A recent HBR blog shows data reflecting the low scores that Board members give their companies for Talent Management which Board members, in turn, rate as critical to future success. This makes me wonder how these Board members would rate the Talent Management practices at the companies where they work, usually as senior executives. It’s…
In thinking about what it takes be an effective executive in today’s world, Resiliency comes to mind as a highly valued leadership attribute. Think about it this way: nothing is easy. Competitive cost pressures abound in all industries, new products and services are coming to market at a record pace and, while unemployment is still relatively…
Rarely does a day go by when I don’t encounter an important business executive making questionable decisions about scheduling priorities. Sometimes, it’s the executive’s administrative assistant who is the culprit; other times, it’s the executive himself or herself. Consider what is at stake. An executive’s most valuable personal business asset is time. Using time toward…
I’ve been gathering informal feedback from senior HR executives on their top five pain points related to developing leaders and growing talent. Here are the winners: 1.Accelerated Leadership Development – I’ve already mentioned this in a recent blog post, and it tops the list. As Baby Boomers are retiring, employee ranks are thinning, executive layers…
The word authenticity comes up often in discussions about developing leaders, though real authenticity can be hard to find in many leaders we meet. To be sure, most successful leaders have learned to appear authentic, except that when talking to close confidants behind closed doors, it becomes clear that what the public is seeing is…
A recent blog, Leadership-Why Talent is Overrated, by Mike Myatt in Forbes — So, what role does motivation play in becoming a leader? Some assert that it’s the overwhelming characteristic of leadership. See for example: To them, to be motivated, passionate, determined to get it done, hard working and relentless is the essence of leadership.…
With increasing frequency, as Baby Boomers prepare to retire, senior Talent professionals are citing the absence of an effective approach to accelerated leadership development as their major pain point. As a case in point, recently I was having dinner with a prominent SVP HR and we spent most of the evening on this subject. He…