- March 1, 2023
Corporate Performative Allyship: It’s Hurting Your Bottom Line
Many individuals and organizations claim to be allies, but not all are genuinely committed to supporting marginalized groups. Performative allyship,...
- January 6, 2023
Mergers and Acquisitions: How DE&I Seals the Deal
Leading an organization through a merger or acquisition can feel like spinning plates before a live studio audience. Trying to...
- December 16, 2022
Organizational DE&I and Personal Allyship for Cynics
Over time, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts have become pillars of many companies’ mission statements and communications. Everyone wants...
- October 14, 2022
Employee-Led Development: The Key to Engagement
GP research consistently shows the impact of employee engagement on productivity, turnover, and employee well-being. Because of this, organizations worldwide...
- September 30, 2022
4 Elements of Leading High-Performing Teams
Due to COVID and its aftereffects, your team may look a lot different than it used to. Organizations have upsized...
- September 9, 2022
Leaders in New Roles: Is There a Crisis of Confidence… or Competence?
In our work with clients, we often use a conceptual phrase to frame the skills necessary for good leadership: competence...
- July 22, 2022
Well-Being Conversations: Why Should Leaders Bother?
As GP’s vice president of leadership development, I have unsurprisingly been taking part in a lot of conversations about employee...
- March 11, 2022
The Reality of Extended Reality in Learning and Development
What Is Extended Reality? Extended reality (XR) is a catch-all term for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed...
- February 3, 2022
It’s Crunch Time: What’s the Future for L&D?
You can find transformation everywhere. From how we travel via apps, to how we cook using YouTube, and even down...
- January 21, 2022
Seven Learning Trends to Adopt and Develop in 2022
Failure can become our most powerful path to learning if we’re willing to choose courage over comfort. —Brené Brown Organizations...
- January 7, 2022
4 Steps to Improve Your Engagement
Resolutions for Personal and Professional Achievement Full disclosure: A version of this blog appeared nearly a decade ago. Its principles...
- December 30, 2021
GP Strategies’ Top 10 Resources of 2021
Leadership & Learning Strategies for Workforce Transformation 2021 has taught us the importance of being flexible. Our traditional assumptions about...
- October 27, 2021
Choosing the Right Mentor
I have a confession to make: I once had a mentor that I didn’t like all the time. She could...
- March 30, 2021
The Paradox of Progress, the Pandemic, and Women in Leadership
Women’s history month comes to a close at what feels like a turning point for women in the workforce and in leadership. It’s a confusing…
- April 21, 2020
Connect First, Coach Second
If you want a coaching culture, work to make sure your people aren’t robots, that they’re not too serious, and that they’re not forgetting that…
- May 29, 2018
Create a Coaching Culture in 10 Minutes
It is imperative that managers learn the skills and develop the abilities to be effective coaches, but once they do, coaching can be done in…
- February 15, 2018
Five Things Learning Professionals Want
Hint: It’s the same five things every other worker wants. No one would argue that competitive compensation, good health insurance,...

