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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. Rookie Smarts : Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work by Liz Wiseman Experience has its upside but its downside may hold us back more than we think. What we know will likely impede our ability to learn and therefore perform.

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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

John Kotter, the renowned scholar on change management, suggests that successful change requires management to create opportunities for ‘short term wins,’ thereby repetitively reinforcing positive steps along the path to change. We want to accelerate the learning experience, get our people up that learning curve faster.