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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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The History of the Situational Leadership® Framework

The Center For Leadership Studies

The Situational Leadership ® framework was the product of over 50 years of pioneering research in leadership development and organizational behavior. Studies of human motivation, professional growth and development were investigated on a separate track. This democratic mode of leadership sought to unleash the intrinsic power of teams.

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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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Three Reasons Why The Situational Leadership® Approach Is Effective

The Center For Leadership Studies

Foundational Research The Situational Leadership ® Model is anchored by a foundation of timeless, pioneering research in leadership development and organizational behavior. It is difficult to imagine a comprehensive leadership development curriculum that did not include the Situational Leadership ® Model.

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Why I Decided to Rethink Hiring Smart People

Harvard Business Review

Chris Argyris' " Teaching Smart People How To Learn " utterly changed the way I thought about management. They are so very smart that they are also very "brittle," to use Argyris's descriptor. A bigger consulting team for a given project might not be a good thing. That's a heck of a lot of influence for 10 and a half pages!

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Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: Ensuring That Your Knowledge Makes a Difference

Marshall Goldsmith

Former Harvard Professor Chris Argyris pointed out how “upward feedback” often turns into “upward buck-passing”. If more time were spent on developing our ability to present ideas, and less time were spent on blaming others for not buying our ideas, a lot more might get accomplished.

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Your Team Needs an Intervention

Harvard Business Review

By 10:30, the team has efficiently sketched out a job description for the point person who will lead the effort. One team member, a no-nonsense American with a Bain Capital pedigree, thinks the answer is obvious: North America Human Resources. With no end in sight, tension rises and the four other team members retreat.

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