Insider 2010 | Volume 3

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Insider 2010 | Volume 3 | Mar 2010 | The RBL Group

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	Every two years, The RBL Group partners with Hewitt to conduct a study on the Top Companies for Leaders. It highlights those companies that have gone beyond the basics of grooming strong leaders and have come up with new ways to test their employees in the global marketplace. What’s most interesting about this study is how similar the majority of companies are in the way they approach development, and what factors differentiate the best. Bob Gandossy, Hewitt’s lead partner on the study, and RBL co-founder and principal Norm Smallwood have come up with six components that differentiate the top company approaches versus the less successful companies. Discover what the six components are in Norm's Harvard Business blog.


	CBS’ new reality TV show, “Undercover Boss,” may be good entertainment, but it absolutely sends the wrong message to bosses and employees. Watch it and snicker, throw popcorn at will, and always remember - it may be called reality TV, but it’s not a reality you want to emulate. RBL Partner Jon Younger contributes to the Washington Post's "Guest Insights" section. You can also read more from Jon on his blog at the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-younger).


	Allan Freed answers the questions that help HR leaders, talent managers, and line managers assess and improve their talent management efforts.


	Norm Smallwood reviews the six steps of creating a Leadership Brand -- especially as we build leadership in emerging markets. Step 1 is to make sure we have a strong business case for investment. We know that it's really expensive to have expats in emerging markets. If we have better leaders in these emerging markets what will happen? If nationals are the leaders, rather than the expats, what will result?


	In February, The RBL Institute hosted an event in London. Over 30 of the top companies in the world were represented. The topic...Building Leadership in Emerging Markets. The output was both insightful and inspiring thanks to the participation of top practitioners from our member companies. Click on the link to access the report out and materials that Institute members can use within their companies to build solid leadership in emerging markets.


	Simply Effective Simply stated, Ashkenas' Simply Effective is outstanding. In an increasingly complex world, leaders and people need ever-more-simple models for organization, product, processes, and management actions. This book offers profound, insightful, and straightforward advice on how to get things done. Simplicity is not easy, but both important and doable. A great book by the expert in the area. -- Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and Partner at the RBL Group. As you may know, Dave has had the pleasure of co-authoring The Boundaryless Organization and The GE Work-Out books with Ron Ashkenas, who is a Managing Partner of Robert H. Schaffer & Associates, a consulting firm in Stamford, Connecticut. Ron has just written a new book, Simply Effective: How to Cut Through Complexity in your Organization and Get Things Done. We are very excited about this book and think it will be an important contribution to management effectiveness. If you would like an excerpt from the book, or would like to talk to Ron about simplicity in your organization, please e-mail him at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). The book is being published by the Harvard Business Press and is available for purchase through Amazon. To go to Amazon, click here .

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