How to be unsuccessful!

This bold article might trigger a New Year’s resolution or two!

The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives.

Happy New Year from everyone here at Interaction.

Interaction Client Forum

We hosted a client forum, at the Victoria and Albert museum on Friday, to allow L&D professionals to come together and discuss topical issues currently facing their organisation.  Topics ranged from Leadership to Talent Management to Employee Engagement.

There was some really interesting debate, sharing of ideas and experience.  Thank you to all those who attended for making it an enjoyable and valuable forum.

If you are interested in the output from the forum please get in touch.

Keep an eye on the Events page for future forums you can get involved in.

Interaction learning and development forum

We’re running a learning and development forum on March 18 at the Sackler Centre, V & A museum, London. Aimed at Learning and development professionals, this free event will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss a variety of topics and share ideas and experiences. Topics up for debate include:

• leadership during and post recession
• talent management
• employee engagement - retention beyond recession
• running a global learning and development function
• incorporating technology into soft skills training

For more information please contact Jill jill@interaction-ld.com

Are women leaders best for organisations in crisis?

A great article on the British Psychological Society called “Why are women chosen to lead organisations in a crisis?”.  It presents research examining perceptions around leadership stereotypes, gender traits and situations where these might be valued.

It could provoke some interesting debate!

Identifying potential leaders

I’ve just read an interesting article that points out the dangers of identifying potential leaders through the common method of succession planning. It links well to the work that we have been doing with a new client on developing future leaders. How to select people at different levels to take part in the two programmes has been the subject of much debate and has exposed some limitations associated with their succession data. The solution has been to combine succession planning data with inviting people to apply to take part in the programmes.