Why Innovation? Why Now?

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Pat Galagan

A young man we know recently made a career move some would find unthinkable. He left a software engineering job at Google to go to work for a little-known startup with few perks and no charisma to speak of. Among his reasons for making the switch was his sense that Goog... More »

Women, Water, and Leadership: Are We Making Progress?

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Bonnie Hagemann

Are women making progress in leadership roles? It's a reasonable question. There are currently 15 Fortune 500 companies run by women - the same number as last year, though some of the names have changed. Katharine Graham of The Washington Post was the first female execu... More »

Dont Overlook Frontline Supervisors

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Howard Risher

For the past decade or so, new technology and systems have been prominent in performance improvement initiatives. Scorecards and performance measurement have been promoted as an answer for performance problems. Over this period,... More »

An Executive’s Support of Leadership Development: Determining What Is Necessary

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Mark Frein

The issue of executive support for leadership development solutions is far more complex than often acknowledged. Unfortunately, all too often, we hear generalizations ("We don't have executive support for this") without due consideration of the variables that must be ta... More »

Executive Coaching: Leadership Development in the Federal Government

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Richard Koonce

The federal government is suffering from a serious leadership deficit, and that deficit has only grown in recent years given the challenges facing the United States. Thats the major headline to emerge from a recent report publis... More »