Leadership’s Courageous Vulnerability
One client of mine is extraordinarily effective at leading one of his teams. They listen to him. They know the drill. They buy into their team being as effective as possible. But he’s invited me in because of his woes with another team. It is filled with a younger generation who don’t seem to understand him. They push back against his instructions. They complain to his boss or HR, rather than confront him. Originally, he tells me it’s because they’re young. “Why don’t
Hiring & Retaining Top Talent: Focus on Potential
Clients tell us over and over again that their number one concern has been hiring and retaining top talent. A recent Harvard Business Review article entitled “21st Century Talent Spotting” tackles this head on. It says that rather than emphasizing competencies of any particular job, hiring and promoting talent should be based on the candidate’s potential. I particularly like this hiring criteria because we work with potential all the time in leadership development. Potenti
