What Becoming a Better Leader Has in Common with Losing Weight
Sometimes my personal life and my professional life intersect in ways that pleasantly surprise me. I’ve been collaborating with colleagues on a book that guides users through a process to (More)
Hardship: A Different Kind of Challenge
Hardship is an important but often under-appreciated aspect of experience-driven leadership development. Hardships are easy to overlook because they fall outside the well-known 70-20-10 framework of developmental experiences (Challenging Assignments (More)
Short-Term Assignments, Long-Term Success
Many years ago as a young professional at CCL, I had a special six-month assignment as “assistant to the president.” I was the second person to serve in the role. (More)
Why some managers don’t learn from experience & 3 ways to fix it
Often despite attempts to provide developmental experiences for people, by all accounts the learning doesn’t happen. Perhaps you’ve heard of people like this? Jane had been given a plum assignment (More)
