Learn to Work the Room in Meetings
This is not a skill set reserved for politicians or CEOs. It’s a skill anyone will benefit from. The more people you know, the more access you have. The deeper each relationship goes, the easier it is to work together.
Cisco’s Leadership Breakthrough
IT products and services company Cisco’s Leadership Breakthrough is a nomination-based leadership development program for high-potential directors and principal engineers in Cisco’s Development Organization.
A How-To Guide for Vertical Leadership Development
Use these tips from 30 leadership experts to help your team think in more complex and sophisticated ways.
The Innovator’s Other Dilemma: Getting Accountability Right
When people learn about positive accountability—holding themselves and others accountable in a way that motivates everyone to get the results expected of them—results begin to improve immediately.
Invest for Success: Learning Through Communication
We need to think out of the box to create social learning environments that foster communication.
Does Your Training Work? Try a “Warmer” Climate
No matter how thoughtful and well-designed the training, you still need to make sure all the right factors are in place to care for and nurture it through that critical and precarious incubation period. If the climate is suitable for learning transfer, the training sticks, thrives on its own, and ultimately blossoms into fruitful returns.
Tenaris’ Feedback Actions Campaign
Nearly 50 percent of Tenaris’s white collar employees indicated on two separate surveys in two years that their performance reviews were not helping improve their job performance. In response, Tenaris implemented the Feedback Actions Campaign to improve the annual performance evaluation process for more than 7,000 employees.
Everyone Needs a MESS (Meeting Enforcer Sensor System)
Sixty-seven percent of employees report that more than half of the meetings they attend are of no value, according to a recent study. Apparently, we’ve cured many diseases, but not one for the common meeting.
Why Questioning Work Is the New Time Management
When people become comfortable questioning and challenging assumptions about work, it often becomes clear that redesigning the work—doing it in a new way than was originally specified—is often the best option.
Virtually There: Developing the Competencies of Virtual Classroom Facilitators
As you move your programs to the virtual classroom, start by making sure your instructional designers are virtually competent. Then, task your trainers with the following goal: facilitate virtual classroom learning experiences that meet or exceed the learning outcomes expected in a traditional face-to-face experience.