Leadership Development News

Since their inception, clients have trusted Korn/Ferry to help them recruit world-class leadership talent. Building on this heritage, today they are a single source for a wide range of leadership and talent consulting services. From their nearly 80 offices in 40 countries, they assist organizations in attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining their people. Services range from executive recruitment to leadership development programs, enterprise learning, succession planning and recruitment outsourcing. More organizations around the world trust Korn/Ferry to manage their talent, a responsibility they take seriously and work every day to meet with unsurpassed integrity and results. Join Craig Dunlevie a Senior Partner and a top performer in the talent business, as he shares his wisdom from over 25 years of insight on the secrets of sourcing top talent for top firms around the world.

Have you ever dreamed of a fearless, positive life where you are in control of what matters? Mark J. Williams, USAFR, Retired has more than 24 years of operations and intelligence experience with the US Air Force and other US Agencies. His missions include more than 200 combat hours in the F- 15C as a veteran of Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm and as an advisor to the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. As the CEO of Human Dynamic Systems Mark has created an innovative training program combining mindfulness skills with resilience, situational awareness and peak performance based on his long time passion for mastering mental fitness key to survival and long term success of any working warrior. Join Mark in today’s show and learn how you can excel your life with mental conditioning in any role.

Srinivasan Pillay, M.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pillay is known for bringing brain science to life in the simplest terms that he then translates into recommended action steps that you can take. In his newest book: “Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders” was peer-reviewed by Wharton Business School and was released in March of 2011. Dr. Pillay is widely regarded as a motivational speaker who is able to explain the science behind seemingly non-rational phenomena. Dr. Pillay has been featured in The Boston Globe, Oprah radio (Dr. Laura Berman), Martha Stewart Whole Living, Cosmopolitan, Fox News and CNN. He is able to apply this methodology to the business environment as well, and has been invited to speak on related topics in New York, California, Washington DC, Toronto, Switzerland, Greece and Singapore. Business clients have included The World Bank, Novartis, Genzyme and McKinsey.

John O'Neil is currently the President of the Center for Leadership Renewal. He serves on several boards and is a best selling author, speaker, and advisor on leadership issues, providing leadership advisement and development services to senior leaders serving across a wide range of organizations from start-ups to mature enterprises. Today John will share his perspectives on “The Good Life” an innovative executive program which John co-created to help all leaders truly master the “life of their dreams”.

Join best selling author Ariane de Bonvoisin as she shares her secrets from her book “The First 30 Days”. So why focus on the first thirty days? Ariane de Bonvoisin says despite the change — be it unpredictable or self-propelled — the first few days and weeks are often the hardest, most emotional time. It's when we have the most questions, emotions, doubts and fears, and when decisions need to be made. This is also the time when we are most in need of direction, information and support. Thirty days is enough to get started in the right way. We’ll share what makes change easier and why some people get through change better than others.

Carol S. Pearson, Ph.D., is President of the Pacifica Graduate Institute and the creator of the Pearson Archetype Indicator system and books and instruments that support it. Dr. Pearson’s scholarly, administrative, teaching, and consulting work has always been in the service of helping people live and work at a deeper level of awareness. She has promoted these ends in practice in administrative and teaching positions at the Pacifica Graduate Institute, the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, and the University of Colorado; and as a seminar leader and consultant working with a variety of for profit and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Pearson recently edited a book, entitled The Transforming Leader: New Approached to Leadership for the 21st Century, a study in conjunction with the Fetzer Institute focusing on the theory and practice of leadership for transformation will be the focus of this interview. www.herowithin.com

Carol S. Pearson, Ph.D., is President of the Pacifica Graduate Institute and the creator of the Pearson Archetype Indicator system and books and instruments that support it. Dr. Pearson’s scholarly, administrative, teaching, and consulting work has always been in the service of helping people live and work at a deeper level of awareness. She has promoted these ends in practice in administrative and teaching positions at the Pacifica Graduate Institute, the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, and the University of Colorado; and as a seminar leader and consultant working with a variety of for profit and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Pearson recently edited a book, entitled The Transforming Leader: New Approached to Leadership for the 21st Century, a study in conjunction with the Fetzer Institute focusing on the theory and practice of leadership for transformation will be the focus of this interview. www.herowithin.com

Kim S. Cameron is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Michigan Business School and Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education. Dr. Cameron’s research on organizational effectiveness, virtuousness, and the development of management skills has been published in more than 80 articles. Join us for an energizing discussion on corporate virtuousness and its relationship to industry success.

