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Mastering the Middle: Unlocking Your Company's Hidden Potential.

Rich Gee Group

People Management: This encompasses a wide range of sub-skills, from delegation and conflict resolution to coaching and performance management. Incorporate real-world scenarios, case studies, and role-plays to ensure practical application of the concepts. Here's a pro tip: ensure your program is not just theoretical.

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The Trouble with Control

Great Leadership By Dan

And it’s not just the nemesis of new, inexperience managers who are nervous and learning to use their delegation skills. But too often, it just gums up the works as things grind to halt waiting for executive review. This is practice at many large organizations who have to review thousands of resumes.

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Why Aren't You Delegating?

Harvard Business Review

But there is: delegation. Delegation is a critical skill. Delegation benefits managers, direct reports, and organizations. A 2007 study on time management found that close to half of the 332 companies surveyed were concerned about their employees' delegation skills. Understand why you're not delegating.

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Case Study: When You’re Successful, Stretched Too Thin, and Indispensable

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. But Michael, I can’t manage three shows without delegating. “What’s wrong?” ” asked Melanie, who had directed the episode.

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How to Get the Most Benefit from an Executive Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

Most executive development programs are heavy on the pre-work and evening work – case studies, assessments, interviews, etc…. Meeting with your manager prior to a program to set learning goals and expectations, and after a program to review learnings and action plans – helps you hold yourself accountable.

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Managing Across Generations: Leadership Coaching Success Story

Mike Cardus

Leadership Coaching & Development Case Study from the Exponent Leadership Process. “I I further coached the people who were delegated the different pieces of this organizational re-structure. I am finding it challenging aligning and getting the best out of my staff. Managing Across Generations. Decision Making.

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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. Review of material, taking notes, seeking supplementary materials and questing to learn additionally must occur. Periodically, the material is reviewed. I conduct Executive Think Tanks for corporate management.