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The March 2012 Leadership Development Carnival Going Green Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the March 4th, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival Going Green Edition. There's a lot 'o good reading here, so why not pour a mug of your favorite green beverage and take in a wee bit of leadership development. Lynn Dessert from Elephants at Work presents Using Strong Interest Survey for Career Decisions.

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

A 2012 Custom Insight survey revealed that 49% of workers cited problems with their direct supervisor as their reason for disengagement. This paper is about rethinking the practice of leadership and reforming the way we approach the development of leaders and leadership in our organizations. It’s business as usual.

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Leadership Development for 5 Year Olds?

Great Leadership By Dan

I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. This question from Jason Ewing, from www.followthatleader.com : “In your opinion, at what age do people truly begin to develop leadership skills? As coaches, we always tried to incorporate leadership development (on the track) for ALL age groups.

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Development Is Shortsighted: Interpersonal Skills #1 Reason Frontline Leaders Fail

Great Leadership By Dan

Year after year, surveys are released sharing the plight of the frontline leaders. While corporations continue to invest in leadership development, there are still significant deficits. Nearly 60 percent of survey respondents indicated poor frontline leadership resulted in turnover of leaders themselves or their team members.

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Leadership Development Paradox

Coaching Tip

Since leadership development is not an event, that's a significant investment in classroom activities that may or may not produce company leaders or even better managers. The paradox of spending more on what's not working is due to leadership development being seen as a classroom event.

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Insights and Lessons on Critical Thinking, HR and Leadership Development

QAspire

In American Management Association’s critical skills survey 2012 , respondents emphasized on 4 C’s ( C ritical thinking and problem solving, Effective C ommunication, C ollaboration and team building and C reativity and innovation) as their key priorities for employee development, talent development and succession planning.

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Critical Thinking and Talent Development: A New Blog

QAspire

One of the most important agenda for HR Professionals today is to assess and develop critical thinking skills of their people. Pearson TalentLens India has launched a brand new blog that delves deeper into critical thinking and talent development. It can sometimes prove fatal.

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