Maintaining Resilience as an External Consultant

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Kevin Nourse

Consider the case of Susan, an external learning and performance consultant. She started her consulting practice several years ago and was immediately successful in terms of client satisfaction and revenue. Although the global economic downturn and recession has cau... More »

Implementing Executive Coaching Programs with Business Impact

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Lynn Schmidt

Todays business environment is undergoing many changes that are having a considerable impact on the quantity and quality of leadership talent. Businesses are faced with a large number of retirees, a lack of viable successors, diminishing leadership development budgets, ... More »

The First Virtue of Leadership: Courage Building

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Bill Treasurer

Courage, according to Aristotle, is the first virtue because it makes all the other virtues possible. If thats true, then courage is also the first virtue in the workplace. Think about all of the important workplace concepts that connect to courage. Leadership, for exam... More »

New Members Join ASTD Board of Directors

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Jennifer Homer

ASTD has a new chair, chair-elect, and four new members on its 2011 board of directors. Sam Herring begins his term as chair of the board having served as director and chair-elect. Chris Pirie has been named 2011 chair-elect of the board by the ASTD selection committee. More »

Derailment: How Successful Leaders Avoid It

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William A. Gentry

It is no wonder that one of every two managers is ineffective. Many display behaviors in certain problem areas, including problems with interpersonal relationships, difficulty leading a team, difficulty changing or adapting, failure to meet business objectives, and too ... More »