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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Some knowledge transfer methods to consider are mentoring, social networks, Communities of Practice, After Action Reviews, and storytelling programs. While it may be tempting to launch your program and move on to other tasks, remember that successful programs require maintenance and attention.

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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business Review

For example, successful agile talent is, almost by definition, entrepreneurial. They are actively involved in building their business, developing their strategies, growing and maintaining strong customer relationships, and creating a service offering that’s attractive to their market. We suggest five steps that leaders can take.

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3 Ways to Take Action in the Face of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

“There has to be an appropriate culture of freedom to fail,” Petraeus advises, “as long as failure (as well as success) is followed by a very careful after-action review, to understand what transpired, why it happened, and then how to reduce the chances of it happening in the future.”

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Here’s why: “Most organizations see leaders'' as drivers of results - exceeding sales quotas, deepening market share, boosting profits, etc. Given the pace of change, complexity of business, ever-shifting markets, and escalating expectations (just to name a few), the only sustainable advantage an organization has is its people.

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Change Leadership: Overcoming Change Fatigue and Organizational Burnout

Strategy Driven

Here are three success principles that will help you navigate this frenzy of activity and build the ongoing capabilities required for continuous evolution: 1. We recommend instituting after-action reviews (AARs) – formal learning sessions that were originally developed in the U.S. Change Less, Achieve More.

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Managing On-Demand Talent

Harvard Business Review

In our work with organizations, we have found seven things managers do that set up their external experts for success: Build a talent network. Competent middle managers know this and anticipate it, and are successful in finding ways to avoid creating winners and losers.