Many theorists have tried to explain how and why teams develop. Each theorist offers a different perspective of leadership, but most agree that leaders need to be concerned with the group’s content, process, and output. Advice differs about how the leader should address each of these, however. One of the most popular theorists, B.W. Tuckman,Read more
Authors have filled the shelves with books about leadership personality, charisma, and emotional intelligence. Arguably, leadership is a complicated and somewhat abstract concept. Therefore, before making a hiring or promotion decision, successful companies consider a candidate’s education, experience, behavior during the interview, references, and personal impressions. But too often, they overlook the critical factor thatRead more
When leaders master the art of talent assessment and commit to coaching those who need their help, those in their organizations develop fierce loyalty, exhibit infectious enthusiasm for the work they do, and want to spend their careers growing along with their organizations. When your best talent doesn’t receive attention, retention, productivity, and morale suffer.Read more
“Step to the Rear,” from the 1967 Broadway production How Now, Dow Jones, announces that “here’s where we separate the notes from the noise, the men from the boys, the rose from the poison ivy.” In this rousing musical, the characters center their lives around the stock market and saving the US economy.Read more
The first step in giving yourself a talent advantage is to hire the best and brightest in your industry. Bad hiring decisions will cost you, both in dollars and lost opportunities, so get that right, and you will have taken the critical first step to make sure you have a number of high potentials toRead more
