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3 Reasons to Invest in A Leadership Development Program

Organizational Talent Consulting

When companies look for a competitive advantage, there is often talk about making leadership development investments. But during these conversations, leadership development programs are typically questioned. The truth is that leadership is more than a position, and event-driven development often fails to create lasting change.

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Instead, a better question is, how can you develop quality coaching relationships through technology? Here is what peer-reviewed research contributes to the discussion on the effectiveness of virtual coaching. Research indicates that virtual coaching requires a more significant commitment and accountability from the client.

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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

This is alarming, given evidence a direct positive correlation exists between employee commitment to strategy and employee involvement in strategy development. Here is what leaders need to know to be more inclusive in strategy development and how to overcome three common barriers. Development. The first step is to listen.

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Is Behavioral Economics Used in Business?

Steve Shu Consulting

” Broad conscious, concerted efforts to apply behavioral economics probably did not begin until sometime after 2008 with the release of Thaler and Sunstein’s book, Nudge. Or they can pursue narrower approaches, like research and thought leadership.

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Embracing Selfless Love in the Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

Research has directly connected higher levels of organizational commitment with lower employee turnover rates. Research has linked empathy with forgiveness and healing relationships. Key #2: Development Like leadership behaviors, selfless love can be developed.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). When developers discover a bug in a software program or operating system, cybercriminals have a window of opportunity to exploit the vulnerability before it is fixed.

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How to Identify and Accelerate the Right Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leadership development investments don't have to be a big gamble. A review of the published research reveals that leadership effectiveness makes a difference in the leader's life, those they lead, business performance, and communities. How Can You Accelerate Leadership Development? Great leaders achieve great results.