The post-pandemic business landscape continues to change at a rapid rate. To keep up, executive leaders must embrace key leadership competencies to guide firms through their transformative journeys. Investing in the right executive training empowers transformational leaders to become stronger proponents of change and steer organizations toward success. This insightful article explores the critical leadership ...
Corporate training courses and executive education programs (exec-ED and ExEd) are rising across the US. Yet many HR leaders still view learning and development (L&D) as a waste of time, money, and resources. So, are they right, and if not, how does a business ensure a decent return on its L&D investment? For corporate training ...
Is a lack of leadership succession planning a recipe for disaster? Or, is the talent management process something best dealt with at the time of need? Can a pre-emptive plan help organizations prepare for and act when a critical member exits the organization? Leadership succession planning is a crucial part of business stability and growth. ...
Your leadership traits are the qualities that define your success. Do you know the critical traits and skills of an effective leader in 21st-century America? Moreover, how you can build on your existing key leadership qualities and join the ranks of the best leaders? All great leaders are self-confident. Of course, leadership styles vary depending ...
The modern workplace comprises all sorts of individuals with varied backgrounds, personalities, and communication styles. These differences can make it difficult for you to communicate effectively by finding and owning your voice. Add onto this challenge layers of difficulty based on positional hierarchy, experience, age, and gender that can affect your ability to communicate effectively ...
There’s an ancient Chinese proverb that states, “He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.” Obviously from the gender pronoun used in this maxim, whoever wrote it never had to deal with the worry that comes with the implications of asking ...
Goodbye Defined Tasks & To-Do Lists One of the first changes that come with a leadership position is the change from task comprised daily work to the more amorphous responsibility of managing people. Your daily work responsibilities will no longer be a to-do list of project tasks. In your first manager position, your goals will ...
As our culture moves to be more inclusive and works to promote diversity, companies are attempting to minimize all forms of discrimination within their hiring process. But, at the end of the day, an employer must make a decision of one person over another and that can be distorted by bias. Even if you don’t ...
Whether you're actively searching or looking to assess your next career move, it's a brave new world out there. In this webinar, EWF Leaders Tanis Cornell and Jennifer Carter teamed up with EWF Career Coaching Practice Lead Elizabeth Lions to explore how COVID-19 has changed the job search, share proven ways to master video interviews, ...
On April 29, 2020, our President Jennifer Carter joined author and coach Bill Bartlett on OutMatch's The Future of Work Webinar Series. They had a great discussion about how to Lead Through Anxiety and Uncertainty. Check out Two "Must Dos" from the Session. Click here to watch the full Webinar. Key Takeaways Before anything else – even if the answer is ...
