Leadership Formulae. Think Again!

Pat McLagan

Publishers flood the market with books and articles promising leadership success in a few easy steps. Odd numbers of steps sell better, they say, and besides, people don't have time to read and reflect at length. But we know that good leadership just isn't that simple. More »

How Companies Can Spot and Groom Leaders

ASTD Staff

(From CBSNews.com) -- One lament that commonly echoes through the corridors of senior management is not having the right people in the right places to do the job. Results of the PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual Global CEO survey confirm that this concern is more than anec... More »

Book Review - Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers

Steve Gladis

Bill Conaty,  former senior VP for Human Resources at General Electric, and Ram Charan, author, educator and leadership coach at many leading companies, have teamed up to write a "Bible" on developing leadership talent. They argue that the main job of a CEO and oth... More »

Should B Schools Drop the Case Study?

ASTD Staff

Author Susan Cain (Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking) says extroversion is the norm in many leadership training programs both as a way to behave in class and as a characteristic of model leaders. She faults the  case study debates us... More »

Book Review - Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being

Steve Gladis

In his newest book, Flourish: A Visionary Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being,  Martin Seligman, the architect of positive psychology, expounds on his theory of well-being and tells how to craft programs for leaders and teachers. More »