Zenger Folkman Leadership Podcast

Leadership at Full Strength podcast answers today’s hottest questions on leadership issues. In this episode, Jack Zenger discusses the following: Reactions to Article: Leadership Development: What's Evaluation Got to Do With It?; by Lisa Gabel, Kate Harker, and Ethan Sanders, T+D Magazine March 2011 Current Event: What's going on in training and development? QA: Jack Zenger answers your toughest questions, submitted on the Zenger Folkman website (www.zengerfolkman.com/podcast.html) How do you get managers to engage in “management by walking around” when they are from another culture, such as Finnish, where this is not a normal practice? Is it appropriate to push for innovation and creativity (for high engagement) in a highly regulated, procedure bound, system bound (i.e. Nuclear Power Electric Utility) and if so, how? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack shares one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”. You can get more updates from Jack, Joe and the rest of the ZF team by following us on Twitter, visiting our blog, or registering for our Leadership Resource Center! Enjoy the podcast, and be sure to join us for the next episode, updating in July!

Jack Zenger discusses a recent article, Leadership Development: What's Evaluation Got to Do With It?; by Lisa Gabel, Kate Harker, and Ethan Sanders, T+D Magazine March 2011 C Questions Discussed How do you get managers to engage in “management by walking around” when they are from another culture, such as Finnish, where this is not a normal practice? Is it appropriate to push for innovation and creativity (for high engagement) in a highly regulated, procedure bound, system bound (i.e. Nuclear Power Electric Utility) and if so, how? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack shares one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to full strength. We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman discuss the recent article, Are You a Good Boss or a Great One?; by Linda Hill & Kent Lineback, Harvard Business Review Jan/Feb 2011 Questions Discussed: I've read that since the Baby Boomers are postponing retirement due to the bad economy, now is a good time to leverage them as senior mentors in leadership development programs. What is one way I could implement this idea, and quickly, before the economy turns around? Based on your recent press release, turnover will be high once the job market starts opening up again. What can we do to help our employees be more engaged and committed to our organization and keep them when jobs become more readily available? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Joe each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”. We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.

Leadership at Full Strength podcast answers today’s hottest questions on leadership issues. In this episode, Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman discuss the following: Reactions to Article: Are You a Good Boss or a Great One?; by Linda Hill Kent Lineback, Harvard Business Review Jan/Feb 2011 Current Event: What's going on in training and development? QA: Jack and Joe answer your toughest questions, submitted on the Zenger Folkman website (www.zengerfolkman.com/podcast.html) I've read that since the Baby Boomers are postponing retirement due to the bad economy, now is a good time to leverage them as senior mentors in leadership development programs. What is one way I could implement this idea, and quickly, before the economy turns around? Based on your recent press release, turnover will be high once the job market starts opening up again. What can we do to help our employees be more engaged and committed to our organization and keep them when jobs become more readily available? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Joe each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”. You can get more updates from Jack, Joe and the rest of the ZF team by following us on Twitter, visiting our blog, or registering for our Leadership Resource Center! Enjoy the podcast, and be sure to join us for the next episode, updating in April!

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman discuss the recent article, Are You a Good Boss or a Great One?; by Linda Hill & Kent Lineback, Harvard Business Review Jan/Feb 2011  Questions Discussed: I've read that since the Baby Boomers are postponing retirement due to the bad economy, now is a good time to leverage them as senior mentors in leadership development programs. What is one way I could implement this idea, and quickly, before the economy turns around? Based on your recent press release, turnover will be high once the job market starts opening up again. What can we do to help our employees be more engaged and committed to our organization and keep them when jobs become more readily available? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Joe each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”.  We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman discuss the article Learning from Each Other; by Randy Emelo, Chief Learning Officer Magazine Nov 2010 Questions Discussed: You've done a lot of research on what constitutes great leadership. Doesn't a leader have to believe in great leadership before s/he can become great? If so, how can an organization help its leaders embrace the value of great leadership? What are some ways leaders can motivate employees in a company culture where there is low engagement and high resistance to change? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Joe each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”.We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.

Leadership at Full Strength podcast answers today’s hottest questions on leadership issues. In this episode, Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman discuss the following: Reactions to Article: Learning from Each Other; by Randy Emelo, Chief Learning Officer Magazine Nov 2010 Current Event: What's going on in training and development? QA: Jack and Joe answer your toughest questions, submitted on the Zenger Folkman website (www.zengerfolkman.com/podcast.html) You've done a lot of research on what constitutes great leadership. Doesn't a leader have to believe in great leadership before s/he can become great? If so, how can an organization help its leaders embrace the value of great leadership? What are some ways leaders can motivate employees in a company culture where there is low engagement and high resistance to change? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Joe each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”. You can get more updates from Jack, Joe and the rest of the ZF team by visiting our blog or registering for our Leadership Resource Center! Enjoy the podcast, and be sure to join us for the next episode, updating in March!

