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Training and Development: Top Ten Lessons Learned

The Practical Leader

Waayyy back in the early days of my career, I was a young door-to-door sales rep and then sales manager with Culligan Water Conditioning. I took Dale Carnegie sales, public speaking, and management training courses and got turned on to personal and leadership development. Everyone is given extensive skill development.

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Improve Your Positive Influence: Eliminate Common Obstacles

Leading Blog

It’s very easy to have what CEO Seah Chin Siong of the Singapore Institute of Management calls “goal erosion,” defining it as “Doing what is easy, going through the motions, but not doing the hard things the ultimate mission requires.” She was formerly with McKinsey, working with MNCs and local companies in the US, China, and India.

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April 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the April 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared A Manager’s Guide to Navigating High-Stress Times.

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Are You Ready for Recovery?

Leading Blog

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. Here is one example from a leader. Involve More People.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

Leading Blog

For example, instead of saying, “That meeting went way too long,” you can say “The meeting ended 20 minutes past schedule. Prior to founding Co-Creation Partners, he was a consultant with McKinsey and Company, most recently as a leader in their Organization Practice in North America. From that I interpreted [blank]. Is that accurate?”

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Executive Coaching Company Breakdown: How to Get the Most Out of Coaching for Strategic Change

N2Growth Blog

Executive coaching and talent development, in general, have been around for a few decades. For example, executive coaching is often likened to general business coaching, which is an incorrect and potentially dangerous comparison to make. It also prepares leaders to provide better opportunities to their employees and others around them.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2023

Leading Blog

The Leap to Leader : How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership by Adam Bryant The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity. Middle manager." Through them all, he's managed to guide his team out the other side successfully.

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