Workplace 101: A Profiles Global Business Blog

Developing leadership capabilities are essential to ensure focus on the short-term and long-term health of any organization. Effective leadership development enables companies to react quickly to change and to endure in difficult times.

According to research from the Corporate Executive Board, 40% of internal job moves made by people identified by their companies as "high potentials" end in failure. Many organizations make the mistake of looking simply at ability when assessing an employee for a management job. Think of the hot-shot sales rep or the genius software engineer. It is incredible how often high producing individuals get promoted into management jobs that require a totally different mindset to be successful.

During times of budget challenges and uncertainty, supervisors might be experiencing an increase in the number of difficult conversations with their staff. These could include delivering bad news about an employee’s job, informing staff about work restructuring, or discussing other complicated and stressful work situations.

7 Lessons for Employers and Employees from Yahoo

It has been fascinating, shocking, and at times uncomfortable to witness the C-level drama coming from Yahoo last week. Just after Labor Day, now-former CEO Carol Bartz was fired over the phone by Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock. Employees are dismissed all the time, but firing executive leaders can be a sticky situation.

HR Execs in Chile Want to Increase Leadership Charisma for Themselves and Their Companies

Since publishing our book, Leadership Charisma, back in January, we’ve not only watched sales increase, but also interest in and discussion about the topic. After the initial excitement of the book launch, people wanted to know how to take what they learned from the book and strategically implement it with the leaders in their organizations.