HR as Orchestra Conductor

Peter Drucker said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” HR people must develop a shared understanding about the evolving business context and environment in which HR and other business leaders operate – as well as the resulting required changes in work, the workforce, and the →

Limited Space Available for Leadership inSITE Program

The February 2015 session of Leadership inSITE is quickly approaching, and the program is nearly full. There is still time to register your organization’s leaders for this unique development program designed to accelerate Strategy, Innovation, Transformation and Execution (SITE). So far, we are welcoming leaders from a range of geographies, →

Discount Price for Leadership inSITE Expires January 9

The discounted price for the February 24 to 26, 2015 session of Leadership inSITE expires tomorrow, January 9, 2015 so act now, because only a handful of seats remain. This program is a unique cross-company, multi-industry experience for high potential leaders, and it’s designed to accelerate Strategy, Innovation, Transformation and →

Leadership inSITE Award-Winning Faculty Line-up Announced

Registration is ongoing for the February 24 – 26 session of Leadership inSITE™ being held at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel and Conference Center in Tempe, Arizona. This program is a unique cross-company, multi-industry experience for high potential leaders. As we near the December 1 registration deadline, we are pleased to announce →

Announcing February 2015 Leadership inSITE™ Session

Ideal  for leaders you consider to be “Next VP” candidates at your company Leadership inSITE is a unique development program designed to accelerate high potential leader capabilities in Strategy, Innovation, Transformation, and Execution (S-I-T-E). Co-founded and led by Ian Ziskin of EXec EXcel Group LLC and Lacey Leone McLaughlin of →

(Excerpt) The Ten Inflection Points of Coaching: Navigating the Successful Leadership Coaching Journey

EXec EXcel Group’s Ian Ziskin has authored a chapter in the forthcoming book, HR Directions, from HR C-Suite, which focuses on what HR professionals should know right now about leadership, engagement, technology, and growing their own world-class HR careers. The chapter, “The Ten Inflection Points of Coaching: Navigating the Successful →

“Creating a Culture of Sustainable Innovation Leadership” White Paper

EXec EXcel Group’s Ian Ziskin has joined Barbara Goretsky (Barbara Goretsky Consultancy), Cheryl Perkins (InnovationEdge), and Jeffrey Phillips (OVO Innovation) as a co-author of Executive Networks’ August 2014 White Paper, Creating a Culture of Sustainable Innovation Leadership. The white paper recaps the key concepts addressed during Executive Networks’ program, “The →

July 2014 Update

Dear Clients, Colleagues, and Friends – I hope 2014 has been as terrific for you as it has for me. Many thanks for your ongoing support for and partnership with EXec EXcel Group LLC! Below are highlights for the first half of 2014, and select initiatives I want you to →

Boudreau-Ziskin Make the Top 25 “Hottest” Articles in Organizational Dynamics for 2013

“The Future of HR and Effective Organizations” article in Organizational Dynamics Journal, co-authored by Ian Ziskin and John Boudreau in 2011, was named the #18 article on ScienceDirect’s “Top 25 Hottest” Organizational Dynamics Journal articles for all of 2013. [Read Article]