TALENTS SKILLS

Talents, Skills, & Being Extraordinary!

Alive at Work, Extraordinary, Self Improvement, Skills, Talent, Talent Development, Talent Management

Talents, Skills, and Being Extraordinary! People often use the words talents and skills interchangeably, as if they had the exact same meaning. I believe that talents and skills are different. Talents encompass your strengths, your brilliance, and your genius. By genius, I mean in its original form found in the word – genie which means…

Leadership Development Programs: Truth #1 – We’re Measuring the Wrong Thing!

Executive Leadership Development, Leadership, Talent Development, Talent Management

A colleague and I were having a conversation about the overall effectiveness of leadership development programs. Both of us have been coaching and developing leaders for more than twenty years and so comparing notes was both enlightening and educational. While discussing some of the challenges, we came to the conclusion that there are certain factors…