Dr. Lois Phillips is a dynamic public speaker whose clients say she “practices what she teaches.” She has interviewed successful speakers which are outlined in her book “Women Seen and Heard: Lessons Learned from Successful Speakers” . She provides expert coaching and training to spokespersons, managers and executives. Dr. Phillips has a special interest in advancing women’s careers, companies, and Board leadership. She has produced conferences on women’s leadership, produced and moderated two television programs about women’s changing roles, co-moderated named “Dialogues” for TV. She is also a popular conference presenter. Dr. Phillips was the founding Executive Director of Antioch University’s Santa Barbara campus, where she worked for 11 years, putting into place a regional institutional advancement campaign to grow the campus. She has won many awards for her community advocacy work, particularly with women and minorities.

Joshua is one of the world’s preeminent experts on developing emotional intelligence to improve performance. He is the author of Inside Change, At the Heart of Leadership, over dozen EI articles and the coauthor of four validated psychometric assessments Joshua leads the world’s largest network of emotional intelligence practitioners and researchers; Six Seconds has offices in eleven countries and practitioners in over 50. He co-developed Six Seconds’ EQ Certification Training which he has delivered on five continents as master-trainer to hundreds professionals seeking practical tools and teaching emotional intelligence. He has helped launch EQ programs in dozens of countries. Freedman is one of a handful of experts in the world with over a decade of full-time experience in this emerging field. His clients include FedEx, American Express, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Microsoft, all branches of the US armed services, and numerous nonprofit and community organizations around the globe.

Ben Croft, an award-winning marketer, specializes in the Business and Executive Coaching industry. He is President of the World Business and Executive Coach Summit (WBECS). Ben shares secrets on how to market like a rock star without having to spend like one. Last year, the business and executive coaching industry changed. The WBECS emerged with a simple mission: to dramatically improve the success of business and executive coaches the world over. How? By cutting through the hype and noise of so-called coaching “experts” and introducing the global coaching community to the handful of thought leaders who are truly moving the industry forward. Over 7,000 business and executive coaches from 129 countries joined in. Testimonials poured in from around the globe. WBECS was a resounding success. Learn more by joining Ben as he shares insights to marketing like a rock star.

Steve Jobs had a Superman Syndrome and changed 7 different industries. What if you had superman powers of vision, could see things others couldn’t and everyone in your world catered to your special powers? What tall buildings could you leap and what could you accomplish? Drs. Cathy Greenberg and Relly Nadler, the show hosts will look at the complex leadership profile of Steve Jobs where he excelled in EI and what areas he derailed in and people just tolerated. They will also speak about Emotional Intelligence new research and the new EQi 2.0 assessment. The EQi 2.0 is used to help your leaders better assess, predict and to have more perform in the top 10%. Drs. Greenberg and Nadler use the EQi and other leadership tools in their XCEL (Excellence in Coaching for Executive Leaders) program, their landmark executive leadership and coaching programs, where emotional engagement meet performance.

Dr. Daniel Goleman’s Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence is the author’s first comprehensive collection of his key findings on leadership. This often-cited, proven-effective material will help leaders develop stellar management, performance and innovation for themselves and their teams.

Her column, The Suburban Outlaw™ can be read in Gannett’s Democrat + Chronicle and Rochester Magazine where she also contributes feature articles. Pam’s bestseller, The Suburban Outlaw: Tales from the EDGE is available on www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com. Pam Sherman’s story of ditching her day job as a lawyer to pursue her dream as an actress was featured in People Magazine. Today she combines her business background as an attorney with her creative skills at the EDGE™: Explore, Dream, Grow & Excite supporting business leaders to use acting skills for communications, business development and passionate leadership. Pam shares insights from her latest EDGE program on how to Speak Like A Thought Leader in your industry by applying your own brand of conviction and courage. After all, being a thought leader has become a critical leadership trait in today’s growing world of global experts Pam blogs at www.herrochester.com and www.suburbanoutlaw.com

Pascal Dennis is a professional engineer, author and advisor to North American firms making the lean leap. Pascal developed his skills on the Toyota shop floor in North America and Japan. He is a faculty member of the Lean Enterprise Institute. Pascal has been a manager of operations, human resources, finance, and health, safety & environment. He has supported lean implementation at leading international companies in various sectors as automotive, process industries, construction and health care. In leadership positions at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC), Pascal supported several major model launches, construction of a new facility, and the hiring of 2000 new team members. Pascal is the author of several award-winning books including Getting the Right Things Done - A Leader’s Guide to Planning & Execution, The Remedy - Bringing Lean Out of the Factory to Transform the Entire Organization, and Reflections of a Business Nomad.

