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Is your Leadership Development Developing Leaders?

Great Leadership By Dan

As I wrote Building Blocks — Case Studies of a Serial Entrepreneur , I realized that over the years, I toiled with many of my failures, but I never analyzed the variables of the successes. Few, if any, have had soft-skill training in actual management topics such as difficult conversations and delegation.

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When Planning Goes Bad!

Mike Cardus

Because they are poorly constructed and STOP at Goal Setting. Then I was coached and received the requisite Skilled Knowledge to Create Plans, Manage, Delegate and have the Authority to hold staff and myself accountable for completion of these plans. 6 Planning Steps for Delegation of Tasks. or Reduce scrap by 10%.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Team building must be part of the corporate Vision first, not as a series of exercises delegated to trainers. Training is about change, which contradicts the basic construction of HR. Niche trainers impart their own perspectives out of context to the whole of the organization. I conduct Executive Think Tanks for corporate management.

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How to Get Feedback When You're the Boss

Harvard Business Review

The higher up in the organization you get, the less likely you'll receive constructive feedback on your ideas, performance, or strategy. When someone tells you, "You run our team meetings really well," or "You don't delegate enough," follow up by asking for an example. Case Study #1: Find a champion on your staff.

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How to Deal with a Chronically Indecisive Boss

Harvard Business Review

In these cases, “you need to help your boss sort through the information” and then offer “a clear rationale for your recommendation.” ” It’s also helpful to “enable your boss to delegate to you without formality,” says Finkelstein. “I was junior in my career, and I blamed myself.

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Case Study: When to Drop an Unprofitable Customer

Harvard Business Review

Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. I'm flattered by such an august delegation," Steve said. The company was building only half as many housing units this year as it had during recent boom times.

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How to Disagree with Someone More Powerful than You

Harvard Business Review

Case Study #1: Show respect for the idea. ” “When you disagree with someone more powerful than you, you should always have a constructive reason to oppose. In my case, the reason was timing,” Victor says. Case Study #2: Make it about the company, not you.

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