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Don’t Sugarcoat Negative Feedback

Harvard Business Review

Professor Chris Argyris demonstrated that many “stars” who effortlessly ascend the career ladder are shockingly unable to handle negative news. To help someone with a problem that hasn’t derailed an otherwise productive career, ask them how they believe they can best cope with it.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Do employees feel that their boss honors their career aspirations, building needed skills that serve their organization now and in the future? Joel Garfinkle , from Career Advancement Blog , says “ Improve Your Perception: A reputation that took decades to build can be threatened by a single event.

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What I Learned About Coaching After Losing the Ability to Speak

Harvard Business Review

He wanted to advance in his career, but he thought his stormy relationship with his boss was holding him back. Clients consistently tell me that written dialogue makes it easier to be candid about what they’re grappling with. In my experience, coaching through writing can help people manage highly charged emotions.

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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 so doing, strategic leaders create a lower-stress environment, because no one is pretending to be someone else; people take responsibility for who they truly are.