CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Revenue, our weekly leadership podcast meeting is one component of a holistic leadership development ecosystem currently in development. This leadership podcast directly connects to the agency’s vision, “to be an innovative, customer-focused and employee-centered agency.”

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Executives directly impact your organization’s culture and success. Some may wonder why executives need further leadership development. After all, they’ve succeeded at multiple leadership roles as they moved up the ranks. Avoid offering an executive cohort of your regular leadership program.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

When these intellectual and psychological challenges are unsupported by leaders, 41 percent of Gallup poll respondents identified wanting to change organizational culture which included “better managers.” Empathy can also be learned and coupled with leadership development. Empathy is defined as a key element of emotional intelligence.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 24, 2023

In a year already defined by tightening budgets and mass layoffs across a number of industries, companies may feel wary about directing their limited resources and energy into leadership development initiatives. Great leadership and being a great team member are not mutually exclusive.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 7, 2023

Consider those stats in the context of a leadership development program — a more than $370 billion global market. Given the resources organizations are devoting to leadership development, not to mention the future stakes of the leadership pipeline, these programs must work. Two weeks later, Kyle had a coaching session.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s possible if you create a culture of accountability. Therein lies the key to creating a culture of accountability: encouraging individuals to take ownership of their results and the consequences of those results. What is a culture of accountability? How to build and maintain a culture of accountability.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Should your organization have a CCO and CLO? Paul Hebert argues against organizations appointing a Chief Culture Officer. Hebert writes: …as soon as you codify, quantify and assign responsibility to something it ceases to be everyone’s responsibility…Culture is a defined as a set of shared values, behaviors, norms.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For several years now, many management authors have been discussing how the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world in which we live requires a new set of leadership skills. It is not so much gender that is a differentiator in leadership success during these VUCA times; what is really at play is a fundamental difference in style.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

However, that alone, is not the answer, because workforce resilience is actually a function of both individual traits and environmental factors — we’ll call that culture. You’ll need to cultivate an agile environment — a culture — to produce an agile workforce. And that requires a new leadership approach. Organizational justice.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

In the meantime, those of us involved in organizational and leadership development may find ourselves wondering how to intersect, in a meaningful way, with the emergency preparations going on in the businesses of the clients with whom we work. In emergencies, leadership needs to be able to break out all over the place.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

However, many organizations underestimate its true power in fostering relationships, collaboration, culture and inclusion in the workplace. Group learning can break down long-standing silos, drive culture change, build critical skills and leverage diverse perspectives in decision-making. Group learning offers a number of benefits.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Where creating a culture of openness, collaboration and high performance is a priority, we cannot turn a blind eye to uncivil behavior. Otherwise, we will find that while we have filled roles in the short term, we have weakened and eroded organizational culture for years to come. We should be clear about standards for civility.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2020

The very real and immediate need to address the technological requirements of forced online work options grabs the attention, but finding IT solutions without addressing the cultural and emotional impact of COVID-19 on your employees is, at best, a half-baked quick fix. The answer, of course, isn’t really about the IT setup.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 10, 2018

Wondering why their best people succeed in one location and fail in another, firms habitually conclude that the challenge is cultural and provide leaders with “cultural skills” — generalizations at best and cartoonish clichés at worst, with little relevance to solving professional problems.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s possible if you create a culture of accountability. Therein lies the key to creating a culture of accountability: encouraging individuals to take ownership of their results and the consequences of those results. What is a culture of accountability? How to build and maintain a culture of accountability.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 10, 2020

The truth is that the topic might not be new, but investment in leadership development continues to be critically important — and the need to spread the word persists. Organizational success is driven by strong leadership, and companies that invest in leadership training consistently appear on most-admired and best-of lists.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

From this experience—which brought students, community members, faculty, staff and leadership together—five core values were identified to lead the university forward: One Team, Kindhearted, Integrity, Visionary and Beyond Service. We can learn to make good decisions from others—trusted mentors, friends or colleagues.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 6, 2017

According to recent reports, only 45 percent of employees have trust and confidence in the job being done by their organization’s top leaders. Covey, author of “The Speed of Trust” and co-founder of the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice, but there is hope because trust is something leaders can learn to build. “It

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 11, 2021

For so long, our idea of strong leadership has been shaped by strict delegation and direction, where managers lead the way and employees dutifully follow. Empathetic leadership. Leaders need to be transparent and realistic with their expectations, which can help build and maintain a culture of trust. Healthy priorities.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 13, 2020

We all know that building the foundation for a positive and open workplace culture isn’t as easy as flipping a switch. And while working from home hasn’t completely derailed our efforts at building our culture, it has definitely taken them in a new direction. Evaluate Culture. What would you want to change?

