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Exceptional Talent
Exceptionally talented people often make game changing contributions and can transform a business or industry. Yet most organizations don't differentiate them from typical “high performers”. This paper explores the unique characteristics of exceptional talent, and...
Developing the Globally Adaptive Leader
Cambria is pleased to unveil a new framework for developing globally adaptive leaders, one designed to help organizations build vital bench strength on a global scale. Click here to download insights for helping leaders navigate global challenges and develop global...
Action Learning: A Strategic Intervention
John Hendrickson investigates the latest trends in action learning and offers a guide to best practices that yield big results for clients.
Role Profiles and Strategy
This white paper explores the value of effective role profiling and how it can improve a company’s development planning and strategy implementation.
Succession Planning Done Right
A best practice guide to succession planning from the perspectives of both the organization and the candidates in the succession pipeline.
Why Assess Internal Leadership Talent
Five scenarios in which a rigorous executive assessment process can help ensure that organizations have the right talent to feed their leadership pipeline.
Leadership Solutions or Point Products?
The need to align learning initiatives with each other and within an organization’s strategic agenda is essential for their success. This white paper explores the value of effective role profiling and how it can improve a company’s development planning and strategy...
Fundamentals of Comprehensive Executive Assessment
This white paper reviews the most effective way to reduce the risks of promoting people beyond their level of competence.
Dealing with Change in Uncertain Times: Tips for Leaders
At the recent Human Resource Council Conference in Boston, Ellen Kumata shared insights learned from helping embattled executives as they fight for their companies’ viability. Access these tips and resources here.
Strategic Executive Coaching: An Integrated Approach
A new concept in executive coaching is leading companies to fully utilize the talent they have to drive organizational strategy and achieve results.
The Nature of Effective Global Leadership
Highly effective global leaders, despite their many differences, act in many consistent ways and have certain experiences in common that taught them how to lead. These lessons can help companies do a better job of developing people to lead with a global perspective.
If Your HR Process Is Broken, No Technology Solution Will Fix It
Audit and align your HR processes before you invest in and implement a technology solution. This paper explores linked and aligned strategic HR processes, consequences of the wrong solution, assessing readiness and examining relevant HR processes. Click here to...