Performance Improvement Without Assessments

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William Seidman

Assessments and competencies are core elements of most training programs, but recent neuroscience research suggests that these elements may be detrimental to the improvement of organizational performance. New “affirmative” models of learning that use “... More »

Learning Leadership in India? The Lanco Way

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Raj Ramachandran

This summary is based on a conversation in Delhi, India with Sudhakar Moorthy, chief learning officer of Lanco, and Dinesh Bhasin, Lanco’s deputy head of learning and development. Founded in the early 1990s in Hyderabad, India, Lanco Infratech Limited (Lanco) ha... More »

Two Can Do It: Learning by Mentoring or Being Mentored

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Halelly Azulay

Mentors are all around you—even some who may not know they are your mentors. To reverse that, you may not be aware of how many people observe and emulate you. More »

Five Productivity Tips for Consultants

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Halelly Azulay

Be more productive with these tips that assimilate the latest psychology and neuroscience findings about how the brain works, how our physiology affects our ability to focus, and ways to optimize our expenditure and renewal of energy resources. More »

A Talent Stretched

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Offering my time and talents outside of work helps me stretch myself and grow in ways I never could have imagined. More »