Insights
An exploration of leadership and performance
Insights
Active Ingredients of an Effective Leadership Development Program
Growing leadership capacity unlocks major gains in organizational effectiveness. With so many different approaches to leadership development out there, we thought we would put together a set of what we have found to be the key elements of an effective leadership development process. We’ve found that an integrated model for change and transformation has the greatest impact.
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Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith
The core premise of the book is that we are more beholden to our environment than we might realize. These triggers can lead to us behaving in ways we don’t intend—we always find ourselves interrupting the same colleague, or we get defensive when challenged on certain things but not others. This presents an ultimatum—if we don’t create and control our environment, it will create and control us.
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Praise & Recognition: A foundational leadership capacity
Praise and recognition can have a powerful impact, but most teams don’t praise each other enough. Research on the ratio of praise to critical feedback suggests the highest performing teams give close to six comments of praise for every critical remark.
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The Art of Listening: From mirror to thought partner
If you can listen to someone and repeat back everything they said, are you an excellent listener? Effective listening is about more than being a passive mirror—it’s about being a thought partner and actively supporting the other person.
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Crucial Conversations
Conversations are important—a single conversation could change the trajectory of a relationship or career. Crucial Conversations, written by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler, recognizes a tendency many of us have to avoid difficult conversations
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Active Ingredients of an Effective Leadership Development Program
Growing leadership capacity unlocks major gains in organizational effectiveness. With so many different approaches to leadership development out there, we thought we would put together a set of what we have found to be the key elements of an effective leadership development process. We’ve found that an integrated model for change and transformation has the greatest impact.
read more
Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith
The core premise of the book is that we are more beholden to our environment than we might realize. These triggers can lead to us behaving in ways we don’t intend—we always find ourselves interrupting the same colleague, or we get defensive when challenged on certain things but not others. This presents an ultimatum—if we don’t create and control our environment, it will create and control us.
read more
Praise & Recognition: A foundational leadership capacity
Praise and recognition can have a powerful impact, but most teams don’t praise each other enough. Research on the ratio of praise to critical feedback suggests the highest performing teams give close to six comments of praise for every critical remark.
read more
The Art of Listening: From mirror to thought partner
If you can listen to someone and repeat back everything they said, are you an excellent listener? Effective listening is about more than being a passive mirror—it’s about being a thought partner and actively supporting the other person.
read more
Crucial Conversations
Conversations are important—a single conversation could change the trajectory of a relationship or career. Crucial Conversations, written by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler, recognizes a tendency many of us have to avoid difficult conversations
read more