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No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! However, this year is different, because I get to host the April Carnival and bring you an outstanding collection of the “best of the best” in leadership development. Miki Saxon from MAPping Company Success presents You are NOT Your Company. “

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

N2Growth Blog

Research by Gallup, as reported in The State of the American Workplace in 2013, discovered that roughly 70% of workers were disengaged. Simply put, the underlying factor in the success rate of engaging our workforce and delivering change is leadership. We may learn these competencies through leadership training.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

There are many examples of companies that have successful leadership training programs in place, such as Bank of America, General Electric, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Novartis International, and Marriott International to name just a few. (Yes, How will they fill the leadership roles at each of the functional areas? References.

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Six Paradoxes Women Leaders Face in 2013

Harvard Business Review

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. Women have fewer leadership role models and they arguably have greater demands outside of work competing for their attention. That sounds like progress.

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Leadership Development: #1 Priority for Human Resources Leaders

Coaching Tip

Among the more than 2,200 senior HR leaders globally who participated in the survey, 46 percent identified leadership development as the top priority for 2014. At the same time, only 13 percent have confidence in the strength of their leadership pipelines to fill critical openings.