Managers Still Positive Despite Tough Times

Phaedra Brotherton

Managers and professionals are pretty happy with their jobs and organizations even after the economic turmoil of the past two years. But they also feel overloaded and have issues with work-life balance, according to a new report from the Center for Creative Leadership. More »

The Weary Middle

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Ann Pace

After a recent survey of 2,001 midlevel leaders worldwide, combined with additional contemporary data, Development Dimensions International (DDI) offers suggestions for organizations to prepare their midlevel talent to ensure business success in todays postrecession... More »

Top Suite in Corporate America Still Eludes Women

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Eileen McKeown

Recently released statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor show that for the first time in history, women have begun to outnumber men on the nations payroll. Yet, according to a key finding in Calvert Investments Examining the Cracks in the Ceiling: A Survey of Corp... More »

Implementation of Executive IDPs Is No Place for Shortcuts

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Kris Routch

An effective individual development plan process requires specific goals, strong commitment, and executive sponsorship. Are you willing to do what it takes to create an effective process to develop your senior leaders? As leaders move up the corporate ladder, they conti... More »

Great by Choice

Marissa Garff

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All By Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen (HarperBusiness, $29.99, 320 pp.) In Great by Choice, authors Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen deliver an excellent follow-up to Collins's bestselling boo... More »