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Sage Advice For The First-Time Leader

Terry Starbucker

I was not long out of college and I thought what I had learned in the classroom and my first few years in the working world would be enough. In school, my professors tried to teach me as much as they could about business and leadership, and in turn, I tried to absorb as much as I could. Next, make stress your friend.

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Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Edelman estimates that one in three employees doesn’t trust their employer — despite the fact that billions are spent every year on leadership development. Part of the problem: Our primary method of developing leaders is antithetical to the type of leadership we need. We can’t simply think our way out of a habit.

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The Portable Leader Is the New “Organization Man”

Harvard Business Review

It is a promise of transformation — that a stint at the organization will change your substance and value, not just your leadership style, in ways that will outlast your tenure in it. Talented people flock to institutions that make it, regarding costs such as tuition fees, long hours, or foregone earnings as investments in their future.