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Why Great Employees Leave “Great Cultures”

Harvard Business Review

You might espouse being a learning organization that develops people, but then not give people the time to actually take classes or learn on the job (system-behaviors gap). And then we wonder why we have an attrition problem. Accountability becomes easier to measure and success easier to attain.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

The wartime challenge demanded better collaboration, greater situational awareness and more strategic application of cutting edge technology for the war-fighter. Before we redid the course, SEAL sniper school had an average attrition rate of about 30 percent. The post-9/11 environment demanded it. Lead by Example.