John Maeda the author of Redesigning Leadership is keynoting the conference this morning. Leadership comes through living it and it's quite uncomfortable. Leadership has four stages/ aspects: Start from foundations Craft the team Sense Actively Fail productives We're living a lot longer than we did 30 years ago. Marshall's book calls leadership a practice. There are two frames to leadership - Traditional and Creative. learning leadership lsconI have to tell you - I haven't been doing much reading in the last 6 months or so. And so the keynote begins! MORE >>

If you’re not going to evaluate a leadership development program, don’t do the program! observing) a leadership development program reinforces learning. Learning, especially about leadership, is affected by the organizational environment and external factors, as well as the program. If you want a leadership development program to be more than entertainment and you want it to achieve learning that results in significant performance improvement, than you must evaluate the program and the organizational evironment of that program.  . That is, the act of evaluating (i.e., MORE >>

As a Learning professional, you may be asked to work on a Leadership Development program at some point in your career. There are a few things I believe learning organisations can do differently to build a more effective Leadership Development program. The A players are the ones that get the opportunity to participate in a Leadership Development program. How about a Leadership Development program that targets the regular players in your organisation? Indeed, its tough to scale a program that covers 70% of your people; but the idea is to make leadership a culture. MORE >>

process ld leadershipWhat are the key expectations of Business Leaders , HR Leaders from participants after this program ? Does performance gap exist in business in present situation ? Are participants motivated to go through an extensive program ? Intrinsic motivation levels) How much is peer support / Leader support available ? What are the different forums for Leaders to bridge knowledge gaps ? Existing tools, methods, platforms, forums for knowledge sharing ? What are the existing knowledge gaps of participants ? What are the expectations of participants from the Program ? End goal MORE >>

The 21C Leadership Project. Our shorthand for the project is 21C Leadership. We began by identifying 21 performance drivers that are the essence of sustainable, rewarding 21st century leadership. The Network Era. When the economy went to hell in a handbasket a couple of years back, my gut told me this was not a downturn. Rather, the network economy had finally taken the wind out of the sails of the industrial age. The economy was not going to “bounce back.&# Instead, we were entering a new era. This was a total game changer. new normal. Change or Die. Status. MORE >>