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Make Sure to Learn from Your…. Successes

QAspire

When we reach (or beat) our goals, do we conduct a robust ‘after action review’ to get to the bottom of what went right? And I believe it can be as productive as – and even more energizing and fun than – focusing on failure. Success is rarely the product of a one-man show.

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Leadership Development Should Focus on Experiments

Harvard Business Review

Leadership development represents a huge and growing investment for most organizations. Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. product pricing, operational efficiency, customer service, etc.).

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

Strategy Driven

Some knowledge transfer methods to consider are mentoring, social networks, Communities of Practice, After Action Reviews, and storytelling programs. Become a Facebook fan for discounts on Baby Boomer products and more Trackbacks Check out what others are saying about this post. Thanks for sharing!

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Change Leadership: Overcoming Change Fatigue and Organizational Burnout

Strategy Driven

Steve Jobs, after reviewing hundreds of projects when he returned to Apple, famously focused all of Apple on creating and delivering just four great products – consumer and professional versions of a portable (what became the iPhone and iPad) and a desktop (what became today’s Macs). Consider leaving a comment!

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Hansei and 6 Pitfalls to Avoid in Reflective Exercises

QAspire

Here are some common pitfalls that should be avoided in any form of reflective exercise: No Actions, No Results: In many other methodologies and cultures, Hansei is termed differently, like retrospectives in Scrum and After Action Reviews in American Culture (developed by US Army). Photograph By: Tanmay Vora.

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Making Virtual Teams Work: Ten Basic Principles

Harvard Business Review

Then periodically do "after-action reviews" to evaluate how things are going and identify process adjustments and training needs. When teams work remotely, however, it''s inherently more difficult to do this, because there is no easy way to observe engagement and productivity. Foster shared leadership.

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Sears Has Come Back from the Brink Before

Harvard Business Review

Army uses after-action reviews to change course, as the Pascale article explains in excellent detail. Competition Leadership Retail' The results are spectacular. In Jan-Feb 1998, Anthony J. Rucci , Steven P. Kirn , and Richard T. A company’s age may count against it, but it’s no guarantee of failure.

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