
The 5 Most Important Competencies for Function Leaders
CCL research reveals the 13 most important leadership competencies for leading a large division in an organization. Find out where you can improve. (More)

What Makes Mentoring Work?
“We tried mentoring once, it never really worked. Anyway, people find their own mentors informally. What I need to know is how to fill my leadership pipeline.” I recently held (More)

Change Now!
If your approach to leading is “show up and see what happens,” you might want to give that some thought. You can accomplish an awful lot without goals and planning. (More)

Outstanding Leadership: It’s all in your mind
This post was co-authored by Cathleen Clerkin, Marian Ruderman and Carol Connolly. Read more about CCL’s research on neuroscience and leadership in “Leadership Development Beyond Competencies: Moving to a Holistic Approach.” (More)

How Cultural Factors Can Affect 360° Assessment Results
The 360° assessment is widely used by organizations in the field of leadership development. It is also growing fast in China. The advantage of such a data collecting method is (More)

Coaching Supervision — Build Your Competitive Advantage
Coaching supervision, when a coach steps back to reflect on their client work with the help of a trained supervisor, is increasingly being seen as a powerful way to maximise (More)

Keys to Surviving Toxic Leadership in Government
In early January NPR ran a story titled “Army Takes on its Own Toxic Leaders.” The reaction was immediate, and the story seemed to resonate with a lot of people. (More)

The HR Manager’s Challenge (well, one of them) – and how we’re trying to help
I attended ASTD/ICE last year with the express purpose of introducing a new line of digital products to HR Managers at the Expo. This was my first year with CCL, (More)

Leadership Lessons from a Bee Invasion
Recently my yard was invaded by a swarm of bees. If you’ve never seen a swarm in person, swarming bees are quite impressive…or at least these 20,000 (or so) bees (More)

How do we learn?
We learn by being inspired. We learn by debating an issue. We learn by teaching. We learn by doing. By reading, by writing, by listening. This is just the tip (More)