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Even the Leadership Playing Field

CLO Magazine

A 2012 research report from global leadership firm PDI Ninth House called “Can Women Executives Break the Glass Ceiling?” In a 2011 study by consultancy McKinsey and Co., PDI Ninth House examined scores in several different competency areas for 6,000 male and female leaders at client organizations.

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Eight Ways Learning Impacts Succession Planning

CLO Magazine

Global leadership company PDI Ninth House used this “maturity model” approach in research it conducted with Bersin & Associates in 2012, which examined the maturity of companies’ high potential development programs. They can be reached at editor@CLOmedia.com.

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Together Everyone Achieves More

CLO Magazine

All of these skills provide great knowledge that allows the individual to become high functioning within the IT department, but when this individual moves on to a general manager role, he or she needs to work collaboratively with marketing and product development and to have a more complex understanding of operations.