Leadership Development

HRinsidr sat down with Rob to discuss leadership development, the roots of burnout, and the communication habits that can make or break a career.

"Dear Ellie" is an advice column from a seasoned HR consultant. Read her advice for an HR pro struggling with managers who lack the time to fill out 30,60, 90 day feedback forms.

"Dear Ellie" is an advice column from a seasoned HR consultant. Hear her advice for an HR pro who is struggling to speak up at work.

Organizations are selecting leaders based on past performance instead of future responsibility. They are rewarding output instead of evaluating behavior. They are assuming leadership capability instead of measuring it. Until that changes, the same pattern will continue.

Most organizations devote enormous energy to designing strategy. Far fewer invest the same energy in protecting that strategy once execution begins. Yet this is where drift occurs.

Organizations that want stronger leadership cultures must measure more than output. They must measure how leaders lead. That begins with defining observable leadership behaviors, integrating those behaviors into evaluation systems, and creating mechanisms for meaningful feedback. The leadership competency no one wants to measure may be the one that matters most.

Crucial conversations is a dialogue style that teaches you to calm your emotions and stick to the heart of the matter during high stake, highly opinionated conversations. For civility, this tool is a game-changer. Help your teams learn to express controversial topics with respect for one another.

Learn how to help new managers in Micheal D. Watkins' Virtuous Cycle for new managers in his International Bestseller, The First 90 Days. The Virtuous Cycle and The Vicious Cycle are two cycles that forecast the success or failure of hiring a new manager.

By March, organizations don’t need more enthusiasm, they need subtraction. The question isn’t whether initiatives are worthwhile, it’s whether they are sequenced. When everything is urgent, nothing is prioritized. And when priorities aren’t ranked against real capacity, execution inevitably fragments.