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Special Guest Post: Coaching Senior Level Women

Anna Marie Valerio will be presenting at the upcoming SIOP Leading Edge Consortium (LEC), "Building Future Leaders: Innovations and Trends in Talent Management," October 18-19, 2013 at the Omni Richmond in Richmond, VA. For more information, including an agenda and speaker list, visit www.siop.org/lec. 

Coaching Senior Level Women

By Anna Marie Valerio, Ph.D.

Women’s leadership is more important than ever in light of the globalization of the world’s economy and resources.  Developing women leaders has become a priority as organizations understand the tremendous influence and impact of the contributions of women leaders on the success of the organization. 

Recent evidence shows the positive impact of gender diversity of corporate boards, such as :

The Reign of Unreasonable People

By Maria Collar, SIOP Blogger

In a world characterized by fluidic changes and intense transformation, unreasonable innovators are exactly needed to propel the creation of multidimensional value. According to George Bernard Shaw, as quoted in The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World, entrepreneurs are unreasonable innovators in that "the reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” (Elkington & Hartigan, 2008).

LEC Early Registration Deadline Approaching!

According to a recent article by Harvard Business Review poor talent management programs is the number one issue corporate boards are concerned with today. That means when it comes to developing the talent that will lead your organization into the future, there is no time to waste. So don’t lose any time gaining the crucial skills and knowledge you need to develop these leaders.

No tolerance for intolerance

By Maria Collar, SIOP Blogger

Statistics consistently show that workplace harassment still has the ability to shock. It is no wonder that only a minutiae of those impacted by abusive behavior ever make a formal complaint. A number of things often combine to keep lips sealed: guilt, shame, embarrassment, upbringing, past experiences, fear of being labeled, sensitivity of the topic or unresolved past issues. And of course, others keep silent because they distrust the procedures for handling complaints. Some even say that it is demeaning to have to turn to your supervisor for personal protection at work.

Building Future Leaders: Innovations and Trends in Talent Management

Registration Open for SIOP 2013 Leading Edge Consortium! 

In today's competitive environment the organizations that thrive all have one thing in common – exceptional talent in their top leadership. Do you have talent management programs in place today to identify and develop top performers to lead your organization into the future?

Not all organizations would give their leadership and retention strategies high marks. The 2013 SIOP Leading Edge Consortium is your opportunity to change that. Building Future Leaders: Innovations and Trends in Talent Management will take place October 18-19, 2013 at the Omni Hotel in Richmond, Virginia.