Posts Tagged: organizational development

When Too Many Smart People Spoil the Team – A Guest Blog by Hodges L. Golson

Posted by MarchFifteen & filed under Organizational Psychology.

We are pleased to be sharing Hodges Golson’s blog on the team dynamics if you have only uber bright people as members. Hodges has been consulting with CEOs on issues of leadership team effectiveness, leadership succession, executive selection and unique life-at-the-top questions and problems for over 40 years. We hope you will find this blog… Read more »

Sales Mastery Essentials for Non-Sales Leaders – Part 2

Posted by MarchFifteen & filed under Business.

    We learned about the business-damaging pitfalls of leaders not fully embracing sales in a prior post. These pitfalls include poor customer experience, high costs, and avoidable financial pressures. We, as non-sales leaders, can avoid these pitfalls by reaching a helpful level of sales mastery ourselves. Though the process of attaining this mastery may… Read more »

Waking Up to the Importance of Succession Planning

Posted by Martine Sanscartier & filed under Leadership Development.

In recent years, we have observed many organizations realize the value of developing and promoting internal resources. Reflecting on the work we did 15 years ago, there were significantly more mandates for external selection purposes, than for internal promotion and development. Today, more and more of our clients are investing in developing their emerging Leaders…. Read more »