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 [...]

A Word About Leadership Competencies

In the interest of truth in advertising, I have to preface any conversation about competencies by acknowledging that I worked at the Hay Group some years ago.  It was over ten years ago now, but my short time there had a profound influence on my views about competencies.  Are Competencies a Failed Talent Development Tool? [...]

Pattern Recognition

  This is one of my favorite competencies.  Some of the most effective leaders that I have seen are incredible at seeing patterns in complex situations that others don’t pick up on.  The videos below are from an e-learning program I put together for a client some years ago.   We are constantly bombarded with information.  At [...]

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