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Right Decisions: Made and Implemented 1/1/2008
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Making good decisions is only part of the job. Putting those decisions into action is a critical need that calls for some useful and powerful technology. Discovery Learning’s new implementation module complements Right Decisions Made Right™.
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Teaching Teams to Soar 7/1/2007
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Ten minutes into the presentation the trainer is acutely aware of Bob flagrantly reading the morning paper. Not only is Bob, a participant in a week long leadership development program, reading a fully opened newspaper, he is doing so while seated at the front of the classroom. While feeling annoyed, the presenter is not surprised by this behavior. Bob was identified as the program's problem child the first day and he has lived up to the early assessment for three days . The current program component is entitled "systems" and Bob's attitude towards "systems" is reflective of his attitude toward the entire program: "I am above this, I already know all of this".
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Moving to the Head of the Class 4/1/2007
Discovery Learning, Inc.
A new 360 instrument from Discovery Learning will help school districts assess the leadership competencies of their education professionals. One consultant sees how this instrument now enables districts to prepare future leaders by creating programs specifically targeted to each district’s needs for professional development.
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The Art of Asking Questions 10/1/2006
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Effective leaders face the developmental challenge of transitioning from being the “go-to” person with the answers to modeling asking good questions so others can learn to think for themselves.
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Healthy Leadership 4/1/2006
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Consultants to a Southeastern hospital plan to measure leadership development effectiveness using the Discovery Learning Profile completed before and after a 9-month training program.
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Well-facilitated Discovery Learning 7/1/2005
Discovery Learning, Inc.
A well-facilitated simulation expands and enhances the learning of participants. Expert facilitators share their thoughts on what to do and not do to help create a successful simulation experience.
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High Potential, High Payoff - Leaders in the Making 1/1/2005
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Effective leaders are developed through study and through experience. CCI Leadership Institute offers both through a blend of assessment, challenge, and support in a unique leadership development program that uses Discovery Learning assessments and simulations. Institute co-founders Andy Molino, Pierre Lefebvre, and Jane Bergin share their experience with and application of DLI materials in their successful program.
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What Business Wants From HR Vendors 10/1/2004
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Having partnered with outside vendors to help create a new leadership development curricula, a training manager reflects on what makes a vendor most helpful to a large company.
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Anatomy of a Level Four Simulation 1/1/2004
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Press Time® illustrates the benefits of a sophisticated simulation.
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Crisis Leadership 10/1/2003
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Some would say, half jokingly perhaps, that life is just one crisis after another. But when an event—a sudden, unexpected change in circumstances—has the potential to affect others broadly and significantly, that crisis is no laughing matter.
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Simulation Stimulation 7/1/2003
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Discovery Learning, Inc. creates a system for classifying simulations to help consultants use them more appropriately and more effectively in their organizational development work.
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Leaders as Artists: Two Perspectives 4/1/2003
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Max DePree, the former president of Hermann Miller and author of Leadership Is an Art, says, “Leadership is an art, something to be learned over time, not simply by reading books. Leadership is more tribal than scientific, more a weaving of relationships than an amassing of information, and, in that sense, I don’t know how to pin it down in every detail.”
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Making the Case for Face to Face 10/1/2002
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Increasing security concerns and decreasing HR budgets mean more companies are turning to online training to address development needs. But when it comes to individual leadership and organizational development, in-person experiential learning is often the best option. Two experts weigh in on how to make the call—and then make your case.
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Staging Change 7/1/2002
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Change is certain, but not always easy. That’s why successfully lead-ing an organization through a transition is one of the greatest chal-lenges facing executives today. Fortunately, some 50 years or more of research into managing organizational change has converged on a few key concepts that hold strong promise for guiding today’s leaders. (See side-bar.) Discovery Learning, Inc. has recently integrated these concepts into a concise, insightful, and powerful Transitions Model that along with specific, recommended leadership actions can help leaders manage organizational change more effectively.
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How Many Principals Does It Take To Make a Paper Plane? 1/1/2002
Discovery Learning, Inc.
