Development, Leadership development, Uncategorized
Peer-to-peer coaching lets each team member try out leadership. Photo: Adobe Stock. Learning to lead can be a matter of jumping in and trying it out. But there needs to be a safe environment for trial-and-error and experimentation – a space where first time leaders...
Simulations, Uncategorized
We never lose the feeling of back-to-school time, do we? Even if you don’t have kids or your kids have already graduated, we seem programmed to feel that urge to focus more on achievement in late August. Of course, in the Jewish calendar, the new year starts in the...
Development, Leadership development, Uncategorized
We’re amazed and inspired. Larissa Cerqueira is CHRO at Fluence, a leader in renewable energy with a significant focus on electric vehicle power storage. Larissa is constantly recruiting, selecting, and onboarding new talent around the world. This is in a...
Talent selection, Uncategorized
When small businesses staff up, they don’t always know what or who they’re looking for. They may have titles in mind, but not clear agreement on the traits and motivation that are needed to do the job. This is not being slack. It’s the norm. Written job descriptions...
Talent selection, Uncategorized
Let’s look at extroverts. There’s a lot more to personality profiles than whether someone is an “I” or an “E,” as Myers-Briggs might suggest to the casual user. Talent professionals get this and know it’s vital to drill down with MBTI and other assessments....
Development, Leadership development
Recently, we were asked how companies measure if their workplace cultures are successful? Good question. We’re so often asked about how to find the problems! Point number one: start by looking for transparency, openness and honesty. Let’s clarify....
Development, Uncategorized
Photo: Adobe Stock Immature leadership? No wonder we have so many people leading who simply aren’t prepared. In the past there were many more layers of management. Those days are long gone. As organizations flattened for efficiency, they lost critical training grounds...
Development, News, Training and Development ROI
What’s your ROI on learning initiatives and your overall training and development budget? Don’t feel bad if you don’t have that figure handy. It’s been a topic of debate for decades. Maybe it’s similar to advertising… “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted;...
News, Simulations, Uncategorized
Simulations are powerful learning tools, unfortunately many of them rely on teams working closely together. How can you get around this during the pandemic? Consider the PressTime simulation. It’s ideal as a leader-level sim, because it’s always been computer based....
