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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

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. We need get off the career ladder and get onto a learning curve. Blog Post ).

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Enabling Growth: Promotions Are So Yesterday

QAspire

As attrition soared amidst pandemic, companies had to initiate short term measures to retain their best talent which included tactics like special salary hikes, off-cycle pay outs, work-from-anywhere options and offering special learning opportunities. The stakes were high, but so was the possibility of growth.

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The Art and Science of Professional Development

Great Leadership By Dan

One of the main focuses for my business is sales and leadership training in order to stay abreast of the needs of today’s fast-paced learning curve. My role as corporate trainer is to teach every leader new skills in a manner that allows them to confidently adopt new strategies and tactics for growth in their position.

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Stephen Schwarzman’s 25 Rules for Work & Life

Leading Blog

When you’re young, only take a job that provides you with a steep learning curve and strong training. This tactic is very effective at defusing even the most difficult and uncomfortable situations. So always be open to new inputs, whether they are people, experiences, or knowledge. First jobs are foundational.

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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

Then there are the leadership, cultural, and intangible benefits that arise from the consistent practice of debriefing. We want to accelerate the learning experience, get our people up that learning curve faster. Leadership must be observed and practiced in order to be mastered. Debriefing has many benefits.

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Debriefing as Continuous Improvement

Strategy Driven

We had to accelerate their learning curve, get them combat-wise fast, get pilots battle hardened before they flew their first combat mission. Every detail of the mission would be analyzed, from the briefing, start, taxi, takeoff, route and the tactical mission, to the return to base, landing and taxi in. If yes, how? If no, how?

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How to Pick a Co-Founder

Harvard Business Review

A common tactical error here is for a product- or technology-focused entrepreneur to look for someone with top shelf management consulting experience: it's not a bad instinct, since management consultants are polished and smart, but they rarely have core executive chops apart from project management or some general "operations" background.

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