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10 Ways to Select Participants for a Leadership Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

A colleague and I recently talked about the challenge of selecting participants for leadership development programs. Use these guidelines (1-7) for participant selection for leadership development programs, and you’ll ensure that the right person gets the right development at the right time. Inclusion and diversity.

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Action-Learning based leadership development using entangled-trios

Mike Cardus

Cross-Functional Collaboration – Action-learning based leadership development. Additional focus on creating non-traditional collaborations to bring innovation and fresh eyes to how our company goes about managerial-leadership development, team building, decision making, problem-solving, and innovation.

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10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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Nonprofit vs. For-profit Executive Search: What’s the Difference?

N2Growth Blog

While technical competencies and leadership acumen are essential in any executive role, nonprofits often require additional skills specific to their sector. While particular skills, such as leadership, strategic thinking, and communication, are essential for any executive role, specific competencies are necessary in the nonprofit sector.

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Parkinson's Law of Triviality

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was first published in SmartBlog on Leadership on 11/29/2012: Have you ever noticed that committees or management teams tend to spend way too much time in meetings endlessly debating the most unimportant or mundane topics, while at the same time, not enough time on the most important or strategic issues?

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Enhancing Board Performance: Strategies for Effective Board Evaluations

N2Growth Blog

Furthermore, board evaluations enable a comprehensive assessment of board processes, including governance practices, committee structures, and decision-making processes. Providing board members with a comprehensive framework and clear instructions on participating in the evaluation will help gather honest and unbiased feedback.

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We Value Leaders More Than Managers

The Horizons Tracker

The precise difference between managers and leaders has been a topic of discussion in the leadership community for many decades, and the conversations often reveal a clear preference for the seemingly sexier task of leadership over the bean-counting that so often encompasses managerial administration. Overvaluing leadership.