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How do we help build a better society? By connecting business leadership with responsibility to our communities. We’re proud to share that Miguel Martinez, President of Guardian Asset Management, was featured on Building Bridges: From Academia to Industry – Conversations with Business Leaders, a UWITV production. Miguel highlights Guardian Group’s commitment to addressing societal challenges through our CSR pillars: academic development, health & wellness, leadership development, and innovation. At Guardian Group, building better communities is our purpose. #GuardianAssetManagement #GuardianGroup #livewise #liveeasy

50% of Leadership Accelerator participants expanded their roles within a year, and 16% were promoted into operational leadership. Invest in readiness and you move your best talent beyond retention to acceleration. Discover the impact: https://lnkd.in/eASRw8aV #LeadershipAccelerator #TalentDevelopment #ParadigmForParity

If your organization is investing in leadership development, here's a quick resource on how to measure ROI and impact over time. Keystone Partners provides a simple definition of executive coaching as well as benefits to make the case! https://lnkd.in/e6MgWv3e #LeadershipROI #HRStrategy #KeystonePartners

“We already did our DEI training.” If you’ve heard this, you’re not alone. But real inclusion doesn’t happen in one session. It happens when: 📚 DEI is woven into leadership development 🧠 Bias is unpacked in performance conversations 📈 Equity shows up in opportunity design #DEI #learning #talentdevelopment

When saving lives is your mission, leadership matters. What started as a pilot of 20 participants, a few volunteer mentors, and an idea to develop future EMS leaders is now Mentorship Match, a component of the AAA EMS Next program 🚑 that reaches professionals across 15+ states, logging hundreds of mentoring interactions, sparking confidence, and creating tangible leadership growth. With Mentorloop, the American Ambulance Association scaled informal mentoring into a structured, accessible program that's giving mentors and mentees the tools they need to drive their own learning and make meaningful connections. 👏 Congratulations to Samantha Hilker and AAA, 2025 #MentorloopImpactAwards winners, for showing how mentoring can transform an industry from the inside out. 🎬 Watch Samantha’s story and read the full feature here: https://hubs.li/Q03MTyxv0

From: General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) From October 1–3, GBCA’s Construction Leadership Council members joined emerging leaders from across the country at the Associated General Contractors of America’s CLC Leadership Development Conference in Pittsburgh. The event focused on leadership development for rising construction professionals. - Dates: October 1–3 - Attendees: GBCA Construction Leadership Council members and emerging leaders nationwide - Event: AGC of America’s CLC Leadership Development Conference — Pittsburgh Key takeaway: GBCA members connected with peers across the country to advance leadership development in the construction industry. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dv4-Wiv7 #PRESWERX #PennsylvaniaConstruction

Member Thought Leadership: How to Ask Your Company to Pay for Executive Leadership Coaching (and Why It’s Worth It) As year-end reviews and development discussions begin, now is the perfect time to explore how coaching can elevate your leadership—and how to confidently ask your company to invest in it. C-Sweet member and executive coach Darlene Hawley shares practical tips and scripts to help you make the case. 👉https://lnkd.in/gEZ8UZdc

Too often, I’ve seen organizations scramble when a senior leader exits. Why? Because succession was never prioritized. True succession planning is not about replacing people. It is about building pipelines of leaders who are ready for tomorrow’s challenges. In my 40+ years, the most resilient organizations were those that invested in mentoring, leadership development, and exposure for their high-potential talent. Leadership is a relay. The baton must always be ready to pass. If your top leader left tomorrow, would your pipeline be ready?

I agree 100% with this observation. Even at the front line, in roles often viewed as “just execution,” I’ve seen how lack of organizational planning or alignment forces us into reactive mode — chasing deliverables, firefighting, and shifting priorities constantly. From where I sit in operations/maintenance, here are a few reflections: • Misalignment upwards filters down harshly. When leadership changes direction without clear communication or justification, everyone below has to scramble — we lose time, resources, and morale. • Limited visibility means limited influence. Lower-level teams often don’t get to see the full picture (strategy, constraints, trade-offs). Yet they bear the brunt when things change midstream. • Consistency and small commitments matter. Simple practices like regular briefings, incremental checkpoints, and transparent feedback loops can prevent large disruptive pivots. • Empower people close to the work. Because they are the ones who know the ground realities, involving them in planning or change decisions (even in small ways) can save wasted effort and create ownership. • Psychological safety is key. When teams feel safe to speak up — to say “that plan won’t work the way it’s designed” — you catch many issues earlier.

Which essential skills do you build into your student leadership programs? How do we expect student leaders to lead successfully if we don’t provide support? These are some of the most common tools that we provide when working with student leaders.