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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

John Hunter , from Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog , says “ One item I think every leader should have in their IDP is to continue to improve coaching their staff. I recommend it for others but whether it belongs in an IDP would depend on if the organization committing to the type of Leadership presented in the book.

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Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: Ensuring That Your Knowledge Makes a Difference

Marshall Goldsmith

Knowledge workers can be defined as people who know more about what they are doing than their managers do. In some cases, these decision makers may be immediate or upper managers – in other cases they may be peers or cross-organizational colleagues. If you are, refuse to do it and immediately let upper management know of your concerns.

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How to Give Feedback to Someone Who Gets Crazy Defensive

Harvard Business Review

She was first-among-equals and the liaison to management, but had more responsibility than actual authority. The carrot that management held out to members of the team was that this was a steppingstone project: if the results were satisfactory, they could anticipate higher profile projects going forward. Giving and Receiving Feedback.

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What I Learned About Coaching After Losing the Ability to Speak

Harvard Business Review

But I still loved my work and needed to stay active, and my clients were open to trying a new approach, so I began managing my coaching relationships exclusively through written dialogue in instant messages, emails, and other electronic documents. In my experience, coaching through writing can help people manage highly charged emotions.

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Your Team Needs an Intervention

Harvard Business Review

Straight out of Argyris''s classic HBR article about why smart people can''t learn," this room is full of people skilled in all elements of leadership except collaborative work and unfamiliar with the messiness of honest, open-ended discussion. But it''s crucial to distinguish between clinical goals and business goals.

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What I Learned from My TED Talk

Harvard Business Review

Our goal today is to learn our way into the future. I could have easily said "It was jet lag" or "I was over-committed and tired from trying to finish my second book." And to a degree, I believe that a lot of what many of us are taught is tied to this notion of perfection, and that it can warp our ability to keep sight of our goals.