169: Six Fundamental Leadership Practices for Every Leader with Ron Ashkenas

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169: Six Fundamental Leadership Practices for Every Leader with Ron Ashkenas

In today’s information-sharing age, aspiring leaders are inundated with leadership advice from countless sources. There are upwards of 60,000 books on Amazon written about leadership, and millions of articles on Google. While this is great in many ways, it also makes it more difficult to narrow down what is truly fundamental. Advisor, consultant and co-author of the Harvard Business Review Leader’s Handbook Ron Ashkenas joins Halelly on this episode of The TalentGrow Show to share what he believes are the six fundamental skills every leader should practice to bring themselves up to the next level. Tune in to discover why these six leadership skills are so crucial, how to implement them regardless of where you’re at in your leadership journey, and how you can boost your own self-development by taking initiatives such as creating your own stretch assignments. Plus, Ron offers a great leadership tip for speeding up development in startup organizations! Listen and share with others in your network.

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150: [Ask Halelly] “How can I develop myself or my employees to keep growing and engaged in the current role?” on the TalentGrow Show with Halelly Azulay

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150: [Ask Halelly] “How can I develop myself or my employees to keep growing and engaged in the current role?” on the TalentGrow Show with Halelly Azulay

How can I develop myself within my current job? How can I offer employee development when there isn’t a clear path for promotion? How can I help employees stay and grow within my company? Halelly addresses these questions on this Ask Halelly episode of the TalentGrow Show, where Halelly answers a question from a listener, a member of the audience at one of her conference speaking events, a learner in one of her corporate workshops, or a member of the media.

First, Halelly explains why we all need to take ownership of our own development, and how good bosses know that one of the best ways to keep their best employees is to keep challenging and developing them. Then, she gives three steps you can take to guide employee development without requiring a lot of resources or organizational supports. Plus, she shares five examples of non-training employee development methods you could try for yourself or your employees and three different scenarios for how this might play out with your team members and their unique development needs. Take a listen, weigh in with your own opinion, and share with others!

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