Crisis Leadership
Leading in an uncertain world: How business executives can adapt
As business leaders, we need to consider the best ways to navigate the constantly changing business landscape and support our employees while growing our companies. Here are five ways to do so.
Supporting healthier minds through learning and development
L&D teams have helped to alleviate some of the stress and anxieties people are feeling as their organizations grapple with pandemic-related changes and challenges.
Preparing for what we can’t predict: Using scenario planning to support L&D investment decisions
Uncertainty can’t mean “we do nothing until we know.” Using a tool such as scenario planning, L&D leaders can anticipate and consider what we would do if X or Y came to pass, and what enablers or capabilities would be required to mitigate the worst and optimize the best of that situation.
Shining a light on workforce mental health and wellness
Due to the extreme challenges brought on by the pandemic, many organizational leaders are resolute in adopting new measures aimed at supporting mental health and wellness in the workplace.
Video: The power of leading with vulnerability and compassion
The stress, anxiety and uncertainty over the past year have steered workplaces away from wanting strict, aggressive and “traditional” forms of leadership. In 2021, people desire leaders with compassion who are unafraid of showing vulnerability.
Skill data: the secret to your 2021 L&D strategy
Person-centricity is often the key to a smart learning strategy. L&D is, after all, deeply personal. Leveraging your skill data can help you personalize your learning to all workers.
How leaders can reframe failure in a post-pandemic world
The key to building a culture in which failure is seen as a learning experience and strategic risk-taking is both encouraged and rewarded is to remain consistent in your approach.
Old habits die hard, but good leaders can change
In a way, habits are like shortcuts, and that can make them very efficient. The problem is, when everything else is changing around you, there’s a good chance old habits no longer apply.
6 competencies leaders need to develop right now
As organizations try to define the future leaders they will need, some key themes around meet-the-moment capabilities emerge. These capabilities cannot be developed overnight, but this list of 6 key competencies may help stimulate your thinking as you look to refresh your leadership strategy.
Video: Where does virtual learning and development go from here?
As organizations head into 2021, L&D is more important than ever, says Asfa Malik, who is the vice president of learning and development at Addison Group.
Skills in demand, skills in decline
As a new normal emerges, it is apparent that ruling out the strategies that don't work is just as important as identifying the ones that succeed. Taking a similar approach to skills data — by looking at skills in decline as well as those on the rise — will better prepare all of us for the future of work.
Brain-based leadership in a time of heightened uncertainty
Heightened uncertainty can have a devastating impact on the performance and mental health of employees, triggering a threat response in the brain that interferes with rational thinking, collaborating and solving problems. By understanding the core psychological needs of employees, leaders can focus their efforts on the strategies that will have the greatest impact on engagement and performance.
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Here are 10 straightforward steps to complete an ROI forecast to build a better business case for an unanticipated learning program.
Turning crisis into opportunity: Get perspective and lead together
When business conditions change suddenly and drastically and the future appears uncertain, getting your bearings and choosing a clear, deliberate path forward is a daunting task. Here are five key steps that you and your team can take to clearly frame the challenges you face and lead together.
Communication in the time of COVID: tips for effectively engaging with employees
Whether teams are on the front lines or sitting at a laptop in a makeshift home office, everyone is vital to making it through this challenging time. Now is the time for leaders to beef up their communications skills and look to colleagues to share what they need.