Tag: #TalentDevelopment
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Why the Best Training Teaches a Skill Twice
Leadership Development Most training happens once. One session, one exposure, one shot at a skill that’s supposed to hold up under real conditions the moment the session ends. Then we act surprised when it doesn’t. Several years ago I was helping a teacher teach her sixth graders to engage in academic discourse. Not just talk…
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The Metric That Predicts Behavior Change
Organizational Learning I walk into a lot of rooms. For any given event it is full of people who have chosen to attend or who have been told to attend. As a result, I’ve learned to read rooms fast. This one was easy. The group was attentive, engaged, taking notes. When we opened it up…
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The Intersection Most Fixes Never Go Looking For
Framework I wrote earlier this week about low-hanging fruit. The fixes that feel like progress because they’re visible and fast, while the real problem sits untouched underneath them. I want to go one layer deeper, because naming the trap isn’t the same as knowing how to avoid it. Here’s the story again, slower this time.…
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Why I’d Choose One Rigid Process Over a Flexible Menu Every Time
Case Study Flexibility feels like the safer choice. It isn’t. It’s usually the choice that quietly loses. I got asked to weigh in on a redesign recently, a large training program I’ve advised on, rebuilding a fixed block of team time that happens once a year. Five hours, one shot, real budget behind it. Two…
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What K-12 Got Right About Leadership Development That Corporate America Is Still Figuring Out.
The last corporate leadership workshop I attended had a breakout session on psychological safety. The facilitator called it a breakthrough concept. I smiled — because I’d spent the better part of two decades as a school principal, building it into every staff meeting, every coaching cycle, and every difficult conversation with a struggling teacher. Education…