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Surviving Success

Nathan Magnuson

If you’ll cultivate the discipline of conducting After Action Reviews (the term the U.S. military uses for the briefing that occurs after every mission) to be sure you think deeply about what worked; what didn’t and what can be improved, this will create energy in the moment and momentum for your next challenge.

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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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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

of The People Equation offers this advice for an IDP: “I would recommend that leaders build in one action item that relates to learning an aspect related to the organization’s operations that is outside of the team member’s area of expertise. Wally Bock , from Three Star Leadership , says “ Every IDP should include lots of review.

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Managing On-Demand Talent

Harvard Business Review

Good managers know that external hires need an onboarding experience that lets the work start fast and strong: clear goals, well-defined schedules and milestones, agreement on performance expectations, and early investment in agile working relationships with internal colleagues. Kickstart the work and relationships. Manage the politics.