Creating a “real” development plan for a high potential leader

One of the most popular topics on my blog over the past year has been creating a development plan.  So, I want to share with you a new approach to development planning that I have created. I have realized that there are several reasons why development plans are so vexing for people: 1) “Development needs” [...]

Learning and Unlearning

They say that chess masters are able to “see the board” as it will unfold over a large number of future moves; Reading ahead up to seven moves. They do this by chunking together patterns and storing the positions of pieces on the board in “chunks” rather than trying to remember the location of each [...]

Successful CHRO Summit

Last Wednesday, June 8, the Carlson School of Management hosted a CHRO Summit in Minneapolis.  We had a phenomenal turnout, with over 120 individuals attending, including many of the heads of HR from the area’s leading companies.  The Summit, designed for HR leaders by HR leaders included great presentations from HR thought leaders, including Pete [...]

Frame-Breaking Career Moves

Over the last fifteen years I have been interested in developing a better understanding of the things that develop better leaders.  While there are plenty of  insightful perspectives about the characteristics of great leaders, I find there is generally less insight out there regarding how to develop great leaders.  Sure, leadership development programs can teach critical perspectives to up and [...]

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