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Keep Your People! Make Development a Priority
Karen Colligan, Career planning, Leadership, learning and development, People, leadership, people, personal development plan, 0As I work with leaders, teams and organizations to improve their effectiveness, it’s apparent that for many, learning and...
Grow Your People, Grow Your Business
Karen Colligan, Development, Leadership, learning and development, Professional development, leadership, personal development plan, 0I heard a rather startling statistic the other day – since 2010 traffic on Bay Area freeways has increased...
Giving New Leaders a Strong Start
Karen Colligan, Leadership, leadership development, learning and development, New leaders, bench strength, leadership, leadership development, 0Imagine yourself in the shoes of someone who has just been promoted to their first leadership role. This may...
Sink or Swim is Not Effective Leadership Development
Karen Colligan, Leadership, learning and development, New leaders, employee engagement, frontline leaders, leadership, 0Organizations spend a fair amount of their corporate training dollars on leadership development. And the biggest chunk goes toward...
Leading to a Great Company Culture
Karen Colligan, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, communication, leadership, values, 0We hear a lot about the importance of company culture and its role in attracting, engaging and retaining employees....
Achieving Clarity and Focus as a Leader
Karen Colligan, Behavioral assessments, Leadership, Learning, Professional development, leadership, 0One of my goals in the Leadership Workshops I facilitate is to help participants achieve clarity around who they...
6 Ways to Tell Whether You Are Managing or Leading
Karen Colligan, Leadership, Management, Professional development, leadership, 0One of my roles as an executive coach is to help people become very clear about what it means...
Creating a Culture of Accountability
Karen Colligan, Accountability, Leadership, Performance, Teams, Uncategorized, leadership, 0As I work with leaders in different organizations, I’m hearing a common frustration: “there’s no sense of accountability.” When...
Resist “Flavor of the Month” People Initiatives
Karen Colligan, Communication, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, People, communication, people, 0One of the common concerns among the leadership teams I work with at various organizations is – “How do...
Why Employees Stay
Karen Colligan, Communication, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, employee satisfaction, people, 0A lot has been written about why employees leave – poor leadership, lack of advancement, compensation, and increasingly, work/life...
Retention Begins at Hiring – 5 Tips for Doing it Right
Karen Colligan, Communication, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, People, communication, leadership, people, 0I’ve worked with several organizations recently who were preparing for major hiring efforts in anticipation of launching a new...