Guest post by Marilyn D. Jacobson, Ph.D To be competitive in this global environment, leaders must go against the tide to ignite and maintain momentum. I believe that organizations benefit from an engaged workforce, and the only way to achieve that is to flatten the organization structure. The hierarchy gets in the way of change…
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Women Who Talk, Write and Live Leadership
When I wrote the post 37 Women with Interesting Things to Say About Leadership, I knew there would be many women within my network that I overlooked. Thankfully, my community helped out and offered these examples of women who offer leadership resources and commentary – via their blogs, their social media presence and their daily…
Leadership Development – A Key Strategy for Change Management
What role does leadership development play in creating an organization that’s responsive to change? That’s the question that popped into my head as I read the Institute for Corporate Productivity’s (i4cp) infographic that summarizes the top ten critical issues in the field of human capital management. (See below) The i4cp’s research report Building a Change-Ready…
37 Women with Interesting Things to Say about Leadership
Whenever I read a “top” or “best” list for leadership, my reaction is typically, “Hmm. Not a whole lot of women on this list.” These lists often tout sophisticated methodologies that describe how they selected those on the list. I wonder: to what degree does the initial candidate pool include women? If qualified women are not…
Leadership Development Carnival Hosted by LDRLB
This month’s Leadership Development Carnival is hosted by David Burkus of LDRLB – a blog devoted to Leadership, Innovation and Strategy. David has segmented the posts into the blog’s three focus areas saying, “Many of these posts belong in multiple categories, but that’s the nature of these three domains. They overlap substantially and, where they…