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September 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Jon Verbeck provided Tips for Communication with Outsourced Pros. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shared How to Increase your Visibility at Work. Joel summarizes: “In every career path, there’s a level at which leadership skills and visibility play a much stronger role in promotions than job skills. .”

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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

Agile organizations treat disruption and adversity as opportunities.” In this environment of constant change, I often hear that we should be agile. They define agility and offer leaders a roadmap for navigating change. For those who haven’t read the book yet, what is agility? Navigate through Change.

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The Benefits of Virtual Mentors

Harvard Business Review

Having a mentor has always helped with professional development and career advancement, but in today’s complex workplace, one mentor alone often won’t do. Here is an instance: An employee whose team was not using agile-development techniques heard of their value from one of his virtual mentors and decided to learn more about it.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

He cajoled, pushed, and pulled the company into a client-centric, agile structure able to customize delivery of IBM's software assets, hardware assets, and intellectual property. These relationships were essential in gaining the confidence of customers who had qualms about outsourcing to IBM. Patience and a long-term view.