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The leader’s new clothes

E-Learning Provocateur

That’s how much the spend on leadership training by American corporations grew over the preceding 15 years, according to Kaiser and Curphy in their 2013 paper Leadership development: The failure of an industry and the opportunity for consulting psychologists. I’m not suggesting leadership training is unimportant.

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Year in Review - 2013

The Performance Improvement Blog

Throughout 2013, I used this blog to illuminate important leadership and management issues. Culture change must confront the link between the thinking that drives behavior and the effects of that behavior on organizational success. Those routines may or may not serve the best interests of the organization and its customers.

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ICS Learning Group Wins Three 2013 Omni Intermedia Awards

ICS Learning

ICS Learning Group Wins Three 2013 Omni Intermedia Awards. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – JUNE, 2013. ICS Learning Group, a leading provider of custom eLearning training solutions, has been awarded three Omni Intermedia Awards for 2013, marking the fifth consecutive win for the company’s Courseware Development team.

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Can Instructional Designers Effectively Work Remotely, and Should They?

IT Training Department Blog

And, of course, there’s one study that tells us almost nothing about the drawbacks of remote work, yet pro-RTOs (Return To Office) cite articles that cite the study to no end, saying it means remote work isn’t as effective, period. This post is about instructional designers and whether they can effectively work remotely.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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Best of Training Industry's 2013 findings

Training Industry

In 2013, Training Industry’s studies focused on a variety of topics, ranging from onboarding and knowledge transfer to the use of virtual environments in leadership development. ACTION ITEM: Look for ways to retain sales people with effective onboarding programs. Virtual Tools for Leadership Training. Strategic Alignment.

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Three Lessons to Beat Leadership Derailment

CLO Magazine

High levels of leadership failure cause heightened levels of employee dissatisfaction. Leadership failures of all kinds happen on a weekly basis, with management derailment studies showing that business leaders fail at an alarming rate. To become more effective, leaders need to regularly assess their skills and impact.

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