3 Micro Signals Every Employer Must Attend to for Greater Bench Strength and Emerging Leader Retention

Every business leader is struggling to build bench strength in each department so that when a... Continue reading.

A Quick-Start Guide to developing emerging leaders

This short guide is designed for those of you looking for concrete ways to start developing emerging leaders now. Before you engage emerging leaders...

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Steps Leaders Take to Develop this Master Skill

Last week we touched on the fundamental concept of the “growth mindset.” 

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Back to Basics to Become an Exemplary Leader

Have you ever watched Olympic platform diving? If you’re like me, your stomach flutters into your throat each time...

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Manager as Coach: How to Personalize the Way You Lead

Do you know the birthdays of your employees? How much do you know about the personal and professional aspirations...

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How to Involve Stakeholders Before, During, and After

For too long, leadership development has not been seen as a strategic, long-term source of increased revenue. A one-time leadership “vaccination”...

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3 Things Your Employees Wish You Would Do

I conducted a workshop last week for a group of new managers. It was a group of about 25 people from different organizations. As I was talking to the...

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THE PAY-IT-FORWARD EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Did you ever think about what happens to people in leadership development programs after the learning occurs? They spend a day,...

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The Secret to Motivating Your People and Leveraging Their Talent

I was talking to a new FlashPoint coworker yesterday about how she’s doing a month into her first post-college job. She told me that...

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We all know that listening can boost positive relationships. Lesser known is that active and focused listening is a gateway to better decision making, strategy, and bottom-line results, making it...

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