Published Articles and Blogs


In Talent Management Excellence
Human Psychology: Use It To Develop Your Talent
One of the best tools Exceptional Development Managers have is their ability to use psychology with their employees. Published in "Talent Management Excellence" January 2014.
by Wendy Axelrod
In American Management Association's Moving Ahead
Deliver Results and Develop People at the Same Time
As corporate execs agonize over a skills shortage, almost 9 out of 10 employees are not performing to their full potential. As a manager, you are in a unique position to deliver results and develop people. What's more, you can do both at the same time. Published in AMA "Moving Ahead" September 15th, 2013.
by Wendy Axelrod and Jeannie Coyle
In Smart Brief on Leadership
Memo to the CEO. 5 Myths That Are Killing Your Talent Development
Talent development, a perennial issue for CEOs, but this year it is more important then ever. Too bad then, that talent development, a roughly $3 billion market worldwide is on life support. Why? Because most companies (including yours probably) design their development programs around a number of mortally misguided myths. Published in "Smart Brief on Leadership", April 2013.
by Wendy Axelrod and Jeannie Coyle
In ASTD Human Capital Blog
4 Part Series on Creating Development Abundance
By Wendy Axelrod, PHd. Part 1: Creating Development Abundance for Your Entire Team; Part 2: An "Enough for All" Mindset; Part 3: Shift Around Work Assignments to Expand Development; Part 4: Creating Development Abundance: Leverage Other Departments for Team Growth.
In Leader to Leader
Make Talent Your Business
Many managers "know" about developing people: very few "do" it. Here is evidence that it can be done from exceptional development managers who develop people while getting results...every day.
by Wendy Axelrod and Jeannie Coyle
Published in Leader to Leader January, 2012.
Boost Your Talent Development
At last . . . a proven way for managers to both make their numbers and develop people.
by Wendy Axelrod and Jeannie Coyle
Use Development Partners to Extend Your Mentoring Reach
Exceptional Development Managers extend their mentoring footprint by reaching out to their rich network of development partners.
by Jeannie Coyle and Wendy Axelrod