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Executive Summary: Sustaining Virtual Leadership Development

Agile and resilient leaders who can effectively influence the performance and engagement of their teams have never been more in demand. Leadership training is a vital investment, so how can organizations ensure that their learners retain and apply what they learn back on the job? To answer that question, CLS partnered with Training Industry, Inc. to conduct a two-year research study […]

Data Fluency and Your Highest Probability of Success

Probability has long been the distinguishing factor between physical and behavioral sciences. In physics, force equals mass times acceleration – every time! If you know how much a baseball weighs and how fast it travels when your granddaughter throws it while playing catch in the driveway, you can accurately determine the force the ball had when it shattered the windshield of your car. […]

Participant Guidelines for Safe In-Person Training

If you are planning any upcoming in-person instructor-led training, it’s important that you provide participants with a resource that reinforces COVID-19 protective guidelines that they can reference during the session. While we at The Center for Leadership Studies strongly suggest continuing virtual training experiences, we also want to proactively prepare organizations to conduct safe in-person […]

Facilitating In-Person Training: A Safety Field Guide

While we at The Center for Leadership Studies strongly suggest continuing virtual training experiences, we are seeing that some companies are beginning to schedule in-person training sessions again. We developed this field guide to proactively prepare organizations to conduct safe in-person training with evidence and guidelines from the CDC. This safety field guide provides tips and recommendations for how to adjust your content and activity formats […]

The Returning to Work Handbook: Reflections and Strategies for Employees

In the transition to “normal,” the need for successful and engaged employees will be greater than ever. As an employee, maintaining your success and engagement throughout this transition will enable you to continue to develop even while facing unpredictable challenges. This handbook is designed to guide employees navigating this transition through the lens of Situational […]

Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect … Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

Despite the best-selling efforts of Malcolm Gladwell in “Outliers,” many continue to attribute accomplishments of significance to people born with unique talents. It’s a sort of built-in defense mechanism we have long been able to muster up on demand to reduce (and even eliminate) the dissonance associated with our relative commonality. The messaging sounds something […]

Behavior Change is a Function of Proactive Positioning and Immediate Reinforcement

We are officially throwing caution to the wind and thinking outside of the box we usually confine ourselves in when drafting this column. Ready for “old school interactive”? Here you go: 1. Take out a piece of paper and a writing instrument of your choice. Put the following words across the top of the page […]

The Returning to Work Handbook: Reflections and Strategies for Managers

In the transition to “normal,” managers will be responsible for maintaining performance and motivation while their teams grapple with another shift in the way they work. To ensure success and engagement within their teams, managers must communicate consistently and effectively and provide clarity to their teams. However, it is during times of rapid change that […]

Leading DiSC^® Styles Through the Challenges of Remote Work

When leading through times of intense change, it is important for managers to understand their employees’ individual needs. As organizations across the globe shift to working remotely, many of them for the first time, learning about individuals’ DiSC® styles can help you better understand their needs and communication style. Download this helpful article for a […]

Four Valuable Tips for Executives Leading Through Disruption

1. Focus on What is Not Changing Many specific circumstances we are facing are unprecedented, but the dynamic of rapid, disorienting change is not. Many aspects of John Kotter’s guidance on managing change are applicable here. Specifically, spend some time focusing on what is not changing. Principles which have guided you through difficult times before […]

Remote Manager Handbook

As organizations across the globe quickly shift to remote work structures, much of the responsibility for ensuring continued success falls on the shoulders of managers. To ensure success and engagement within their team and the organization as a whole, managers must focus on their employees’ core needs: clarity, communication and consistency. This handbook is designed to […]