Every CEO we work with wishes that there was more collaboration in their organization. At the same time, many of their managers complain that they are overwhelmed with poorly planned meetings, ineffective group events, and a never-ending stream of emails asking for information and assistance. Instead of synergy, organizations get dysfunction.
Watch webinar »Last week, I delivered a 45-minute webinar on Powerful New Approaches to Leadership and Coaching Development. This webinar condensed the key research and approaches from The Extraordinary Leader and The Extraordinary Coach workshops. An 11-minute Q & A session followed the webinar presentation. I was able to answer just seven questions and couldn’t get to […]
Read post »Jim Clemmer provides an overview of the key lessons learned from developing thousands of leaders. Many lessons are counterintuitive and challenge conventional thinking. But they’re build on a firm research foundation with proven, measurable results. Same Old Approaches = Same Old Results. Traditional development approaches fall woefully short on delivering those outcomes. Numerous studies report […]
Watch webinar »Almost 20 years ago, Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman began a two-year research project to review 360 assessments on over 20,000 leaders. They sought to pinpoint the leadership competencies differentiating the top 10 percent of leaders from the bottom 10 percent of leaders. Jack and Joe correlated assessments of the best and worst leaders against […]
Read post »In this webinar Jim Clemmer cuts to the core of how to elevate results. Using evidence-based and practical approaches, Jim updates, consolidates, and translates proven principals into action that you can apply immediately to move your team/organization to peak performance.
Watch webinar »Through some combination of interests, experiences, and genetics, most people show more capability at some behaviors than others. Helping people identify those capabilities is useful. However, are we limited to those being the only strengths we can possess? Can individuals at a later point in life make conscious decisions that they want to excel at […]
Watch webinar »Think you know about strengths-based development? Learn new insights that take strengths-based development to the next level. Emphasize relevant strengths rather than focusing on any strength. Learn how strengths are not innate talents but behaviors that can be developed through focused effort. Finally, explore a unique and proven approach for developing strengths that matter. In […]
Watch webinar »During this webinar Jack Zenger and Jared Harding share the critical behaviors that will help you navigate the demand for great agility, innovation, and pace by executing fast and well.
Watch webinar »It is clear: companies need the diversity and benefits women leaders provide.
Watch webinar »In this learning-rich and fast-paced 60 minute webcast Jim Clemmer outlines how leaders and coaches can go from good to great and deliver truly extraordinary results. Covering these topics in a short, condensed webinar is like skipping across ice bergs with so much more below the surface. Here’s where you can dive deeper below the […]
Watch webinar »Building Critical Strengths In this learning-rich and fast-paced 60 minute webinar Jim Clemmer will outline how to obtain higher engagement, discretionary effort, and the business outcomes that matter most by connecting the strategy and needs of the organization with employees’ strengths, energy, and passion. You will learn: The six leadership behaviors that distinguish extraordinary leaders […]
Watch webinar »Would you like to help your leaders increase employee engagement by up to 8 times, double or triple their motivation to implement a personal development plan, build coaching and leadership skills around natural strengths, make performance appraisals an inspiring event people look forward to, and double rates of improvement from 360 feedback? As farfetched as […]
Read post »A sure path to marital unhappiness — if not divorce — is when a newlywed sets out to change his or her spouse. Yet how many performance management discussions are built on the same premise? Too often managers set about trying to “improve” his or her direct report by fixing weaker areas. How enthused are […]
Read post »Last week Melanie Will, Manager of Learning and Organization Development, Wilfrid Laurier University and I delivered a one hour webinar on Strengthening Leadership and Culture. Melanie provided a case study using many examples and research data from their organization’s use of The Extraordinary Leader Development System for over 160 leaders throughout the university. We covered […]
Read post »Jim Clemmer with special guest Melanie Will, Manager, Learning and Organizational Development at Wilfrid Laurier University deliver a fast paced and information-packed 60 minute webinar. Jim outlines the latest research on driving positive business results by increasing your leadership effectiveness, and Melanie details the improvements in behaviors and skills across all leadership levels and in all departments at Laurier as they build a strengths-based culture.
Watch webinar »Balancing management and leadership has been a focus of our work stretching back through many of my books and our keynotes and workshops and leadership team retreats. Zenger Folkman’s research on the “differentiating competencies” that separate the bottom 10% from the top 10% shows that emotional intelligence is a major factor in leadership effectiveness. Good […]
Read post »Insights and ongoing research and quest for simplifying the complex topic of leadership.
Watch webinar »Last year we started offering one-on-one phone coaching around The Extraordinary Leader 360 assessments and building strengths-based personal development plans. These typically involve 2, 3, and sometimes more sessions about a month or two apart. As leaders have reported back on their progress we’ve further developed and expanded their action plans. Typically the first step […]
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