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We are all teachers now – at home or virtually
I was talking to a client recently who has a PhD in economics and is a regular presenter at international conferences. And she was terrified of home schooling her twelve-year-old! She said that lecturing or even facilitating conferences wasn’t in the same league as...
Coping in Challenging Times
You are no doubt reading this from where you’re viewing a changed world these days – perhaps from your home, which we hope is well-stocked. You might be on the job somewhere because you’re in a profession that’s vital to the fight against Covid-19. If so, thank you so...
Cambria is acquired by Spencer Stuart
I am pleased to share the news that Cambria is now a Spencer Stuart company. This post explores why we believe that Cambria is a natural fit with Spencer Stuart, one of the world’s leading executive search and leadership advisory firms. For starters, the press release...
Leaders and Curiosity: What Matters Most for CEOs
The importance of curiosity as a leadership trait is a hot topic in many organizations and gets its fair share of attention in influential circles – including in the Harvard Business Review, which has featured it in more than a dozen articles over the past five years....
Avoiding Common Traps When Hiring for Values and Cultural Fit
A recent article in TechRepublic focused on how Salesforce, one of Fortune’s best places to work, hires great people who have the right stuff and share the values of the fast-moving company. Salesforce’s winning formula? They hire for the competencies that matter in...
Artificial Intelligence in Recruiting: Cautions and Advice
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay and its impact will be felt across society, including in all areas of human performance. I recently attended an HR technology event where AI recruiting software was demonstrated. A number of these tools compared hiring...
Developing Internal Coaches: Business Case & Benefits
Why invest in building internal coaching capacity? That’s a question my Cambria colleagues and I spend a great deal of time helping clients to answer. And it’s one I explored in early April as part of a panel of experts in the field at the Society for Industrial and...
College Cheating Scandal: “Brand” Vs. Diversity
Now we know it wasn’t your SAT scores that kept you out of the Ivy League. Whew, that’s comforting! Seriously, much of the reaction to the recent, rather unfunny college cheating scandal misses a key point: People have not moved beyond the impact of “brand” in...
Beyond Executive Coaches: Build a Coaching Culture to Help Drive Talent Development
What’s the strongest and clearest business case for developing an internal coaching capability that goes beyond the executive suite? And how do organizations build results-driven coaching cultures primed to speed talent development up and down the ranks? A growing...
Executive Coaches and Organizational Strategy: Supporting Leaders in New Roles
An important shift is underway at many organizations around how executive coaches are deployed holistically to help advance important organization goals — especially linking coaching for leaders to core business strategy imperatives. I’ve written about this...
Introducing Cambria Lens, with a Focus on Organizational Coaching
Can coaching play an important role in helping your organization grapple with unprecedented change, volatility, and disruption that is standard in today’s business environment? The answer is yes from our vantage point – and more organizations are reaching the same...
Cambria Lens: New Perspectives on Coaching
Cambria Lens provides insights into best practices that address important talent challenges – most specifically: solutions that connect talent strategy to an organization’s pressing business priorities. This issue focuses on coaching, with detailed analysis and...