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Action-Learning based leadership development using entangled-trios

Mike Cardus

Cross-Functional Collaboration – Action-learning based leadership development. Instead of pulling new and experienced supervisors into a series of classes and lectures, we wanted to engage in action-learning. The approach combines vertical leadership development with an Action Learning philosophy.

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Team Learning from reviewing what works and how to improve

Mike Cardus

Have you wondered how to facilitate a team debrief through a learning and review process? In a recorded webinar (below) I share with a management team the team debrief or after action learning process called Distinctive: Working Well: 100 Days Better. Educate team leaders on the science of leading team debriefs (i.e.,

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45 Executive Development Program Tools and Techniques

Great Leadership By Dan

Elizabeth Weldon , a leading expert in executive development, recently conducted research for UNICON on what it takes to be effective in designing and conducting executive education programs. Action learning projects. The list below is reprinted with permission from Dr. Reflection papers. Reflection session. Personal coaching.

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Winners Are Born In Difficult Times

Tanveer Naseer

Many organizations claim to be using some of the theories above, such as Action Learning, but are actually not. To keep it simple, they have adapted the experiential learning process to be a test on an actual problem solving exercise, rather than giving the participants mandate to actually solve a problem or innovate in real time. …and

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10 BIG Development Goals for Leaders for 2012

Great Leadership By Dan

Full disclosure: I work at a university, but I’ve always been a proponent of continuing education for adults. These programs, if well designed and run, can create a condensed, alternate reality, giving participants the chance to learn and take personal risks in a somewhat safe environment. Find a mentor and/or hire a coach.

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business Review

” As Walter Friedman documents in Birth of a Salesman , sales wasn’t seen as a function that required specialized training or education until well into the 20 th century. In its own blunt and unfair way, the world outside the classroom bridged the gap in education and preparation. But a lot has changed.

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Having been trained by one of the best companies in the world on Leadership Development, (GE), in one of the best action learning environments in the world (a high performance culture), I frown on textbook practitioners. Unless you've actually been in the shoes of your clients, I don't think you have a right to advise them.

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