Is Everyone a Candidate for Coaching?
By Dr. Stephen A. Laser
When faced with a potentially problematic hire, organizations must face a difficult decision. They can either reject the candidate outright based on the findings from the initial hiring process or they can bring the person onboard and coach him or her in the hope that the person’s behavior will change for the better.
Effective Leadership Development
As part of Brandon Hall’s Analyst Insight program, it received a recent member question concerning leadership development. The member wanted to know the benefits or disadvantages of creating a GE-style leadership program that takes recent MBA graduates and rotates them through the organization for a year or more with a focus on learning an organization’s culture and succession planning. The idea sounds great—but what works for GE may very well be a disaster for a smaller, less global organization.
Want to Unleash Peak Performance? Water The Bamboo
By Greg Bell, Founder, Water The Bamboo Center For Leadership
Have you watered your bamboo today?
When I ask that question, I often get some rather puzzled looks. What does cultivating a crop of giant timber bamboo have to do with training, human resources, or even leadership for that matter?
How to Create Lasting Change
By Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA
Here are my suggestions about how to make change last:
Look at what you are doing now.
Make a decision to change one thing.
An excellent way to improve your current situation is to initially accept things the way they are. When you know where you are, you then can make thoughtful adjustments.