And, if I get there early enough, I stretch out my spine by hanging upside down from ropes that are anchored to the wall. A friend recently walked into the studio, announcing, “There’s Julie. Give her...
Want to Kill Young Workers’ Motivation and Drive? Utter These 4 Words
Commencement season is in full bloom. And many organizations are looking forward to an influx of freshly-minted graduates within their ranks. Potential and excitement fill the air. The opportunity to develop, inspire, engage, and grow these new workplace entrants is...
Where’s Your Bubble?
For years I’ve wanted to take a ceramics class. I remember the satisfying feel of clay in my hands as a kid. And while I’m no Demi Moore, I could envision losing myself in art at a potter’s wheel. So my daughter and I headed out last weekend for an afternoon...
Beauty, Perceptions, and Feedback
Dove is really ‘cleaning up’ in the media these days. Following up on its controversial ‘real beauty’ campaign of recent years, the company has launched another powerful, media-savvy initiative. The Real Beauty Sketches project is based upon the work of Gil Zamora, a...
Unpacking Learning
In a recent SmartBrief blog post, Memo to the CEO: 5 Myths that are Killing Your Talent Development , my friends Jeannie Coyle and Wendy Axelrod provide insightful observations and analysis about talent development that is important to all leaders today. I found my...
Introverts Rule (Quietly)
For most of my professional life, I’ve admired and envied the extroverted leaders around me. Ahhhh, to demonstrate such confidence, energy, and power. For decades, I believed that at some point - after a lot or professional experience, after having my own business,...
Everything I Needed to Know About Leadership, I Learned… When My Kids Entered Kindergarten
Move over, military. There’s a new leadership development setting in town! For most of the twentieth century, leaders grew up primarily through their military experiences, developing the models, approaches, and skills that would eventually extend to the workplace....