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The 2011 Global Top 25 Companies for Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

I like to look below the hood of these rankings, to see if there's anything new to learn when it comes to leadership development. The companies that excel in leadership development do it better than the rest because they believe in it and take it seriously. McKinsey and Company. McKinsey and Company. General Mills, Inc.

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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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Jobs and US economic recovery: A panel discussion sponsored by the Committee for Economic Development (CED)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Once again, McKinsey & Company’s Quarterly has made available an exceptionally valuable program to the general public: Experts discuss McKinsey’s research on “jobless recoveries” and ways to solve the longer-term US employment crisis (August 2011).

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Top Companies for Leaders

LDRLB

A few weeks ago, Fortune Magazine released it’s 2011 list of the 25 Top Companies for Leaders. These 25 companies were voted the companies with the best leadership development programs. A significant number of the companies are international (including McKinsey, which insists it doesn’t have a headquarters).

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Five Reasons WHY Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence Training

The Center For Leadership Studies

It isn’t overstating the obvious to establish that, just like the muscles in our bodies, EI skills must be used and developed, then used and developed some more. McKinsey & Company. Jossey-Bass; 2011:17. This is true for all leaders no matter their level in the organization or years of experience. 2 Stein S, Book H.

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Top Companies for Leaders

LDRLB

A few weeks ago, Fortune Magazine released it’s 2011 list of the 25 Top Companies for Leaders. These 25 companies were voted the companies with the best leadership development programs. A significant number of the companies are international (including McKinsey, which insists it doesn’t have a headquarters).

Company 94
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Rethink Leadership for the XX Factor

Coaching Tip

When McKinsey & Co. asked senior executives at 60 big companies recently why they are trying to advance women, "they laughed at us," says Dominic Barton, McKinsey's global managing director. The McKinsey study shows women in general opt at far higher rates than men for staff jobs, sometimes labeled "the pink ghetto."

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