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The 5 Elements of a Strong Leadership Pipeline

Harvard Business Review

They have after-action reviews, they talk about bad news, and they exhibit traits of what we call a “learning culture.” ” They are inclusive and create an environment where everyone can speak up, so problems are brought to the surface quickly. Fourth, these companies believe in knowledge sharing.

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Leadership Development Should Focus on Experiments

Harvard Business Review

product pricing, operational efficiency, customer service, etc.). Another tried generating operational efficiencies through a different supply chain control tower process. Someone else designed an experiment to get a plant operation down to zero accidents. For example, one participant focused on creating a new pricing scheme.

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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.”

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

They also need to serve employees, creating a safe, inspiring work environment that helps each unique employee thrive, every day. Examples: an accounting manager could shadow HR for a day or an person in operations could learn more about the sales process. Regular review and after-action review.