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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

The idea that the "cream will rise to the top" is too often more than offset by the Dunning-Kruger effect; and the real leader's highmindedness will be viewed as a threat to the status quo.

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Let's Abolish Self-Appraisal

Harvard Business Review

Further, in their article "Unskilled and Unaware of It," Cornell University researchers Justin Kruger and David Dunning report that those who are incompetent performers are also incapable of assessing the difference between good and bad performance. Research by the consulting firm Lominger, Inc. There's a better way.

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0507 | Denise Brosseau: Full Transcript

LDRLB

I think similarly with Zoe Dunning, that the person mentioned in the military, she was the only one that was allowed to speak as the only openly gay person in the military, so she had a community she was standing for. Well, she was obviously not alone.

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C'mon, IT Leaders. Take a Chance!

Harvard Business Review

It also comes from not adequately considering the organization''s energy, skill, and policies to accomplish the project. Dun and Bradstreet , known for their insight on businesses, went a notch ahead when they launched data-as-a-service. Even more impressively, their spin out Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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Do Startups Really Create Lots of Good Jobs?

Harvard Business Review

Here are five significant challenges to this widely-accepted policy “fact”: What do you mean by “startup”? ” This inconsistency is a problem for anyone using the term in an economic policy context. The problem lies with those translating the research unthinkingly and uncritically into policy and practice.