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Hiring and Developing Leaders: Lessons from Family Businesses & Private Equity-Backed Companies

In his best-selling book Good to Great, author Jim Collins points out that companies that go from good to great begin not with where are we going, rather who are…
Beyond the Matrix: Building Capacity to Collaborate

In order to fully realize the advantages of a matrixed organization, people need to develop their capacity to collaborate by learning to think and interact differently with one another. Contemporary…
Give Credit Where it's Due

You might remember the Fed Ex commercial where a boss asks his team for cost-cutting ideas and a young staffer suggests opening a FedEx.com account. Everyone is silent. The boss…
Characteristics of a Good Leader

During a series of 3-day leadership development workshops for middle managers, I asked the participants to reflect upon the “best” boss they ever had. With that specific person in mind,…
The Design and Use of High-Impact Assessment and Development Centers

High performing companies increasingly use Assessment and Development Centers as a way to develop talent. These centers gather a wide array of assessment data and provide a series of development…
Missing Conversations: The Impact on Your Business

One of the biggest challenges facing business today is planning strategically for an orderly and productive management succession by identifying and preparing future leaders from existing talent pools. Many companies…

Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Acclaimed presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin turns the stories of four American Presidents (Lincoln, Roosevelt, Roosevelt and Johnson) into a skillful primer for leaders in times of crisis. She describes the “crucible events” for each man (debilitating depression, death of wife and mother, polio, etc.) and how each emerged with an enlarged capacity to lead the country through its most…