Great Leadership By Dan

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Into the Storm: Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race

Great Leadership By Dan

They need to have the skill to manage all the personalities, to bring them together and to get them focused on the common goal. It was a bold goal that had never been achieved before. They need to keep an eye out to see if someone is wavering, or a faction developing. And they need to be able to do it all under pressure.".

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How to Get the Most Benefit from an Executive Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

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. However, there’s an important variable that I may have the least control over – but matters as much as anything else – and that’s the participant.

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