Posts by Sharon Taylor
How To: Fuel Innovative Leadership
With so many advancements inside businesses today, organizations have a significant opportunity to drive positive change when their environments promote ingenuity. McKinsey reported that more than 80% of executives say innovation is a top priority. Unfortunately, only 6% are satisfied with their organization’s performance. The gap is striking, and it illustrates how important it is…
Read More7 Questions to Build the Foundation for Your Company’s Leadership Pipeline
While many recent headlines have focused on the abundance of skills gaps that organizations face today, there is another significant chasm that can often be forgotten about in day-to-day business. Only 35% of companies have a formalized succession planning process, which can leave corporations in a challenging position when leaders leave or circumstances necessitate a…
Read MoreElevate Critical Thinking Inside Your Organization
Employers depend on their leaders and staff to make informed decisions to help them work effectively and move their organizations forward. Yet, the Association of Talent Development reported that critical thinking and problem-solving were among employees’ top three most common skills gaps. Boosting these capacities is essential to individual and collective performance. When personnel can…
Read More4 Trends Influencing Today’s Leaders
Just as business is constantly evolving so too is leadership. To thrive in a landscape full of changing expectations and practices, people are being called to lead differently than in years past. Agility and collaboration are taking precedence over the more hierarchical and autocratic methodologies that managers may have been used to. In the current…
Read More5 Mindset Shifts for New Managers
The transition from individual contributor to people manager is often the result of a promotion. Typically, newly appointed supervisors have excelled in their roles and are then tasked with overseeing employees themselves. In the majority of cases (58%), managers report that they never received formal training to help them level up their skills when they…
Read More5 Common Causes of Miscommunication
Work and communication are interchangeable. 88% of employees’ workweek is spent communicating, and in a 40-hour workweek, that is 35.2 hours spent conversing across a multitude of tasks and channels. How professionals communicate with others is of utmost importance, especially when misalignments are attributed to 86% of workplace failures. The first step to preventing miscommunication…
Read More7 Ways that Psychometric and Personality Assessments Enhance Skills Development
As businesses weave artificial intelligence (AI) into daily work, Learning & Development (L&D) departments are taking the lead in accelerating reskilling and upskilling initiatives to empower employees to adapt. To enhance this important work, psychometric and personality assessments can play a valuable supporting role. Mercer’s 2024 Global Talent Trends Report pointed to the importance of…
Read MoreHow To: Navigate Generational Communication Gaps
In today’s workplace, bridging generational gaps is not simply a necessity—it’s an opportunity to create a cohesive culture. With five generations in the workforce, it has become increasingly important to align colleagues of different age groups and backgrounds. The current breakdown of each generation in the workplace includes: Every age group has different lived experiences,…
Read More7 Tips to Optimize Written Communication
When was the last time you misinterpreted an email or had one of your messages misunderstood? It’s common for meaning to get lost in translation. After all, without the benefit of nonverbal cues, digital communication can often result in wider intent-impact gaps. These days, conversing online has become the norm, especially in remote and hybrid…
Read MoreThe Value of a Skills-Based Approach to Learning & Development
Traditionally, leaders have often approached the Learning and Development (L&D) function through knowledge-based concepts designed to funnel employees through a series of roles and responsibilities that neatly fit within the organizational structure. These days, with artificial intelligence and search functions providing “knowledge” on demand, the things employees need to learn to grow in their roles…
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