Point of View 2016

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Please enjoy two new Point of View articles, which look at the characteristics of the most effective assessments and how leaders can use insights from other functional and business roles to improve individual and team performance.

Changing Places: What Functional Leaders Can Learn from One Another

The ability of top leaders to learn from one another and collaborate has never been more important, as the most significant challenges facing organizations require creative thinking, shared objectives and a coordinated approach. How can you get past the stereotypes to learn from other functional leaders and collaborate better as a team?

How to Think About Assessing Leaders

Senior-level leadership decisions are challenging for two main reasons: first, you have to determine whether an executive can succeed in a larger, more complex context, and, second, traditional assessment approaches weren't designed to predict whether someone can stretch into those more complex roles. We look at the characteristics of assessments that provide the deepest insight about executives.

Getting from Here to There: Lessons Learned from a Decade of Digital Transformation

March 2016

Six veterans of digital transformation discuss their companies’ experiences, culminating in five key lessons for making faster progress on digital initiatives.

Learning Intelligence: What Senior Leaders Need to Know

March 2016

We look at the concept of learning intelligence, why it matters and how leaders can enhance their own learning intelligence and the ability of the organization to learn and adapt.

Performance in the Spotlight: Assessment and Board Effectiveness

March 2016

With the bar for board performance on the rise, we identify six questions boards should ask to ensure that assessments improve their effectiveness.

Can They Make the Leap? The Capabilities Top Functional Leaders Need to Succeed

March 2016

Drawing on what we know about why some senior leaders have such a powerful impact on business performance while others do not, we look at how organizations can improve their ability to assess and develop executives for the most senior functional roles.

Leadership Development Approaches that Work

March 2016

We identify four critical drivers of the most effective leadership development approaches today.

The Four Biggest Hidden CEO Succession Risks and How to Avoid Them

March 2016

Drawing on an analysis of more than 100 CEO transitions and conversations with two dozen leaders involved in CEO transitions, we highlight the hidden succession risks and characteristics of the processes that achieve the best succession outcomes.

Digital Transformation — Tanya Cordrey

March 2016

Tanya Cordrey, former chief digital officer for Guardian News & Media, talks about the tools that enable digital transformation, creating a head of digital effectiveness role and building teams for digital.

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