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How to Avoid the Artificial Maturity Trap

Leading Blog

Children today are overexposed to information far earlier than they are ready and underexposed to real-life experiences far later than they are ready producing a kind of artificial maturity. Tim Elmore writes in Artificial Maturity , that “it looks so real because kids know so much, but it’s virtual because they have experienced so little.”

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Put On Your Big-Boy Pants: Navigating Your Career with Grit and Grace.

Rich Gee Group

In the journey of your career, the phrase "Put on your big-boy pants" (or big-girl pants) is more than just a call to maturity; it's an invitation to step into the realm of personal growth and professional excellence. Pushing beyond these boundaries is essential for skill development, innovation, and leadership.

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

This paper is about rethinking the practice of leadership and reforming the way we approach the development of leaders and leadership in our organizations. It is time to reimagine leadership: what it means in theory and what it means in practice, how we choose leaders, how we develop leaders, and what we ask of leaders. Next Practices.

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The Leader's Greatest Return

Leading Blog

I F YOU want to make a difference in the world, go further, faster by developing other leaders. Of course, we talk about developing more leaders, but if we actually made it a priority, we would have more leaders. To help make this more practical and intentional, Maxwell has laid out a ten-step process for developing leaders.

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Mastering your Inner Game of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

But in the very best leaders McClelland discovered three critical characteristics that acted as controls on their use of power and control that made all the difference – greater emotional maturity, high self-management and a participative, coaching leadership style (think of great professional sports coaches).

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7 Principles of Leadership Development: The Chance to Lead

Mike Cardus

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Using Existing Employees as Mentors. Strategy for Leadership Development. When the Leadership Development team and I met this started as a DUH! Education for Leadership. The Chief Executive.

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Leadership Development Paradox

Coaching Tip

Since leadership development is not an event, that's a significant investment in classroom activities that may or may not produce company leaders or even better managers. The paradox of spending more on what's not working is due to leadership development being seen as a classroom event.