Helping Leaders Become Teachers Is Hard, But It’s Worth It

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by Diane Belcher | November 8, 2017

The value of leaders being teachers When your leaders play a teaching role, the upside is tremendous. Having leaders who are closely engaged in formal employee development brings much-needed context and direction to work. Providing such context and direction helps establish a consistent and clear message across the organization – especially important in times of great complexity. Leaders are uniquely positioned to present concepts within their company’s specific context, and to show employees how learning aligns with business strategy and goals. This context takes learning from abstract to practical, as leaders connect the dots for employees and help them see […]

Strategic Thinking: Because Good Ideas Can Come From Anywhere

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by Janice Molloy | November 7, 2017

As part of our update to the Harvard ManageMentor Strategic Thinking topic, we asked Mason Weintraub, Director of Digital Engagement at Oxfam America, about the importance of strategic thinking. Here’s what Mason had to say: I often think I’m expected to have all the answers about what to do with digital strategy. But the reality is that I lead a very talented team, and one of the ideas that we have tried to engender on the team is that good ideas can come from anywhere. “Good ideas can come from anywhere.” Most of us recognize the wisdom embedded in that statement, […]

Highlights From Learning 2017: Change Is Difficult, But Necessary

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by Jen Sprague | November 6, 2017

Each year we gather in Florida with 1800 learning professionals for Elliot Masie’s Learning conference. Featured speakers this year included John Lithgow, who shared his insights on storytelling, and an interview with former First Lady Michelle Obama. In keeping with the storytelling theme, our sponsored session featured Tanya Brubaker of Johnson & Johnson, who shared Johnson & Johnson’s innovative program designed to align and drive innovation in their R&D group. Here are a few more of our key takeaways from Learning 2017: 1. The role of learning and development is changing Roles in the learning organization must change to adapt to digital […]

Creating Agile Learners With Harvard ManageMentor

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by Diane Belcher | October 17, 2017

It’s a complex world out there, and leaders and organizations must be able to quickly adapt and cope with continuous change.  Doing so requires that they master learning agility: the ability to let go of old ways of thinking, to stay open to new experiences, to experiment with new approaches, to take smart risks, and to learn quickly from both successful and unsuccessful outcomes. Learning agility is crucial to navigating today’s complex business environment. In fact, learning agility is one of eight critical leadership capabilities that we at Harvard Business Publishing believe all leaders need to learn and master to […]

Setting The Right Goals: Lessons From Award-Winning Leadership Development Programs

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by Susan Rozmanith | October 9, 2017

Each September, the Brandon Hall Human Capital Management Excellence Awards in Learning and Leadership Development recognize the best organizations that have successfully deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools that have achieved measurable results. The award application process requires a significant investment of time. That’s why, over the past several years, we’ve partnered with a few clients to complete applications, and we’re so pleased with this year’s results. We know that it’s one thing to have a robust and successful leadership development program, and another thing altogether to write it down and document the impact in a way that someone outside […]