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Learning and Development: What’s Working Today
Based on hundreds of training and coaching projects over the last year, here are the top five trends I’m seeing in learning and development. Consider how implementation of these five ideas will ensure greater success in your personal or organizational learning efforts in the coming year.
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The A.R.C. Toward Living and Performing More Freely
Last week the Indiana Pacers were trailing the New York Knicks by 14 points with less than three minutes remaining in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. Then they did something no team that is losing by so many points with so little time remaining has done...
The Simple Starting Point for Broader Influence
One of the highlights of my week is shopping at Costco. Stick with me. Despite its size and corporate structure, it maintains high employee retention. This makes the retail experience feel more like visiting a locally owned market where you see the same people working...
Managing Your Inner Critic Amidst Social Interactions
A group of clients and I were casually standing around talking as I impulsively told another funny story. It may have been the third story I’d told them in the time that we’d been talking. They laughed…and then I realized that I was the only one telling stories. I...
What the Best Leaders Train Themselves to Do
I’ve been consuming lots of podcast content over the past year. The show that’s captivated me the most is called What It’s Like to Be…with Dan Heath. It’s fun and thought-provoking, but what I find most fascinating is Dan Heath’s self-restraint. His understated,...
6 Important Reasons to Talk Less
Monks practice their faith with self-denial and dedicated simplicity. The original Christian monks lived in the Egyptian desert. One day, Abbot Macarius said to his fellow monks, “Brethren, flee.” Confused, one of the monks asked, “How can we fly further than this,...
The Simple, Inevitable Truth About Everyone
Flawless. That was my impression of this executive after our first few meetings. He had exceptional integrity, personality, decision-making ability, and everything else to be successful in life. Then I spent more time with him. I discovered that he avoids conflict and...