September was a full month at The Times of Talent: new science on coaching and AI, stories from eighteen cultures and a bookshelf that keeps growing. Here is what we think is worth your time.
The Bosses Who Build Other Bosses
Some leaders leave a whole generation of stars behind them. Their habits are easier to borrow than we might think.
Rembrandt's Other Masterpieces
Rembrandt painted masterpiece after masterpiece. He was also a great developer of talent, and his methods still work for anyone who leads a team today.
Eight Questions on Learning and Leadership
How people learn, what makes teams work and how leaders bring out the best in others. Take the quiz, see your score at once and get the full report with every answer explained and where to read more.
Latest Science
Coaching Works Best Where Colleagues Pull Together. Good relationships lead managers to coach more, and the lift in performance is largest where people feel little pressure to compete. Read more
AI Shrank the Inbox. The Meetings Stayed Put. Given an AI assistant, people changed what they could change alone. Changing how a team works takes the team. Read more
What the Others Say
37 Countries, One Fear. Pew surveyed 37 countries, and in 34 of them people expect AI to cost more jobs than it creates. Those expectations walk into every training room with our participants. Read more
Myths About Learning
Is It Really Ten Thousand Hours? Practice matters a lot. How we practice, and who gives us feedback, matters just as much. Read more
From the Bookshelf
Same Team, Twice the Brainpower. Liz Wiseman found that some leaders get nearly twice as much from the same people. Her book Multipliers shows how they do it. Read more
Talent10
Our ten favorites for September, from an AI tutor that gives hints to a Nigerian master trader who funds his own rival. See the list
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See you in October.
