September 15, 2010 - by Pat Galagan, Tony Bingham
If there were a reality TV show called Extreme Leadership Development, Mercer CEO Michele Burns would be its star. Burns came to her current job by way of Delta Airlines during and after 9/11, and Mirant, an energy company she led out of Chapter 11. Not long after she t... More »
July 15, 2010 - by Herb Greenberg, Patrick Sweeney
2009 is one year that none of us will ever forget. We all had to shrink to squeeze through the eye of the storm, and we had to learn how to compete in a completely new game. Our competitors, we found, are no longer in our neighborhoods or on the other side of town. They... More »
April 14, 2010 - by Preston Brown
Developing others is a leadership competency of increasing importance; however, many managers don't really know where to start. The first step in developing others is to put in place an employee development framework that encompasses processes, resources, and a culture ... More »
February 14, 2010 - by 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 »
February 14, 2010 - by Anne Baber, Lynne Waymon
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 »
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