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Leading Rookie Talent: The Tight Rope and the Safety Net

Leading Blog

BTS, a global consulting firm, developed a highly effective system for launching and securing rookie talent on high-stakes projects. On every project, one person, such as the account manager, is the designated safety net. Vice president and partner Dan Parisi said, “Our job is to move people from left to right, up a learning curve.

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Seven Strategies for Simplifying Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

Over time however, it''s important to do all seven so that simplicity becomes a core capability of your organization and not just a one-time project. One manager, for example, took her team to visit a customer plant so that people could see how their product was actually used, which gave them ideas about how to improve it.