Margie Blanchard, wife of bestselling author and consultant Ken Blanchard, once said that the gap between knowing and doing is greater than the gap between knowing and not knowing. Boy, how right she was! As a young MBA student, I heard variations of this quite often fr... More »

Career Development , Workforce Development , Higher Education

Skills Gap , Students , Management Development , Leadership Development , Career Development , Beginner Level Content

According to the 14th Annual Global CEO Survey by Pricewaterhouse Coopers, 98 percent of Millennials see a mentor as integral to career development. After a few personal attempts at maverick networking, I have found a network of mentors who assist me in being my best se... More »

Workforce Development , Human Capital , Career Development , Higher Education

Beginner Level Content , Career Development , Career Planning , Coaching and Mentoring , Engagement , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement , Management Development , Students

In a Re:Search article in July’s T+D, I report on a study that showed  that managers applied their knowledge only 32% of the time. (See Shocking Evidence of Managers’ Knowing-Doing Gap.) It got me thinking… how much do we apply our knowledge of L... More »

Workforce Development , Higher Education , Senior Leaders & Executives , Learning & Development

Skills Gap , Management Development , Faculty , Competencies , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function

Research , Evidence-Based Best Practices