Season’s Greetings from Zenger Folkman
As we approach the end of the year and all the holiday wonder and bustle, we would like to pause to express our heartfelt gratitude to you for following our blog this year. We hope you enjoyed our thoughts and found them useful in your work. We also appreciate and learn from your feedback and comments, … Continue reading
HBR: We Wait Too Long to Train Our Leaders
Originally posted on Harvard Business Review on December 17, 2012 Years ago, I was involved with a firm that experimented with teaching leadership principles to elementary school children. We were introducing the same skills to 3rd and 4th graders that we teach managers in large corporations. These nine- and ten-year-olds had no trouble understanding such … Continue reading
How to Be Exceptional- Top 10 Business Books of 2012
Posted on TheGlobeandMail.com on Dec. 11, 2012 4. How to Be Exceptional By John Zenger, Joseph Folkman, Robert Sherwin Jr. and Barbara Steel (McGraw-Hill) Four consultants offer compelling evidence for focusing on your strengths rather than weaknesses (except when the weakness can prove to be a fatal flaw) and then explain how to work effectively … Continue reading
Infographic: 5 Ways to Be an Exceptional Leader
Posted on OpenForum.com December 5, 2012 Are leaders born or made? Authors John Zenger, Joseph R. Folkman, Robert Sherwin, Jr., and Barbara Steel explore how anyone can become a better leader in their book How To Be Exceptional: Drive Leadership Success By Magnifying Your Strengths. “If you concur that leadership is a set of skills … Continue reading
FORBES: The Best Gift An Employee Can Get: 8 Steps to Being a Better Boss in 2013
Originally posted on Forbes.com on Dec 4, 2012 It is, as some say, “the most wonderful time of the year.” While workers look forward to festive parties and Holiday gifts, there is one present organizations can provide that rises to the top of the heap. No, it isn’t the latest computing tablet or a bigger … Continue reading
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