Every year, studies explore the challenges and needs of CEOs around the world. And while changing economic conditions and accelerating technology have shifted leaders focus in recent years, studies show that CEOs still focus on the same objectivessales and profit. Even ... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Competencies , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement , Training and Development - General

Whether you are consulting internally or externally, with a large not-for-profit or a small startup, in manufacturing or sales, there are many commonalities. There are also differences in dynamics and experiences based upon the role in which you function as a consultant... More »

Career Development

Beginner Level Content , Career Development , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Jobs , Training and Development - General

My passionate belief has been, and is today, that leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do. Yet it is what leaders donot what leaders arethat others see and judge. So what can a leader do? Define a clear vision that has its foundation in the organizations valu... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Coaching and Mentoring , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Training and Development - General

The late Peter Drucker once commented, I never predict. I simply look out the window and see what is visible but not yet seen. In the spirit of Peters remark, Lisa Shannonassociate publisher at Pfeiffer, a Wiley Imprintand I sat down in the Wiley offices in San Francisc... More »

Learning & Development

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Training and Development - General

Youve probably heard the acronym VIP, which is commonly defined as very important person. But to develop a more personalized kind of relationship, many benchmark companies have shifted the meaning of VIP to very individual person. More »

Human Capital

Beginner Level Content , Business Impact , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Training and Development - General