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Why do so many leadership development programs fail?

Great Results Team Building

Way back in January 2014, in an issue of McKinsey Quarterly , a group of researchers attempted to answer this question: “Why do so many leadership development programs fail?” ” They summarized their finding into the four main issues that led to a lack of results in most leadership development programs.

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How to Motivate the Team? How can I Stay Motivated?

Mike Cardus

How to motivate the team? How can I stay motivated? Hjørland & Sejer Christensen, 2002). Coaching and consulting teams people usually want to know. The quick answer is that you cannot motivate other people and teams. 1 = What is relevant to people on the team.

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Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team

Harvard Business Review

Here’s what we’ve learned about how to establish a successful internal consulting group. The primary objectives in creating our team were to rein in spending on external strategy firms and to attract, train, and retain top talent in the company. Set objectives and size. Win on merit. Our group welcomes the competition.

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How to Innovate with an Executive Sponsor

Harvard Business Review

It's why Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma is so difficult to overcome. So when it comes to innovation, executives are trained to value acquisitions, high profile product launches, and anything else they might use to surprise their analysts; without such surprises they can't generate unforeseen growth and placate investors.

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Become a Company That Questions Everything

Harvard Business Review

Questioning is also seen by many business leaders as “inefficient,” according to the author and Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen. Within that structure, questioning by employees can be perceived as a challenge to authority.

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Three Year-End Innovation Takeaways from Asia

Harvard Business Review

As these companies figure out how to realize their full innovation potential, we could see some amazing things. Increasingly, I've heard people at large companies ask how to create human resource systems that support innovation. In particular, watch for markets that historically were inhospitable to entrepreneurs.

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LeadershipNow 140: July 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

MarkDMcKinney: How sales people really feel! Bill_George: Fellow HBS professor Clay Christensen shares 15 business theories to improve your life. How to Remember You're a Manager and Not Royalty by @scotteblin. Developing Trust by @LeadingSolution. @RosabethKanter: Doing the job well is just the start.

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