Dr. Marcia Reynolds has a passion for discovering and sharing how the brain works, especially the brains of today's smart, strong women. Her new book Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction was released in June and reached #1 in Leadership and Management books for women on Amazon. She is the also the author of the book Outsmart Your Brain and has been in many publications including Harvard Communications Newsletter, U.S. Business Review, Cosmopolitan and The New York Times and has appeared on ABC World News. She is also a regular blogger for Huffington Post and Psychology Today. You can watch videos and download the first chapter of Wander Woman at www.WanderWomanBook.com. Reynolds is past president of the International Coach Federation (ICF). She was one of the first 25 people to earn the designation of Master Certified Coach (MCC) and was instrumental in designing the certification and accreditation programs for the ICF.

John Haime is President of LearningLinks Inc. and President of New Edge Performance Inc. and is a world-class performance specialist. John is a leading expert in emotional intelligence as it relates to performance. He is a former world tournament professional golfer and international consultant in the area of performance and emotional intelligence. John Haime created LearningLinks Inc. (www.learninglinks.org), which has unique corporate performance solutions including Mastering the Game: Leadership Effectiveness at Work, In Life and In Golf. He integrates the power of golf, performance and Emotional Intelligence to maximize the potential of leaders and teams. John has delivered programs to Cisco Systems, Nortel, Bell Canada, General Electric, KPMG, Capital One, GlaxoSmithKline and YPO. LearningLinks programs have helped companies worldwide enhance their team, performance and leadership capability. John’s first book,You Are a Contender! was released in December 2009.

Sharon Jordan-Evans is a pioneer in the field of employee retention and engagement. She serves as a prominent speaker for numerous conferences and works with Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Boeing, Disney, Lockheed, Cheesecake Factory, Monster, MTV, PBS, Sony, and Universal Studios. She co-authored two Wall Street Journal bestsellers. The first, Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Getting Good People to Stay, is the world’s best-selling employee retention book and has been translated into 20 languages. The second, Love It, Don't Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work, offers anyone who works easy-to-implement strategies for increasing job satisfaction. Love It, Don't Leave It has been translated into 15 languages. She also serves as a resource for a number of national media, including Business 2.0, Chief Executive, CIO, Harvard Management Update, Working Woman, Investor Business Daily, Business Week and the LA Times.

Leaders drive engagement, engagement drives productivity and Emotional Intelligence drives leadership. In today’s show Cathy and Relly give some more of the latest updates about Emotional Intelligence (EI) research and the new Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi 2.0) assessment. They also will take a deeper dive looking at three of the EI leadership competencies for Self-Perception and strategies on how to raise and enhance these competencies. Cathy and Relly will discuss the Emotional Intelligence history, ROI research and the EQi 2.0 assessment. The EQi 2.0 is used to help your leaders better assess, predict and to have more leaders perform in the top 10%. Drs. Greenberg and Nadler use the EQi and other leadership tools in their XCEL (Excellence in Coaching for Executive Leaders) program, their landmark executive leadership and coaching programs, where emotional engagement meets performance.

Mark Goulston, M.D. is a business advisor, consultant, trainer and coach trained as a clinical psychiatrist was an FBI/police hostage negotiation trainer who has increased people’s ability to get through to anyone. He is the author of the recently published and Amazon.com best selling book, “Just Listen” Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone He was a professor at UCLA’s internationally renowned Neuropsychiatric Institute for more than twenty years, become a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (the highest award that organization offers) and was named one of America’s Top Psychiatrists for 2004-2005 and again in 2009 by Washington, D.C. based Consumers’ Research Council of America. He is frequently called upon to share his expertise with television, radio and print media including: Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, Los Angeles Times, ABC/NBC/CBS/Fox/CNN/BBC News, Oprah, Today.