Get leadership-fit and see results in yourself and others. Leadership and fitness are both journeys of self-discovery. Both require self-awareness, passion, and commitment. Both have the potential to inspire others. And for both, results come only with effort. To achieve great heights, you must be willing to take the first step, put in the work, and overcome the inevitable obstacles.In Peak Leadership Fitness: Elevating Your Leadership Game, leadership coach and fitness expert Timothy J. Tobin invites you to share the lessons he’s learned at the intersection of...

Embrace the Power of Executive CoachingAs businesses become more complex, they tend to lean on their high performers to fend off competitors, innovate, and pivot to unexplored markets. But who do these executives and leaders turn to when they need to refine their own skills?Executive coaches. In The Art of Executive Coaching, Dr. Nadine Greiner takes you behind the scenes with nine stories of executive coach Alice Well and her clients. Follow along as she lets you in on the secrets, tips, and tricks to unlocking the transformative performance results leaders need...

Ann Parker interviews Mark D Nevins, co-author of the new book What Happens Now: Reinvent Yourself as a Leader Before Your Business Outruns You, about the need for leaders to continue developing their skills, particularly soft skills such as emotional intelligence.

Angela Sebaly presented her session The Humbling Experience: Why Leaders Need It to Grow at ATD 2017. Leaders who were arrogant typically experienced a setback, which she defines as the Humbling Experience. But more interesting was the learning that came out of it for the leaders. This session will show you how leaders can use the humbling experience to grow.

Paul Butler interviews Bracken Darrell, Chief Executive Officer and President of Logitech Inc.

The talent development leader's role is evolving. In fact, 89 percent say that their scope of responsibilities has increased during the past two years. According to Chief Talent Development Officers: Driving Strategy and Performance, a new report from ATD Research and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), talent leaders also are starting to steer performance management efforts, employee engagement, knowledge management, and talent acquisition and retention, to name a few. Here's the good news: ATD and i4cp found that four in five organizations (79...

Members of the C-suite must work as one to execute the organization's vision. The success of any organization depends in large part on its top leaders, who establish strategy, direct and align resources, and help shape the company culture. Although CEOs are the most influential individual leaders, the collective C-suite is just as important—or perhaps more so. The executive team's performance sets the pace for the rest of the organization. Despite the importance of executive teams' effectiveness, research from the Center for Creative Leadership suggests that most...

Creating and filling a leadership pipeline is a common challenge across organizations, especially for C-suite positions. A report completed by Stanford Graduate School of Business found that many “companies do not have an actionable process in place to select senior executives.” Freese and Nichols, a consulting firm for infrastructure projects (including engineering, construction, and architectural work), was no exception prior to 2010.That year, the company’s CEO and chief operating officer (COO) both announced plans to retire in 2017. The company is very...

Cigna, a global health service company, works with employers around the world to help them implement health benefits plans. The goal is to give employees and their families access to quality healthcare, and help them get and stay healthy while reining in healthcare costs.From advising client companies to analyzing quality and cost data, Cigna physicians help guide the business. Changes brought on by the Affordable Care Act, evolving relationships with the healthcare delivery system, increased consumer health engagement, and new technology mean that more than ever...

At University Health System (UHS), we’ve made middle managers a strategic priority to address Triple Aim Plus goals. Through the Management Development Academy, UHS busts silos, instilling performance rigor and alignment to strategic initiatives.

In 2011, Genpact, a global leader in digitally powered business process management and services, needed to hire outside executives. Advances in technology had changed its market; to keep growing, the company needed new technical expertise from its leaders.However, bringing in new leadership meant taking a risk. According to the Harvard Business Review, about half of externally hired leaders fail—and not for lack of ability. They fail because they do not mesh with company culture or the people on their teams.Thus, Genpact’s company officers and talent development...

Pat McLagan explains why knowing your business is key to impacting your organization's strategy.

Martha Soehren discusses important emerging trends in talent development: generational shifts, technological advances, increasing competition, and skills gaps.

Jacque Burandt discusses the most important trends in talent development: the skills gap and accountability & performance.

Jacque Burandt shares a simple, three-step process talent development leaders can use to make an impact on organization's strategy.

Jacque Burandt shares her three-step process for getting to the C-Suite.

Jacque Burandt discusses University Health System's newest community outreach venture, Camp 98.6.

A looming leadership gap faces most organizations over the next 10 years. Has your organization prepared for the imminent lack-of-leadership crisis? Do you have a pipeline of developed leaders for the future? Leadership is the most important competency for individual and organizational success and advancement. As Cynthia D. McCauley of the Center for Creative Leadership notes in her overview, leadership is also "a tool designed to help with a particular human dilemma: how to get individuals to work together effectively to produce collective outcomes." When you...