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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. More time to do a client's project just 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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How to Give Feedback to Someone Who Gets Crazy Defensive

Harvard Business Review

Consider the case of Melissa, who was the team leader on a recently concluded project that had not been a stellar experience for anyone involved. The carrot that management held out to members of the team was that this was a steppingstone project: if the results were satisfactory, they could anticipate higher profile projects going forward.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Art Petty , from Management Excellence Blog , says “One of the consistent gaps I see in many leaders is a lack of experience with and understanding of the concepts and tools of project management. Anna Farmery , from The Engaging Brand , says “My dad always taught me that the best tool for a leader to keep in their top drawer was a.mirror.

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How Criticizing in Private Undermines Your Team

Harvard Business Review

You are discussing with your direct reports how to handle the project delays that have caused the team to miss its quarterly numbers. You are holding your weekly team leadership meeting. You know that Ted — one of your direct reports — contributed to missing the numbers by missing two key deadlines.

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How to Act Quickly Without Sacrificing Critical Thinking

Harvard Business Review

Chris Argyris, the influential MIT professor and organizational thinker, showed how routine behaviors like this can become accepted norms when we fail to recognize and challenge ourselves to address them. Traps like these keep you stuck in triage mode.

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How Criticizing in Private Undermines Your Team

Harvard Business Review

You are discussing with your direct reports how to handle the project delays that have caused the team to miss its quarterly numbers. You are holding your weekly team leadership meeting. You know that Ted — one of your direct reports — contributed to missing the numbers by missing two key deadlines.

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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.