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In these ongoing meditations on how to develop leaders, I’m struck by the need to teach leaders to see people as they really are. I don’t mean just taking stock of their strengths and weaknesses and fitting them to a certain role. And I certainly don’t mean the old Industrial Age way of seeing employees…

With nearly 83 million baby boomers nearing retirement age, the U.S. workforce faces a massive knowledge drain beginning in approximately six years. What will the exit of this generation mean for your organization?

Here’s an interesting observation: For an industry that’s as crucial as learning and development to the fabric of business, there can be surprisingly little controversy running through it. Politics is built on controversy. News media outlets market controversy. In other industries, controversy fuels the fires of debate on everything from industry-specific pressure points to universal…