Observing someone who is highly competent at their work is inspiring. As leaders, we must invest more to find, support, and develop these high performers.
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The Leadership Caffeine Blog
Rethinking Emerging Leader Identification and Development
Growing the leadership pipeline is mission critical for every organization. Unfortunately, this process is either missing in action or based on old-world approaches in too many organizations. This articles offers 6 ideas to jump-start your thinking on refreshing and reinvigorating your emerging leader development efforts.
Rethinking Effective Followership in the Workplace
Few of us are exposed to what it means to follow effectively, yet followership is requisite for success in every organizational and business setting. This article offers a fresh perspective on the role and 8 key behaviors of effective followers.
4 Big Gaps to Close in Your Emerging Leader Program
Most executives and CEOs agree on the importance of identifying and developing leadership talent in their firms. However, many emerging leader developpment programs have one or more key gaps. This article identifies four of the most common gaps and offers ideas to eliminate them and improve results.
Leadership Caffeine™—You Decide
I hate learning about interesting leaders once they are gone. The same goes for remarkable musicians, except the musician’s output lingers, potentially inspiring new generations. The leader’s wisdom fades along with those they touched directly. Here’s some wisdom worth passing on via your own actions:
Leadership Caffeine™—Spotting Leadership Potential
Identifying individuals with leadership potential remains an imperfect process in most organizations. While we have tools and models and assessments to help, experienced talent scouts rely on their own well-honed senses as they strive to identify potential future leaders. This article shares some highlights from a recent group interview on this topic.
7 Ideas to Enhance Your Career During Your Firm’s Strategic Planning Process
If you are tapped to participate in your firm’s strategic planning process, it’s important to approach this work as a career building opportunity, and not simply “more work” piled on top of your already overloaded schedule. Here are 7 Ideas to help you leverage this great opportunity: