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10 Principles For Developing Strategic Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

A 2015 PwC study of 6,000 senior executives , conducted using a research methodology developed by David Rooke of Harthill Consulting and William Torbert of Boston University, revealed just how pervasive this shortfall is: Only 8 percent of the respondents turned out to be strategic leaders, or those effective at leading transformations.

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What I Learned About Coaching After Losing the Ability to Speak

Harvard Business Review

I’ll describe those and share some practical guidelines so that others can reap them in a variety of coaching contexts — from leadership development to organizational consulting to professional mentoring — even if they aren’t similarly constrained by a handicap. You and Your Team Series. Communication. Rebecca Knight.

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Management’s Three Eras: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Gantt – developed theories that emphasized efficiency, lack of variation, consistency of production, and predictability. Writers such as Elton Mayo, Mary Parker Follett, Chester Barnard, Max Weber, and Chris Argyris imported theories from other fields (sociology and psychology) to apply to management. Townes, and Henry L.