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

I have spent much of my career expressing complex ideas about leadership in a simple way. Most successful organizations know that a motivating environment, an inclusive and empowering culture and continuous opportunities for growth and development are elements that today’s high performers are looking for. It’s all about trust.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 18, 2011

I attended the CLO Symposium with my ITA colleagues Jay Cross and Jane Hart. And the keynotes that I saw were in synch: Stephen Covey talked about the need for trust and Jon Katzenbach on how to build culture were both excellent, as was Dan Pontefract’s story on making collaboration intrinsic to Telus.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 13, 2019

Effective leadership is a transformational journey made up of four “spheres of influence.” These are self leadership, one-on-one leadership, team leadership and organizational leadership. The bull’s-eye in the middle — self leadership — is the heart of the four spheres. Today we know that’s just not true.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2020

You may or may not have the ability to invest in leadership development right now, yet your organization needs effective leaders to stay competitive in this season of volatility. Why have traditional leadership development programs failed? Develop leadership by doing leadership. Leadership is a verb.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 19, 2023

In a groundbreaking global study, McKinsey identified three of the four key skill areas critical to employment and job satisfaction as the nature of work continues to transform the foundational skills of resilience: cognitive, interpersonal and self-leadership skills, with the fourth being digital technical skills.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Our most-watched webinars this year featured topics such as leadership development, coaching and organizational culture. Building a Culture of Trust Speaker: Kay-Marie Zani , Leadership Consultant, DDI Sponsored by: DDI 7. Why Leadership Development is Broken and How to Fix It Speakers: Jackie V Sahm , M.A.,

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Over the course of 2023, Chief Learning Officer readers were most interested in articles on various aspects of development strategies for talent and leadership. They were also interested in articles about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, coaching and leadership strategy. Below is a list of CLO’s most-viewed articles of 2023.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Over the course of 2023, Chief Learning Officer readers were most interested in articles on various aspects of development strategies for talent and leadership. They were also interested in articles about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, coaching and leadership strategy. Below is a list of CLO’s most-viewed articles of 2023.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

The reason, we tell ourselves, is that we believe that technical expertise will, somehow, translate into managerial or leadership expertise. What is needed is a culture of collaboration. A culture that leverages the synergy of these specialties. In the world of business, culture is king.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Edmondson further elaborated that it includes , “a sense of confidence that the team will not embarrass, reject or punish someone for speaking up … It describes a team climate characterized by interpersonal trust and mutual respect in which people are comfortable being themselves.’’. Now is the time for empathy.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

During leadership workshops aimed at developing coaching skills at a global bank, it was evident that while most leaders were familiar with mentoring, the majority of participants were not yet familiar with coaching as a leadership tool. This, in turn, leads to increased productivity, improved morale and a more resilient organization.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

They can also support managers by showing leadership skills by example, so these skills become normalized and ingrained within day-to-day behaviors. A strong manager-employee relationship is built on trust, respect and open communication. Why is the manager-employee relationship important? Encourage regular feedback.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This type of remote leadership — the kind that demands experience, intuition and insight —would be challenging for any leader, yet new managers are just starting their leadership journeys. ” This describes the youngest cohort of new employees, a workforce looking for work/life balance and trust in the people who lead them.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

Redefining the role of leadership: Adaptability Amid constant change and unpredictability, the traditional concept of leadership is undergoing a profound transformation. Gallup found that leadership and management approach has about four times as much influence on employee engagement as their work location.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

However, research shows that the small number of women who have risen to top positions in business often possess leadership traits quite different from those associated with successful men. They also are scaling the corporate ladder in many corporations, though men still significantly outnumber women in leadership positions.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Kate Feather, senior vice president and head of employee experience and talent development at Lincoln Financial, says they are focused on using employee listening with employee feedback to strengthen their work culture and sense of belonging. “At And to harness the power of our people, we start with listening.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 28, 2024

Key skills of a learning leader Empathy is a fundamental skill for learning leaders, enabling them to understand and empathize with the challenges and perspectives of their team members, thus fostering trust and collaboration. The post Essential qualities of the modern learning leader appeared first on Chief Learning Officer - CLO Media.

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