The DOL’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) works with the agency to provide a comprehensive national policy regarding employment of people with disabilities. The DOL’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) works with the agency to provide a comprehensive national policy regarding employment of people with disabilities. Read about ODEP's initiatives and the fascinating story of ODEP head, Assistant Secretary Kathy Martinez.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/GovLearning-Blog/2013/07/Expanding-Employment-Opportunities-for-People-with-Disabilities
Mistakes are a part of business. This installment of Tasha’s Leadership Tips offers advice on how to repair trust when they happen.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/07/The-Two-Minute-Trust-Builder-the-Terri-Wanger-Rule
It is crucial that managers inspire trust if they want to achieve goals and build a healthy thriving team. Here are nine “keys” you can implement immediately to begin building (or repairing) trust in your department.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/07/9-Keys-to-Building-Trust-That-Boosts-Productivity
How can training and development people help organizational leaders inspire and enable evolutionary innovation? Peer Insight CEO outlines a “Permission, Passion, and Protocols” framework that you may find helpful.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/07/Inspiring-and-Enabling-Evolutionary-Innovation-from-Middle-Managers
We have a warped concept of managers. We imagine them young, handsome, and slim, wearing impeccable suits and speaking rapidly into smartphones at an airport terminal. They have a university degree and an MBA. They know about marketing and finance, and regularly present at high-powered meetings. They are extremely competent.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Global-HRD-Blog/2013/07/In-Praise-of-Incompetence-Management
Preliminary research pinpoints what issues are creating a disconnect between company culture and politics and the innovative managers that have the potential to create value for their organizations
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/06/Visionary-Employees-Are-Companies-Losing-Them-for-the-Wrong-Reasons
Early in my career in New York City, I attended a Dale Carnegie training program that I found very helpful. The two fellows who taught the program were amazing, and I was totally taken by their quiet confidence, poise, and ability to communicate.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/06/The-Golden-Rules-of-Leadership-and-Relationships
Blog #1: The nature of organizations has changed, and the leaders they require in the future will be fundamentally different from those they require today. It is time to recreate leadership for the requirements of the modern organization.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Global-HRD-Blog/2013/06/Rereate-LeadershipBlog-1-of-4
Much has been said about stakeholder management. But it is easy to miss opportunities to accelerate the level of engagement with your stakeholders—and to make sure they are the right ones, too. To help keep you focused on deciding how to engage and whom to engage with, here are seven stakeholder management principles that, if followed, will move you faster toward your goals.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/06/Seven-Guiding-Principles-Stakeholder-Engagement
If you realize the importance of internal relationships, and you know how much our emotional intelligence helps to put people at ease, create trust and respect, align people and further a can-do attitude, then I believe you will appreciate this blog post. If you are not especially familiar with emotional intelligence and the part it plays in highly effective leadership, I hope you will read this blog post carefully. Either way, I would certainly welcome your feedback and ideas.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/06/Emotional-Intelligence-Is-Key-to-Our-Success