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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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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. At TechProse, he drives business development for the consulting firm that specializes in knowledge/content management, training, and documentation for major U.S.

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Leadership Development Should Focus on Experiments

Harvard Business Review

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. Underlying this notion was the lack of tangible results that could be attributed to management training.

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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).

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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. Commit to a communication charter.

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