Industry Insights & News
Shorter and Faster Leadership assessment
What the boss pays attention to is what gets done Looking back to even a decade ago, many leadership assessment centres relied heavily on consultants and their expertise, and were constricted by brick and mortar administration, done in person and lasted at least one...
Personalised leadership development
Developing leaders and building soft skills is at the top of agenda for many organizations. But how do you personalize the development process for every leader in your company? You can’t offer executive coaching to everyone and the traditional classroom or e-learning...
Digital leadership for the digital age
Several of our articles this week look at the challenges of digital transformation and the leadership skills these require. What comes over loud and clear is how crucial it is for leaders to support their people in constantly up-skilling to keep up with the adoption...
Make continuous learning part of your culture
Following on my previous comments on the huge value of career development processes, here are some tips on how to facilitate career planning in your organization and make continuous learning part of the culture of the organization. - Learning must align with the...
A career conversation
Over the last few weeks I have been writing about career conversations and how valued they are. What happens however if the employee has no interest in developing?A colleague has just that problem. He is new in both role and to the company. His goals are to...
Make your vision and values about people explicit
So often, I find businesses create their vision and value statements and leadership competency frameworks without reference to their people. The latest example I came across was a local authority that proudly showed off its work on drawing up six...
The dividing line between boosting a career, and damaging it can be quite thin
There’s a thin dividing line between giving people opportunity and recognition that supports them in their upwards career path, and giving them an overblown sense of self that, at worst, might lead to their promising career derailing. Take this situation:...
Boost Your Productivity By Learning To Speak with Charisma
Passion and energy are contagious. Speaking with charisma will help you to inspire and excite your followers and call them to action. But if your speaking style is flat and unengaging, people will stop paying attention, and they won’t remember what you said....
Steps to take to speak with charisma
Last week, I discussed our research into speaking with charisma, and the three steps to take for this. Here I set out some exercises that will help you improve your ability to speak with charisma. Show your excitement. We naturally respond with interest...
Culture is a key driver of performance
At Scala, last week was dedicated to an International Development Programme we ran for GEMA Business School of Rome and Latam Business School of Mexico City. The week was a mix of lectures and visits to leading UK companies. Clear themes emerged from our...
Career planning and development drive engagement
Career planning and career development emerged as a key driver of engagement from the company visits, and classroom discussions during the international leadership development programme that Scala ran recently for GEMA Business School of Rome, and Latam Business...
Encourage innovation
Innovation is the third topic that was consistently at the top of the agenda for the businesses that attended Scala’s International Development Programme, and amongst our speakers, and the companies we visited. (Please click here for the other two on culture,...
Include foreign language learning in your training provision
I have just come from a hilarious conversation with someone who described helping a non -French speaking, but house owning Brit in France deal with the plumber who was repairing an urgent problem with a malfunctioning toilet. Thank goodness for video Skype....
BOOST YOUR PRODUCTIVITY, And Your Team’s, By Learning To Overcome Resistance
Change is never easy. People tend to avoid it whenever they can and resist it when they can’t. Any of your requests that people do things differently has the potential to be met with resistance, either passive or active. As a leader, you need to...
What is a habit?
Dr Martin Lanik is about to publish his new book, "The Leader Habit" and we are very pleased to have the opportunity of giving you some brief insights into the content, ahead of the book's release. What is a habit? Psychologists define a habit as an automatic...
Talent management is back
Towards the end of last year, I noticed talent management returning to the chat rooms, and journals, and wow! – come January it is back with a vengeance, as the top priority for businesses. My first talent management sighting came on 9 January, from the...
There is such a thing as too much feedback
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2018. I hope the year has got off to a good start for you. I signed off in December with the cryptic comment that there is ‘such a thing as too much feedback.” This comment was prompted by a number of articles extolling...
STEPS TO BOOST YOUR PRODUCTIVITY, And Your Team’s By Learning To Overcome Resistance
Last week, I discussed our research into overcoming resistance, and the three steps to take for this. Here I set out some exercises that will help you improve your ability to overcome resistance. Address Fears Resistance usually comes from strong...