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Research: We’re Not Very Self-Aware, Especially at Work

Harvard Business Review

If you’ve participated in a training or development program in the past two decades, chances are you took an assessment designed to increase self-awareness. A wealth of research shows that when individuals see learning as valuable to their careers, they’re more motivated to learn and apply new skills to their roles.

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The Portable Leader Is the New “Organization Man”

Harvard Business Review

Our findings reveal that the “portable leader” is the contemporary equivalent of the “ organization man ” of old — a cherished, demanding, and problematic ideal that boosts both the careers of people who conform to it and the status of firms that cultivate it. We followed 55 such managers for one year.