April 13, 2011 - by Karen Hough
"You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a lifetime of conversation." - Plato The economic downturn. Increased competition. Twitter. There has never been a more important time for you to be able to manage risk, deal with change, and think on your feet. ... More »
April 13, 2011 - by Daniel R. Tobin
Most of the literature and examples of "best practices" for developing a company's next generation of leaders cite the efforts of large companies, with GE being the most common example of excellent practice and results in growing their own leaders. These large companies... More »
April 13, 2011 - by Jazmine Boatman, Rich Wellins
Surgeons underwent years of training to learn their important trade, as did pilots, engineers, and lawyers. But the profession of leadership is an important one too, and it's often assumed without any training at all. Today's leaders face rapid changes in an increasingl... More »
April 13, 2011 - by Pat Galagan
In 1961, Fred Turner, McDonald's former senior chairman and Ray Kroc's first grill man, founded Hamburger University in the basement of a McDonald's restaurant in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, making McDonald's the first restaurant organization to open a full-time traini... More »
April 13, 2011 - by Emily King
A few years ago, a growing manufacturing company began to think about military veterans as a pipeline for leadership talent. The company's president, Jack, was himself a retired military officer and thought highly of job candidates with military backgrounds. In anticipa... More »
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