by Reni Gorman What is Problem Solving? Whenever a living creature has a goal but doesn’t know how to accomplish it, they engage in problem solving. (Holyoak & Morrison, 2005) Problem solving is considered the most complex of all intellectual functions, as a higher-order cognitive process that requires activation and control of more routine or [...]
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Teaching Problem Solving
Posted in Change Management, Leadership, Performance Improvement, tagged Change Management, Coaching, Leadership, Learning Theory, Organizational Learning on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How to be a Great Mentor: Lessons from Real Life
Posted in Coaching, Leadership, Performance Improvement, Talent Management, tagged Leadership, Learning Theory, Mentoring, Performance Improvement, Talent Management on June 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
by Sherry Engel I’ve struggled the last month or so to write a blog entry, trying to find that topic that “hits home”. I want to blog about things that are truly important and meaningful to me. This weekend, through my own personal journey of growth in my faith, I discovered a great correlation [...]
How to Train an Executive: Quick, Relevant Content and Meaningful Conversations with Peers and SMEs
Posted in Leadership, Performance Improvement, tagged Leadership, Learning Theory, Performance Improvement, Talent Management on May 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
by Reni Gorman and Rich Mesch 55 and Older Execs Don’t Like Training Reni: I read an article on The Economist titled: Executive education and the over-55s: Never too old to learn. The focus was about the trend that older executives are shunning corporate training. The reason? To put it bluntly: They are sick [...]
Ask, Don’t Tell: Coaching Advice Based on Classic Literature
Posted in Coaching, Leadership, Performance Improvement, Series, tagged Coaching, Leadership, Performance Improvement on May 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Dawn Francis, Ed.D. Years ago, I read a novel entitled Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. There was a passage in the book that struck me so poignantly that I copied it down and committed it to memory. It read: “I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only [...]
Attributes of Effective Coaching: Coaching Appreciatively
Posted in Coaching, Leadership, Performance Improvement, Series, tagged Coaching, Leadership, Performance Improvement, Talent Management on April 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
by Dawn Francis, Ed.D. Coaching is one of my favorite topics to research and discuss. That might surprise you since I’ve written the majority of my blog entries on transformative learning; however, there’s a distinct synergy between the two. Think of coaching as an enabler of the transformative learning process. Coaching can be a catalyst [...]
Transformative Learning, Part 5: The Value of Reflection
Posted in Leadership, Performance Improvement, Series, tagged Leadership, Performance Improvement, Transformative Learning on April 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
by Dawn Francis, Ed.D. Last night, I attended an ASTD Corporate SIG meeting where a panel of speakers shared their talent management and development best practices. As one of the speakers described his company’s first-level manager program, he said something that struck me as curious. He stated that participants in this program rolled their eyes [...]
