Organizational Behavior (OB) is about people in organizations and it covers a wide spectrum of human conduct. Because everyone is part of an organization while in the workplace (and everyplace else), it is incumbent on us to explore the roots of our understanding and know-how of behavior in organizations.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Higher-Education-Blog/2013/08/Organizational-BehaviorIt-All-Starts-at-Home
Data shows that organizations with women on their boards and executive teams are more likely to be successful, but women continue to be underrepresented. Talent Management Best Practice Series: Women in Leadership, a recently released report from Korn/Ferry International, examines obstacles women face in reaching the top.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Career-Development-Blog/2013/06/Women-in-Leadership
Leading academics, business leaders, and CEB have announced the launch of The Leadership Transition Institute. This new organization is a nonpartisan think tank with the mission of improving the economic and human outcomes of leadership transitions at private, public, and governmental organizations globally.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Learning-Executive-Blog/2013/06/Leadership-Transition-Institute
Converting complexity to clarity may be the most critical competency to move us from management effectiveness to leadership excellence.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/03/Moving-from-Management-to-Leadership
If you want to create a culture of leadership, you must succeed in creating leadership ubiquity.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/02/The-Case-for-Ubiquitous-Leadership
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/02/Developing-Leaders-in-a-VUCA-Environment
A president is elected every four years, but he or she does not run the government alone. Thousands of political appointments must be made to establish the White House's leadership of the executive branch.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2012/Winter/Strong-Executive-Branch-Leadership-Crucial-for-Policy-Implementation
China Post, with almost one million employees spread across China, turned to an online training college to bring employees' skills and knowledge up-to-speed following a major reorientation toward better service.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Newsletters/LX-Briefing/LXB-Archives/2012/12/Inside-China-Post
Nimble leaders must be able to be strategic one moment and tactical the next; to be visionary and inspiring one moment but practical and down-to-earth the next.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Newsletters/LX-Briefing/LXB-Archives/2012/12/Feature-Nimble-Leadership-Koonce
Sometimes great innovations happen because they’re driven by exceptional leaders. Other times innovations happen because great leaders knew when to step aside and let them happen organically. This latter type of change only happens when true leadership exists – the type that recognizes initiative, fuels it, and gives it boundaries without killing the enthusiasm behind it.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2012/11/Three-Leadership-Tips-for-Creating-Organic-Change