Why develop people? What’s the ROI? Does L&D/OD bring any value to an organization?
I recently got feedback from a client about a few on the senior leadership team questioning the value of employee...
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Rich McLafferty
- Jun 13
- 2 min
The Challenges of Not Really Knowing Your Co-Workers
Why is she so quiet in meetings? Why is he so aggressive? Why does she need so much detail? Why does he talk so much? Some common...
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Rich McLafferty
- May 24
- 2 min
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Imagine that you’re trapped deep inside a cave with a crowd of strangers. They slowly mill around you, transfixed by a bizarre sort of...
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Rich McLafferty
- May 21
- 2 min
A Plan is not a Strategy
What is strategy? What is the difference between a plan and a strategy? Is a plan the same thing as a strategy? We have all heard the...
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Rich McLafferty
- May 18
- 3 min
Organizational Vision -- You can't get "there" if you don't know where you're headed.
What is an Organizational Vision and Why is it Important? An organizational vision refers to a clear and compelling picture of the future...
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Rich McLafferty
- Apr 25, 2022
- 4 min
Is Leadership For Me? Part II
The Time It Takes to Lead Leadership is not a “9-5 job,” it’s more like a 24 hour 7 day a week job sometimes (if not a lot of times)....
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Rich McLafferty
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
Is Leadership For Me? Part I
"To an extent, leadership is like beauty: It's hard to define, but you know it when you see it." Warren Bennis -- Professor Emeritus...
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Rich McLafferty
- Apr 11, 2022
- 2 min
Knighted Into Positions of Leadership
The Situation A person is good at their current job, and based on that qualification alone is promoted into being a leader of people with...
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Rich McLafferty
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Manager vs. Leader -- There is a Difference
Doing things right, or doing the right thing is an important leadership trait. Great leaders do the right thing (in almost every case),...
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Rich McLafferty
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Empathy Is The New Leadership Power-Skill
We are in the midst of a pandemic that nobody was prepared for. We are still flying by the seats of our pants trying to figure out how to...
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