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When is it OK NOT to Develop? Hint: Never.

Great Leadership By Dan

This post first appeared in SmartBrief on Leadership : Here’s a question I often get from managers: “I have employees that don’t want to be developed. In today’s hypercompetitive, white-water, VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) business environment, if you are not growing you are dying. Probably not.

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Beware the Analytics Bottleneck

Harvard Business Review

With the pace of digital “always on” streaming devices and technology innovation accelerating, one might think technology would continue to pose a challenge for businesses. Within the next three years there will be over 20 billion connected devices (e.g. oil pipelines, smart cities, connected homes and businesses, etc.)

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Frugal Innovation: Lessons from Carlos Ghosn, CEO, Renault-Nissan

Harvard Business Review

And under Ghosn's leadership , Renault-Nissan has proactively embraced frugal engineering and become one of the world's leading producers of both electric cars as well as low-cost vehicles — two of the fastest growing and most promising market segments in the global automotive sector. Yet engineers and scientists love challenges.

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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Harvard Business Review

As I explain in my new book, Executive Presence: The Missing Link between Merit and Success , performance, hard work, and sponsors may get top talent recognized and promoted, but “leadership potential” alone isn’t enough to boost even the most qualified men and women into top jobs and prime opportunities.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. The team began by identifying 57 companies that have made substantial progress toward transformation.