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Surviving Success

Nathan Magnuson

It’s good to be aware of the risk; and like any other risk, you need to manage it. One of the ways we can manage the pace, energy and engagement of our team is to ensure frequent, appropriate celebrations. If you’ll cultivate the discipline of conducting After Action Reviews (the term the U.S. Stop and Celebrate.

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Make Sure to Learn from Your…. Successes

QAspire

Failure is touted as one of the most powerful teachers we’ll ever meet. When we reach (or beat) our goals, do we conduct a robust ‘after action review’ to get to the bottom of what went right? (Guest post by Julie Winkle Giulioni ). - – - – -. Learn from your mistakes.”.

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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business Review

Mentor/coach: Contributes through others as a formal manager, an idea leader, a project owner, or an informal employee developer. Sponsor/strategist: Sets or influences strategic direction and important decisions; exercises power on behalf of the organization; prepares future leaders. Provide Channels for Sharing Knowledge.

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Good Leaders Are Good Learners

Harvard Business Review

Finally, leaders who are in learning mode conduct fearless after-action reviews, determined to glean useful insights from the results of their experimentation. Creating and capitalizing on learning opportunities can be bolstered by having a coach or peer provide feedback and act as a sounding board.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Do employees speak up, challenging the leader''s plans, decisions, and actions if they see a gap? John Hunter , from Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog , says “ One item I think every leader should have in their IDP is to continue to improve coaching their staff. his/her face. These can be advisors, peers or coaches.

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Sears Has Come Back from the Brink Before

Harvard Business Review

In a pattern that would become familiar to today’s innovation thinkers, Worthy reports, “the then managements of Sears and Wards alike failed to grasp the significance of these new developments.”. Army uses after-action reviews to change course, as the Pascale article explains in excellent detail.

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