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman discuss the article Learning from Each Other; by Randy Emelo, Chief Learning Officer Magazine Nov 2010 Questions Discussed: You've done a lot of research on what constitutes great leadership. Doesn't a leader have to believe in great leadership before s/he can become great? If so, how can an organization help its leaders embrace the value of great leadership? What are some ways leaders can motivate employees in a company culture where there is low engagement and high resistance to change? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Joe each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”. We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman discuss the article You Have to Lead from Everywhere; an interview with Admiral Thad Allen by Scott Berinato, Harvard Business Review.Questions Discussed: Please give us ten reasons why authoritarian, dictatorial leadership does not work. In our organization the leadership development program is a highly selective process that is limited to individuals selected by senior management, thereby leaving out most individuals. In your recent blog post on the Leadership Ceiling, you talk about how leadership has to improve at all levels to bring up an organization. What can an organization do to help even individual contributors become better leaders? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Joe each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”.We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.

Leadership at Full Strength podcast answers today’s hottest questions on leadership issues. In this episode, Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman discuss the following: Reactions to Article: You Have to Lead from Everywhere; an interview with Admiral Thad Allen by Scott Berinato, Harvard Business Review Current Event: What's going on in training and development? QA: Jack and Joe answer your toughest questions, submitted on the Zenger Folkman website (www.zengerfolkman.com/podcast.html) Please give us ten reasons why authoritarian, dictatorial leadership does not work. In our organization the leadership development program is a highly selective process that is limited to individuals selected by senior management, thereby leaving out most individuals. In your recent blog post on the Leadership Ceiling, you talk about how leadership has to improve at all levels to bring up an organization. What can an organization do to help even individual contributors become better leaders? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Joe each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”. You can get more updates from Jack, Joe and the rest of the ZF team by visiting our blog or registering for our Leadership Resource Center! Enjoy the podcast, and be sure to join us for the next episode, updating in February!

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman discuss the article You Have to Lead from Everywhere; an interview with Admiral Thad Allen by Scott Berinato, Harvard Business Review.Questions Discussed: Please give us ten reasons why authoritarian, dictatorial leadership does not work. In our organization the leadership development program is a highly selective process that is limited to individuals selected by senior management, thereby leaving out most individuals. In your recent blog post on the Leadership Ceiling, you talk about how leadership has to improve at all levels to bring up an organization. What can an organization do to help even individual contributors become better leaders? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Joe each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”. We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.

Jack Zenger and Scott Edinger discuss the article Doubling Your Strengths; Marshall Goldsmith & Psychologist Tommy Thomas, BusinessWeek.Questions Discussed: How beneficial is “coaching” to an organization, really? If coaching is so effective and so many organizations do it, what kind of return on their investment are they seeing that helps them justify doing a coaching program that I’m not seeing? Further, how do they even measure the impact? My organization takes an interesting approach to developing their high-potential employees. We let them spend some one-on-one time with our CEO to work on solving an organizational problem. While that’s always a neat experience, we’re not really seeing a return on our investment. Do you think that we’re not identifying the right people or should we expand our CEO outreach program to be more than just a few hours with the head of the company? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Scott each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”.We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.

Leadership at Full Strength podcast answers today’s hottest questions on leadership issues. In this episode, Jack Zenger and Scott Edinger discuss the following: Reactions to Article: Doubling Your Strengths; Marshall Goldsmith Psychologist Tommy Thomas, BusinessWeek Current Event: What's going on in training and development? QA: Jack and Scott answer your toughest questions, submitted on the Zenger Folkman website (www.zengerfolkman.com/podcast.html) How beneficial is “coaching” to an organization, really? If coaching is so effective and so many organizations do it, what kind of return on their investment are they seeing that helps them justify doing a coaching program that I’m not seeing? Further, how do they even measure the impact? My organization takes an interesting approach to developing their high-potential employees. We let them spend some one-on-one time with our CEO to work on solving an organizational problem. While that’s always a neat experience, we’re not really seeing a return on our investment. Do you think that we’re not identifying the right people or should we expand our CEO outreach program to be more than just a few hours with the head of the company? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Scott each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”. You can get more updates from Jack, Joe and the rest of the ZF team by visiting our blog or registering for our Leadership Resource Center! Enjoy the podcast, and be sure to join us for the next podcast episode, updating the end of October!

Jack Zenger and Scott Edinger discuss the article Doubling Your Strengths; Marshall Goldsmith & Psychologist Tommy Thomas, BusinessWeek.Questions Discussed: How beneficial is “coaching” to an organization, really? If coaching is so effective and so many organizations do it, what kind of return on their investment are they seeing that helps them justify doing a coaching program that I’m not seeing? Further, how do they even measure the impact? My organization takes an interesting approach to developing their high-potential employees. We let them spend some one-on-one time with our CEO to work on solving an organizational problem. While that’s always a neat experience, we’re not really seeing a return on our investment. Do you think that we’re not identifying the right people or should we expand our CEO outreach program to be more than just a few hours with the head of the company? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Scott each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”. We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.

Jack Zenger and Scott Edinger discuss the article Managing Yourself: The Boss as the Human Shield; Robert Sutton, Harvard Business Review. Questions Discussed: How do you, as an organization, sustain momentum in leadership development? What does an organization that is so focused on leadership development, do when the 360 is over? How does my organization help the leaders in departments such as engineering and accounting understand and realize the importance of motivating their employees? 1 Tip for Leaders at Full Strength: Jack and Scott each share one thing leaders can do today to increase their effectiveness to “full strength”.We’d love for you to experience our award-winning leadership workshops in a city near you.  We also invite you to join us for our monthly webinars. To learn more, visit zengerfolkman.com/events. To listen to past podcast episodes and view the notes for this episode, visit zengerfolkman.com/podcast. There you can also enter our monthly book contest.