A Leadership Beyond

We are thrilled to announce an upcoming interview with Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres, authors  of  Conversations Worth Having  –  Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement. The currency of all positive change is indeed conversation. Mostly we lead conversations without real strategy – and sadly, sometimes without much thought. And, being creatures of habit, we repea...

A recurring theme for Leadership Beyond has been the need for more empathetic leadership, stemming from our experience during the pandemic (survival mode), and continuing as some of us have found a bit of our footing (although the evidence suggests that collectively we're a far cry from a sense of being grounded again). Tom and Adrienne had the opportunity to interview Dolores Priegnitz, an HR pro...

We've all noticed an acceleration of trends that were bubbling up before Covid. The gig economy increased remote work, demand for greater flexibility in when, where, and how to work have increasingly challenged organizational leadership. Dr. Grant, an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of business, recently published an article::  The Real Meaning of Freedom of Work: "When Covid unt...

Tom and Adrienne caught up with Eric Zemaitaitis, HR Director at a major healthcare system in Chicago. The challenge statement that opened our discussion: What are the challenges organizations face when relying solely on HR to develop leaders?   Leadership development courses are fantastic. But then the expert goes away – the external consultant is no longer engaged or the in-house facilitator fro...

We are thrilled by the opportunity to have Matt Poepsel, the Godfather of Talent Optimization join our community of conversation to address two interrelated questions: What is talent optimization, and why as a leader, should I care? Let's add a third, why now even more in this unique new reality, more than ever? This short interview will give you a clear, easy to grasp definition of Talent Optimiz...

Adrienne and I are thrilled as we begin our first series of conversations at https://aleadershipbeyond.com/ We asked our network to respond with brief quotes on what is needed to Reimagine Human Resources in this new world. The responses were inspiring, intriguing, and thought provoking. We have several conversations being scheduled and in the queue. Today's video is an executive summary of what w...

Let's begin this conversation with some thought starters from Talent Development thought leaders. First, we zoom out. A core axiom of Leadership Beyond is that holistic people profit is as important as business profit, and though the two profits are ever challenging to align, they must not, need not, be antithetical. We kick our quotes off with a soulful compass in our quest: "Unleashing our full...

We invite your participation in the conversation "reimagining Human Resources."   Let us begin this conversation on reimagining Human Resources with a trusty google search for a baseline definition of Human Resources. Here is what we come up with: Human resources refer to the department charged with managing personnel. The first expansion of this definition immediately leads to functional, legal,...

Welcome to Leadership Beyond! Adrienne and I began our collaboration with big ideas for our work together and the impact we could have in the business world. We thought big and intended to start big. Boom! Pandemic. Change. Clients. Change. No more details and certainly. No pity party here, as we are aware that you have your own version of this unprecedented disruption. Your world has changed. Thi...