Internal communications and branding are rife with the image of people and teams pulling together as one, but for many organizations, this image is inaccurate. More »

Learning & Development , Human Capital

Business Impact , Management Development

Membership

Whirlpool Corporation, a global appliance manufacturer, has had a consistent record of developing employees with strategically relevant knowledge and skills, which has helped the company to excel in markets around the globe and develop future leaders. But Whirlpool Univ... More »

Workforce Development , Human Capital

Career Development , Designing Learning , Management Development , Training and Development - General

In the satirical book The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull (1969), Peter coins a new phrase “The Peter Principle,” as his encompassing theory about incompetence in workplaces. Attempting to encapsulate the phe... More »

Learning & Development

Management Development , Training and Development - General

Capacity-building leadership unlocks people’s capability, productivity, and independence. By tapping into the potential that’s already inside people, leaders can enable them to do more with less. More »

Human Capital , Workforce Development

Leadership Development , Management Development , Human Performance Improvement

In the course of conducting research for our new book, Let Go to Grow: Why Some Businesses Thrive and Others Fail to Reach Their Potential, we analyzed more than 100 small and midsize companies. We found that many previously successful and growing businesses reached a p... More »

Human Capital , Workforce Development

Management Development