Category Archives: Managing Human Capital

The landscape of human capital management is undergoing rapid and dramatic change. Developing strategies to deal with these changes will be the key to your profitability in the years ahead. Learn how to manage your aging workforce, recruit top talent, and retain and grow the superstars of today and tomorrow. These articles will show you how to avoid costly mistakes and thrive on the challenges you face.

Developing Leadership Skills

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You want to progress and develop your leadership skills. And you think leadership training is the answer. After all, The American Society of Training and Development, reports that U.S. businesses spend more than $170 Billion dollars each year on leadership-based curriculum. Most of that is spent on “Leadership Training.”

But there is a difference between training and development. When leaders “train” far too often they do not “develop.” Don’t become so involved in training that you fail to develop. The distinction between training and development is vital.

Developing Leadership Skills Starts with Knowing the Difference Between “Training” & “Development” Training Problem #1:

Training indoctrinates processes and techniques. Training tells you about how to do things. It works off past experience. While training can say this is way things have been done in the past, it is less effective at showing you how to do things in the changing world … Continue reading Developing Leadership Skills →