Featured Leadership Development Articles & Insights
What is Flipped Classroom Learning and Why Does it Matter?
by Patrick Bosworth You've probably heard about the flipped learning trend and how it's quickly becoming the training method of choice in the learning and development (L&D) industry. But what is flipped classroom learning and why is it so important to...
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How to Improve Team Communication – 3 Steps
by Patrick Bosworth Communication in the workplace is one of the most influential aspects of business success or failure. A well-communicating team can move mountains together, while a poorly-communicating team can unintentionally (or...
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How to Empower Employees in the Workplace – 8 Tips
by Patrick Bosworth Empowering employees means giving your team members permission to take action and make decisions within your organization. It also means there is trust and understanding in place to ensure these actions are in line with company...
6 Elements That Determine Success or Failure of a HiPo Leadership Program
Leadership expert Dave Boizelle discusses the formula he uses to design successful high-potential leadership programs. After many years of designing and delivering a Leadership Acceleration Program in partnership with a leader in the industry, I...
The Power of Good Communication in the Workplace
by Patrick Bosworth Good communication is an important skill in any environment with human interactions. However, when it comes to communication in the workplace, good communication is an integral element to business success. In the workplace, good...
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3-Point Formula for an Effective “Flipped Learning” Business Training and Development Program
by Patrick Bosworth The "flipped learning" concept has broken into the leadership development and management training industry, but what exactly is “flipped learning” and what does an effective flipped classroom environment look like? In a...
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8 Reasons Your Employee Development Sucks
While studies show most HR professionals and executives are dissatisfied with their current performance management system, the solution may not be as simple as eliminating performance reviews.
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Read This Before Eliminating Performance Reviews
While studies show most HR professionals and executives are dissatisfied with their current performance management system, the solution may not be as simple as eliminating performance reviews.
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A Salary Breakthrough: Motivate Employees Without Paying them More
by Patrick Bosworth If you've ever been sucked into a conversation about compensation—yours or anyone else's—you've probably heard the seemingly never-ending debate around what motivates people most. While there are many ways of rewarding good...
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1 Essential Insight for Developing an Effective Employee Training Program
When developing effective training, viewing training as a process means a more defined pathway to follow up, reinforce learning, and “channel the steam.”
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Secrets for Managing the Nerdy and Brilliant
by Patrick Bosworth Even an outstanding team of engineers, computer programmers, developers, or systems designers will only be as effective as their leader allows them to be. After nearly two decades of experience working alongside brilliant (and...
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Leadership By Design
We have repeatedly heard that good leaders out-produce their less able peers by 20-50 percent in profitability, productivity, employee engagement, customer engagement, and employee retention.
We sought to study if and how good leadership can be created within organizations.
Is Communication Training Worth the Investment?
by Patrick Bosworth Organizations understanding that each team member has a different communication pattern and that each of these communication patterns is "good" are primed for success. You can't conduct business without words. That's not a...
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Leadership Is An Unpredictable, Individualized Sport
by Dave Boizelle Individuals learn leadership lessons in the unique and personal ways, often at unpredictable times. I was facilitating a high potential leadership team program when one of the participants interrupted me and blurted out, “I get it! I...
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You’re Not Asking These 8 Questions Before You Delegate – But You Should
by Dave Boizelle Delegating is a necessity in today’s fast-paced, multitasking work environments. In fact, in a recent Gallup study about delegation and leader talent profiles, researchers found that organizations run by CEOs with high delegator talent...
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7 Steps for Influencing Others in the Workplace
by Dave Boizelle Earlier this year I worked with an organization that wanted to create a culture of employee development. This was a big change from the way they historically developed their staff. Their culture at the time was very operationally...
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Drone Management: Are You Forgetting To Develop Your Leaders?
Make Sure Your Talent Development Factory Is Producing Pilots, Not Drones Make Sure Your Talent Development Factory Is Producing Pilots, Not Drones Brett Walker, President of Leadership Choice, recently published this article on TrainingIndustry.com....
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Is Communication Training Worth the Investment?
Is Communication Training Worth the Investment? The Truth Behind the ROI Of Team Communication Workshops You can't conduct business without words. That's not a miraculous discovery--we've known communication is important to business for centuries. We know that when we...
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This One Change Could Increase Your Company’s Profitability by 48%
by Patrick Bosworth Whether your 2017 business goals include increasing your revenue or sales and making your team more efficient, or delegating more responsibilities and opening up more time to grow your company, chances are your organization will be...
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Developing Top Leaders – 5 Crucial Skills
by Brett Walker Are Your Leaders Part of the 10%? Try this at work: Round up any 10 managers (in your mind, the company break room or wherever they gather). Can you pick the single naturally high-talent one from the group? You heard correctly – just...
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Performance Coaching – 6 Takeaway Tips to Become a Better Leader Today
by Patrick Bosworth Strike the phrase "constructive criticism" from your vocabulary. Replace it with one of a great leader's most important skills: "Performance Coaching." "Performance Coaching" is the industry term for the strategic communication,...
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What Is A “Leadership Profile”? And Why Is Your Organization Losing Big If You Don’t Have One?
by Patrick Bosworth A leadership profile designates the attributes a leader within your company should have. It becomes not only the checklist used during the hiring or promotion process, but is also used to evaluate current leaders and to predict...
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4 Leadership Hacks from Video Games: Leadership Secrets from an Unlikely Source
by Patrick Bosworth As a father, if my son tried to use the, “Dad, video games develop my leadership skills!” line on me, I wouldn’t fall for it. Not in a million years. Because I’m an experienced father who can see a teenager’s excuses and...
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How to Involve Your Leaders in Employee Development
by Dave Boizelle The secret of leader-led development and how to make it work for your organization For a lot of companies, training and development has become that one week out of the year where employees disappear for a day or two to learn a few new...
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Spotting Fakes: 3 Impostors, 3 Tips, and 1 Rad 80’s Hairstyle
by Patrick Bosworth Business efficiency is all about maximizing team performance while minimizing business costs. With that goal in mind, it’s no wonder so many companies are making the switch to virtual training for leadership development. But things...
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