A Leadership Skills Gap?

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Dean Smith

As leaders struggle to ensure the long-term viability of their organizations in a volatile economy, a recent study from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) reports that a glaring gap exists between the leadership skills organizations have now and the ones they will... More »

Blink or Think?

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Lisa Callahan

In his book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell describes an incident in which a firefighter ordered his men to retreat from a burning house. As they were shooting water into the kitchen, the lieutenant suddenly shouted, "There's something wr... More »

Capitalizing on Coaching Challenges

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Sophie Oberstein

The prevalence of coaching in the workplace is increasing, even in today's troubling economic climate. And perhaps this makes sense. Coaching skills are becoming critical management competencies as organizations attempt to develop their employees using fewer financial, ... More »

The Connected Employee: The 8 Networking Competencies for Organizational Success

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Anne Baber

These scenarios are networking choice points. What employees do and say at these and thousands of other junctures reflects their level of skill in relationship-building and their ability to contribute to the success of the organization. An enterprisewide networking comp... More »

Bridging the Skills Gap: New Factors Compound the Growing Skills Shortage

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Pat Galagan

"Bridging the Skills Gap" is the third report from ASTD to cover the growing importance of talent to organizational performance and the skills gap that threatens so many organizations today. This report updates the picture, including the role of job losses during the cu... More »