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Wonderful new podcast by our colleague Ron Ashkenas on his new HBR Leadership Handbook. The insights from this book are tremendous and feature some compelling examples of Schaffer clients!

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast Leadership is the secret sauce to all effective organizations, nonprofit or otherwise. How to consistently grow as a leader is one of the most important goals for all nonprofit leaders. But growth in leadership takes time.  My guest today is Ron Ashkenas, the co-author of a new book entitled: ”T...

Great new HBR article by Schaffer's Ron Ashkenas and Brooke Manville .. Congratulations on a wonderful piece on leadership. This is the first in a series by them to come in HBR and a prelude to their book on the same subject -- out Nov 6
https://hbr.org/2018/10/the-6-fundamental-skills-every-leader-should-practice

The 6 Fundamental Skills Every Leader Should Practice

Columbia Teachers College features Robert Schaffer, founder of Schaffer Consulting. Schaffer describes how he developed the Rapid Results Approach – and how it has been utilized by organizations around the world to make vast changes and build capability.

http://schafferresults.com/media/robert-schaffer-on-the-art-of-helping-companies-help-themselves-

Congratulations Gary Kaplan on creating such a strong model for success in the insurance industry -- as demonstrated in his latest article.

The Rapid Results approach is so powerful -- both for unlocking the great potential in people and organizations for much better performance right now, but also for building the kind of culture and capabilities needed for longer-term transformation and success. Yet, Gary is one of the few in insurance who have tapped into this approach -- embracing engagement, building a new kind of strong but empowered leadership, and creating a highly inclusive, high performing organization! Keep on leading the way Gary.

http://schafferresults.com/media/4-keys-to-incredible-employee-engagement

Your Strategy Won’t Work if You Don’t Identify the New Capabilities You Need While strategic plans identify what your organization should do differently, very few provide a roadmap for how to build the skills, knowledge, and processes needed to carry out and sustain the critical changes. But without building these capabilities, it’s very difficult to achieve the results you…

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What can men learn from effective female leaders? http://buff.ly/2rjEOrR

What can men learn from effective female leaders? In this compelling piece by Dan Blacharski, Schaffer Consulting's Matthew McCreight talks about being asked to speak on the provocative topic, "What can women learn from effective male leaders," and relates some of the lessons learned from interviewing 31 women in senior leadership roles.

Effective Male Leaders and the Women who are Succeeding Them - What can men learn from effective female leaders?