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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business Review

A practical framework for mentoring is based on the career stages work of Gene Dalton and Paul Thompson, former professors at HBS. But it’s not only their career stage that makes agile talent potentially excellent mentors. These experiences were some of the most valuable of my career. What are you reading?

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Do employees feel that their boss honors their career aspirations, building needed skills that serve their organization now and in the future? Do employees speak up, challenging the leader''s plans, decisions, and actions if they see a gap? Read more at this blog post How Your Shoddy Reputation Could Destroy Your Budding Career.

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3 Ways to Take Action in the Face of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

. “For the military,” Petraeus observed, “learning faster than the enemy meant deploying lessons learned teams and ensuring commanders are focused on identifying the need to make changes to our big ideas, campaign plans, organizational structures, equipment, and operational bases.”