Archive for March, 2009

6 Best Practices for Leadership Development

Many companies fail because they lack proper leadership.  Not just leadership from the CEO but from its line managers and supervisors.  Listed below are six key leadership traits that should be trained and developed in companies today.

1) Leadership development needs to be aligned to the overall strategy of an organization.

2) Leadership competencies throughout the organization must reflect the values of the organization.

3) Executives must be involved with the design of the Leadership Development program.

4) Companies should develop their own leaders rather than ...

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5 Facts about Adult Learning

Here are some facts on how adults like to learn and some ways to best facilitate to adults in your training classes you might be holding in Tampa or some other part of the country. 

1) Adults like to self-discover while learning.  It makes them feel more involved in the learning process.

2) Using performance objectives gives adults the opportunity to understand the value of the skills and knowledge they are being taught.  Make sure you apply these objectives to how the learning ...

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Self Discover for Effective Coaching

Help the Employee Develop their own Solutions

People generally know what is right.  As a manager your job is to draw the answer out of the individual and not just give them the answer.  It’s okay for you to help lead the employee to the correct answer but letting them figure out the answer themselves will allow for the solution to sink in with greater effect and result.

When training and coaching, if you just tell your employee’s what to do and don’t ...

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