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.

Three powerful questions from "The Coaching Habit" by Michael Bungay Stanier that will elevate your coaching skills.

Pacing yourself means giving yourself time to pause and re-prioritize as needed.

Three techniques from the book "Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard" by Chip & Dan Heath for your change management work.

Greg McKeown's approach in Essentialism aims to help us limit our focus to the few priorities where we can and want to make a big impact.

Building a firm foundation on knowledge and context of your new organization is the best way to spend your first 90 days as a new executive.

It's time to dream BIG for ourselves and set a professional goal or two. Quick hits in this post to support you in making headway.

The New Year offers a fresh start and new hope. Quotes for the new year to pin your focus on a higher goal or intention.

Hygge calls for us to slow down and appreciate the moment. Embrace hygge with four ideas from The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking.

New hires need to devise their own onboarding plans. Three priorities on my plan as a new executive.

It's Labor Day. Thank you to the Talent Development Folks who work hard to support leaders, employees and their organizations.

An interview with Angie Sanders of Southwest Airlines University and her insight on current learning & development trends.

Dive into three of the concepts Charles Duhigg shares on how to be more productive in his book, "Smarter Faster Better."

Stay in the know about what's happening in talent development and business to stay current and be poised to lean in with excellent solutions

A case of the mehs is a signal that it's time to get away from work to give the brain and your stress function a break.

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

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

We'll be in this remote environment a bit longer. A few things we love and a couple we don't.

Three recommendations from William Arruda's newest book, Digital You, to apply to your first impressions and personal virtual brand.