Expertise & Encouragement for Talent Development Professionals

Five activities that will set up a new executive for success in Year One. Hint on the first activity - Listen... a lot.

A Book Brief applying James Clear's 4 Laws of Behavior Change in his book Atomic Habits to supporting managers with difficult conversations.

Tara Hesson shares insights on why she became an executive coach and how she uses her expertise in her role as a Talent Director.

In this Book Brief, we'll talk about four points Michael Timms shares that support an excellent succession planning process.

Two tidbits on leadership for Talent Professionals and Leaders from Patrick Lencioni's newest book, The Motive.

Recap seven design elements of MIT II, Southwest's high potential leadership development program.

Assessing and calculating ROI for training programs can be tricky. It takes a well thought out strategy to do it effectively.

In this Book Brief we touch on the premise of radical candor, plus two points Scott shares about specific talent conversations.

Three abilities from the book, Leadership Presence, that Talent Professionals can use to increase their influence.

A peek into MIT's Camp Culture, an experiential capstone for one of Southwest Airlines' high-potential leadership development programs.

Seven action learning strategies from one of Southwest Airlines' high potential leadership development programs.

Build a marcom plan to support training. We use one of Southwest's high potential leadership development programs as a sample.

Discussing talent development in an interview by Andy Storch for the Talent Development Hot Seat podcast.

In this article we dive into the learning elements of one of Southwest's high potential leadership development programs.

In this article we take a look at the leadership model we used for one of Southwest's high potential leadership development program.

An introductory post to a new series focused on high potential leadership development at Southwest Airlines.