For better or worse, school accountability has become a top priority for teachers, administrators and politicians across the country. One result of this trend is that twenty-nine states now allow parents to shop among public schools across a state or within districts. Florida is one of those states and like several others, it ties teacher salary increases to school improvement. But most of the accountability rests squarely on the shoulders of Florida's 3,200 principals--in public perception as much as policy.
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A Changing Look at Change 10/1/2001
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Change. You can’t live with it and you can’t live without it, to borrow a popular phrase. It reaches everywhere and affects everything. It is both desired and feared, sought after and avoided, encouraged and resisted. Change happens slowly and suddenly, broadly and narrowly, overwhelmingly and imperceptibly. It is the positive and the negative, the rise and the fall, the problem and the solution. Change may come in any of these forms and many, many others as well; but, change is always one thing without question—change is inevitable.
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Emerging Leadeship Skills for the Internet Economy 7/1/2001
Discovery Learning, Inc.
In the winter of 2000 the stock values of the technology dot-coms and the companies that supplied them with hardware were rocketing upward, propelling the NASDAQ to a record 5,000 points. This astronomical growth was attributed to the rapid development of the digital economy, born only a few years earlier with the advent of the internet. Those who believed that a rapid and radical revolution had dawned soon questioned their thinking as hundreds of dot-coms folded, and investors’ expectations soured on the financial viability of many dot-com concepts.
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Leadership Effects 1/1/2001
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Preparing today’s organizations for tomorrow’s opportunities is a critical challenge requiring effective leadership. Meeting that challenge takes leaders who understand how their individual leadership styles and each organization’s culture work together to affect bottom-line performance.
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions 10/1/2000
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Life is full of choices, both in personal lives and in the lives of organizations and businesses. Having options is usually a plus; that’s the good news. But the challenge comes in choos-ing the one course of action that provides the best results, the best payoff, the best outcome for those involved. That’s why decisions require such careful consideration.
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Ready or Not, Here I Learn 4/1/2000
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Every year, millions of managers immerse themselves in varying lev-els of education to improve their leadership capabilities. For exam-ple, in 1998 US companies spent on training an average 29 hours and over $700 per employee. Some of this continuing investment goes toward helping leaders learn about themselves through assessment-based training. Through that process they are learning about their leadership strengths, their weaknesses and the role of leadership in their organizations. In many situa-tions, the outcomes from this training are positive and rewarding, but in others the results are disappointing. That variation in outcome prompts the question: what factors influence the effectiveness of an individual’s leadership develop-ment and what can be done to affect them?
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No More Teacher's Dirty Looks 1/1/2000
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Society's future lies in the hearts, hands, minds and character of its children. Everyone in the field of education believes that. But in some circles that may be one of the only areas of agreement. The educational approaches, both those in practice and those proposed, for developing these young people are quite varied. Some persons are clamoring for radically new and different schemes and others are pleading for a return to "basics," a term defined in myriad ways as well. In these circumstances, effective leadership at all levels in the dynamic education profession is essential to creating an outcome that will support the students who will in turn create our collective future.
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Healthy Dose 10/1/1999
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Recent interviews with Anita Novara of Olsten Health Services and Becky Edmunds of The Edmunds Group provide interesting insights to the leadership challenges currently facing the health care industry.
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Leading Trends 7/1/1999
Discovery Learning, Inc.
Recent conversations with Cresencio Torres of the San Diego branch of the Center of Creative Leadership (CCL) and Linda Dillon Jones of the Center for Training and Education at Johns Hopkins University provide valuable perspectives on the changes taking place in the field of leadership development.
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Performance Culture 1/1/1999
Discovery Learning, Inc.
What do you think adaptability and market share have in common?” Bill asked us recently in a casual conversation. “How about mission and return on assets, or consistency and sales growth?” Well, like most business people, we had our own ideas, but we knew Bill Neale, well-known business consultant, had a special point to make, so we continued listening as he shared his thoughts with us on organizational culture and its influence on company performance.
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Experience Teaches 10/1/1998
Discovery Learning, Inc.
We learn best from our own experiences. Businesses today are seeking to develop the leadership talents of their executives; engaging participants in life-like, relevant experiences, coupled with feedback to help them derive insights about their effective and ineffective behaviors. For years, Motorola has used this strategic approach to business education to develop leaders and managers.
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