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We pride ourselves on staying up-to-date on the latest research and information available – so we are always bringing fresh, innovative and significant ideas to our clients. Immersing ourselves in the latest thinking, coupled with our vast experience in the industry, gives us a robust capability when it comes to effective learning design and delivery. We share our unique point of view through our blog.
Leading with the Strategic W
Many leaders experience the day-to-day reality of being pulled in a million different directions, but this emphasis on doing what is right in front of us can make us forget what leadership is really all about: Leading. This is where the Strategic W can help.
MBWA: Intentionally Informal Management
Management by Walking Around (MBWA) is a term coined by management guru Tom Peters. In his study of successful companies and their practices, Peters noticed that good managers tended to communicate a lot better with their teams — yet the superior communication had far...
JMReid Group Brings Leadership and DEI-Focused Installment of Popular Showcase Series to Washington
February 25, 2022 — JMReid Group, the cutting-edge learning company, announced their 2022 Showcase event focused on leadership and DEI today. The full-day event will take place in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2022, and is open to the public. “As businesses continue to...
The Paradox of Performance Coaching
Trying to be a better performance coach for your team? This article discusses a few insights into being more effective. One of my favorite leadership books is First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently (1999) by Marcus Buckingham and...
Whatever It Takes – Unless It’s Snake Oil
The art of closing the sale is about more than making a deal no matter the cost. Sales ethics is an important part of a winning sales strategy. In January of 1996, I watched the spectacle that was Diana Ross as she ended her Super Bowl halftime show and ascended into...
Design Matters: Who Your Training Program Design Should Target
Effective training program design is not one-size-fits-all. With so many levels of performance in your organization, are you focusing on the right people? In a recent pursuit of a new training and development opportunity, the training buyer commented that we were the...
A Little Food for Thought: Bad Organizational Training is Like a Bad Meal
It’s clearer now, perhaps more than ever, that traditional organizational training is ineffective. The traditional training approach is – write a book, start a training company, build learning that believes the model is the answer, and then require participants to...
Cooking Up Successful Learning Solutions
Successful learning in the workplace requires learning solutions that not only include all the right ingredients but also use them effectively. This article delves into what it takes to cook up a good learning strategy. Good cooking is like good learning in that both...
From Devil’s Advocate to Wise Advocate: Wise Leadership in the Group Decision-Making Process
When it comes to ensuring that a group makes the best decision, the conventional wisdom is to have someone play the role of “devil’s advocate.” The devil’s advocate role within the group decision-making process requires a team member to express a contrarian opinion in...
Resilience: Embracing Option B
What does resilience mean to you? In this post, I share what resilience means to me and how I coach clients to cultivate resilience to meet challenges when the unexpected happens. I just finished reading Option B, a book that Sheryl Sandberg wrote with...
Setting the Table for Complexity: Do You Understand Your Team Dynamics?
Your team members are like ingredients. To make a tasty dish, you need to promote good team dynamics. Good learning, like good cooking, is within reach for everyone. That’s part of our philosophy and the philosophy behind New York Times best-selling author and...
Change Models Have Failed Us – But We’ll Be Just Fine
Everyone likes a good change model, especially me. I’ve been guilty of buying into the fallacy that change models perpetuate: it will all be okay. That’s what change models do: they address our emotional need for certainty or security. The models tell us (and we...