The Challenge to Excel continues to be one of the best employee development tools available. “Challenge to Excel” is a project or task given to employees that is beyond their current knowledge or skills level in order to “stretch” employees developmentally. The stretch assignment chal

Generating options is the key to satisfying the interests of everyone. The best way to generate options is through the process of brainstorming. Brainstorming generates multiple ideas in a very short period of time – and can be especially productive in a group setting. Before going in

A blind spot can affect your life without you even noticing. A blind spot refers to a pattern of behaving, thinking or feeling that is out of your awareness. A blind spot can have a negative influence on your life and can affect your relationships with the people close to you. If not

If you want to become a great leader and gain the capacity to connect with your team at a deep level you need to listen in ways that leave the other person feeling fully understood. The next sustainable competitive edge for individuals and for organizations lies in the area of human c

There are hundreds of courses in the marketplace on leadership, and most of them cover the basics well. Most leadership training tells a person what leadership is by contrasting it with management. My question is, why are these programs ineffective when it comes to creating new leader

What is increasingly the key ingredient of effective leadership in this new era of massive connectedness? The answer, quite simply, is the ability to inspire others through great communication. The function of language is not only to communicate information, but also to bring about an

Many leaders have shortcomings they don’t know about, and these can diminish their effectiveness and even derail their careers. Large, international studies have foundthat executives rate themselves considerably more effective as leaders than do their co-workers. For many, this gap in

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