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Ask a Great Leadership Development Question - Get a Free Book!

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Send me your question, and if selected, I’ll answer it in a post, or point to a previous post or posts. If I don’t know the answer, I’ll ask an expert in my network (citing the source with links of course).

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45 Executive Development Program Tools and Techniques

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Action learning projects. Reflection papers. Reflection session. Managerial exchange. Organization assessment questionnaires. Individual assessment tools. Personal coaching. Team coaching. Study trips. Simulations and role plays. Peer consulting on a personal case. Guided visualization. Imagining the future leadership self. 50-50 rule.

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How to Explain Leadership Development to a 5th Grader (A Leadership Development Glossary)

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Action Learning : A type of leadership development program where participants work on real projects and learn at the same time. Assessment : As a verb, it’s some way of measuring the ability, personality, potential, motivation, or some other aspect of an individual. As a noun, it’s often some kind of instrument, or test.

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The Widening Gap Between Leaders and Up-and-coming Leaders…and What to Do About It

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people), innovative practices such as job rotation, leadership development through coaching, mentoring, action-learning, and next-generation behavioral performance evaluation must all be considered. To address the leadership crisis from both angles (the need for both enough. people and more importantly the right.

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After the Talent Review…Now What?

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Action learning programs are often used for high potentials, where they work on real company issues and learn at the same time. Assuming there is a large enough group with common development needs (there usually are), developing a group of high potentials at the same time, together, can be a more cost-effective approach.

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If Your Business isn’t Agile, You Won’t Have a Future. It’s That Simple

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Some organizations are providing senior managers and leaders with opportunities to come together in variations on action learning groups, often involving peers from other sectors to consider common challenges. Developing such agile leadership and shifting rigid mindsets is not easy.

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How to Involve Participants in a Leadership Training Program

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High involvement instructional techniques (also known as “experiential”) include case studies, simulations, role plays, pair/small group discussion, learning journeys (field trips), and project work (action learning). Note: Even low involvement techniques can be very effective, as long as they are not overdone.