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A Better Approach to After-Action Reviews

Harvard Business Review

Three myths that impede their proper use — and three strategies to help your team make the most of the practice.

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Now’s the Time to Reflect on Your Internal Communications Effectiveness During the Pandemic

leaderCommunicator

Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve heard many anecdotal stories about things that worked and things that didn’t – from communications strategies to leadership styles. Think of this as your “after action review.” We’re about six months in and have learned a lot in many cases.

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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. From this point on, it is critical that you follow the needs of your audience. Regularly ask yourself these questions: Who will receive the knowledge?

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Good Leaders Are Good Learners

Harvard Business Review

Next, they find ways to deliberately experiment with alternative strategies. Finally, leaders who are in learning mode conduct fearless after-action reviews, determined to glean useful insights from the results of their experimentation.

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The 5 Elements of a Strong Leadership Pipeline

Harvard Business Review

Right now, for example, the hot topic is “digital leadership” — driving organizations to be more innovative, iterative, and collaborative as they develop digital strategies to disrupt or transform their current business. Fourth, these companies believe in knowledge sharing.

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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business Review

They are actively involved in building their business, developing their strategies, growing and maintaining strong customer relationships, and creating a service offering that’s attractive to their market. More-formal methods, such as after-action reviews, are useful too. Involve Experts as Part of the Brain Trust.

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Change Leadership: Overcoming Change Fatigue and Organizational Burnout

Strategy Driven

For example, Roger Federer once said that he uses the breaks between sets to determine what in his strategy and execution is working or needs to change to win the match. We recommend instituting after-action reviews (AARs) – formal learning sessions that were originally developed in the U.S.