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Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: Ensuring That Your Knowledge Makes a Difference

Marshall Goldsmith

Former Harvard Professor Chris Argyris pointed out how “upward feedback” often turns into “upward buck-passing”. Marshall My newest book, MOJO , is a New York Times (advice), Wall Street Journal (business), USAToday (money) and Publisher's Weekly (non-fiction) best seller. Life is good.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

of The People Equation offers this advice for an IDP: “I would recommend that leaders build in one action item that relates to learning an aspect related to the organization’s operations that is outside of the team member’s area of expertise. Jennifer V. By becoming aware of when we "walk up the ladder," we can lead more effectively.”.

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What I Learned from My TED Talk

Harvard Business Review

I wish I could say I was a great listener, but I probably spent half the time fighting my coach's advice before circling back to listen to it. Look at Apple with its map apology or Netflix with its DVD market shift as corporate examples of what happens when you listen — albeit slowly. Begin the process of undoing.

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10 Principles For Developing Strategic Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

Find time to reflect Strategic leaders are skilled in what organizational theorists Chris Argyris and Donald Schön called “double-loop learning.” In that way, strategic leaders make it easy for others to share ideas by encouraging new ways of thinking and explicitly asking for advice.