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2020 | Leadership Development, Managing Organizational Change, Skills Gap Solutions

Don’t Let Leadership & Change Management Mistakes Sabotage Your Future Workforce

This is the third of four posts outlining a practical framework for addressing critical skill shortages. See my “Talent, Technology & Timing” post to make sure you’re focused on the right problem for your business. Check out “From Cross Training to Collaboratives”...
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2019 | Leadership Development, Skills Gap Solutions

AI and the Future of Work: 4 Leadership Skills to Create Tomorrow’s Workforce

The technologies come with names such as machine learning, neural networks, robotic process automation – and many others. And there is lots of uncertainty about how these new capabilities – often referred to as “artificial intelligence” (AI) – will actually impact...
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2018 | Leadership Development

Lessons from 500 CEOs: Do You Have What It Takes to be a Leader?

For the last decade Adam Bryant’s “Corner Office” column has delivered practical insights on leadership from interviews with more than 500 CEOs in a wide variety of organizations. Sadly, the column ended its run in The New York Times recently with a reflective piece...
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2017 | Leadership Development, Skills Gap Solutions

Four Leadership Skills Essential for Closing the Skills Gap

Designing solutions for critical skill shortages is one thing, but where will the leaders come from to implement these complex initiatives? And what specific leadership capabilities are needed to make a real difference in the quality of your future workforce? Below...
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2017 | Leadership Development, Skills Gap Solutions

Is Your Talent Strategy Setting You Up To Fail?

Jim Collins, author of How the Mighty Fall, did an important study of why great organizations fail. He examined 11 corporations that at one time were considered top performers, but had subsequently fallen badly. The sample included Motorola, Merck, HP and Circuit...
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2017 | Leadership Development

Four Questions Every Great Leader Must Answer

Lots of people have titles or roles that suggest they’re a leader. But it’s amazing how many executives simply behave as administrators or care takers in the job they’ve taken on. In the process, they often do more harm than good, increasing employee turnover,...
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Don’t Let Leadership & Change Management Mistakes Sabotage Your Future Workforce

AI and the Future of Work: 4 Leadership Skills to Create Tomorrow’s Workforce

Lessons from 500 CEOs: Do You Have What It Takes to be a Leader?

Four Leadership Skills Essential for Closing the Skills Gap

Is Your Talent Strategy Setting You Up To Fail?

Four Questions Every Great Leader Must Answer

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