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How to Achieve Better Gender Balance through Succession Planning and Development

Great Leadership By Dan

There’s a “Diversity” strategy driven from one office, and a succession planning and development strategy driven by another. This is an all-important first step; otherwise the rest could turn into a compliance exercise. For example, diverse “action learning” teams often produce the most creative solutions.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

A member of Seal Team 3, Webb became the Naval Special Warfare Command Sniper Course Manager in 2003. ” In other words, training divorced from excellence is mere compliance. This was a precarious time. By the time we had gone through the bulk of our overhaul, it had plummeted to less than 5 percent.”