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Help Employees Create Knowledge — Not Just Share It

Harvard Business Review

Many leaders see organizational learning simply as sharing existing knowledge. This isn’t surprising given that this is the primary focus of educational institutions, training programs, and leadership development courses. In an organization focused on scalable efficiency, the focus of learning is on sharing explicit knowledge.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Despite the media coverage of Boomers and how a tidal wave of retirements could impact business, many senior managers are kicking the can down the road, putting off the job of creating a system and process for capturing knowledge. How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future?

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. They pursue management challenges.

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How to Bring in a New CEO for Your Startup

Harvard Business Review

They have an even harder time admitting that the answer might be new leadership. As a venture begins achieving a solid foothold in the marketplace, it needs different leadership capabilities to create maximum shareholder value. Knowledge capture and transfer will assist in a smooth transition. Minimize the handover period.

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We Learn More When We Learn Together

Harvard Business Review

Staff at Jane’s business school designed a six-week course on positive leadership. The group is now designing a certification training program to deliver the content of the positive leadership course to other staff on campus. In addition, they wanted to improve business acumen and understanding of the business among all leaders.