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Demystifying Why Leadership Development Often Fails

PDG

Not Recognizing the Knowing-Doing Gap Let’s face it: a lot of new leader readiness programs don’t do enough to prepare leaders for the realities of the job. The “knowing-doing gaprefers to the disparity between what individuals know they should do and what they actually do in practice.

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Mind the Gap: How to Assess Sales Performance Gaps to Achieve Execution Excellence

PDG

Navigating the maze of challenges in this sector requires a good understanding of sales performance gaps in order to drive continuous improvement. Understanding Sales Performance Gaps A performance gap refers to the difference between the current performance level (present state) and the optimal or desired performance level (future state).

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Louder than words

E-Learning Provocateur

Performance weak spots may be (at least partly) attributable to gaps in specific capabilities; while a strengths-based approach might also be adopted, whereby an already strong capability is enhanced to drive higher performance. Cross-reference the KASAB framework to close the knowing-doing gap.

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Balancing innovations and implementation

Janet Clarey

Innovation involves a “New Thing&# >>> Adoption is the decision to use it >>> Implementation is the effective use of the innovation. Hard-to-get research >>> Adopt new process >>> Blog, Wiki, Twitter, Social Network, Skype, Group calls, Google docs, etc. Reference: Klein, K.J. &

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Free L&D webinars for July 2019

Limestone Learning

Adopt best-in-class experiential exercises to reinforce team dynamics. Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 10AM – 11AM PT: Bring Learning to Work: How to Create Learning Moments that Deliver Results Classroom settings and non-digital reference materials don’t cut it for delivering training and support to today’s workers.

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