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Why do so many leadership development programs fail?

Great Results Team Building

Reflection that is not translated into new and consistent action is a recipe for failure if the goal is helping people to learn a new skill. Concepts and theories are important, but without teaching and implementing new behaviors there is no growth or development of skills.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It takes skillful attention to self-cannibalization, a bias toward innovation and recognition that 'sacred cows' often become someone else's T-Bone dinner steak. Then, we have the challenge to make our changes less threatening, so productive communication skills are a must.

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The High-Velocity Edge: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Spear McGraw-Hill (2009) The power of causal mechanisms that can drive a continuously self-improving system Clayton Christensen’s high praise of Steven Spear and this book is well-deserved. The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition Steven J.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (2009). The 5 domains of EQ are: 1) Self-Awareness, 2) Self-Regulation, 3) Motivation, 4) Empathy, 5) Social Skills. Christensen. By Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. This is the book that launched the idea of EQ into the public domain. by Peter Senge.

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How Online Innovators Are Disrupting Education

Harvard Business Review

Four years ago Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen predicted that online education would take off slowly and then hit everyone by surprise: the S-curve effect. million students took at least one web-based class during the fall 2009 semester, which marked a 21% growth from the previous year.