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Sage Advice For The First-Time Leader

Terry Starbucker

I was not long out of college and I thought what I had learned in the classroom and my first few years in the working world would be enough. In school, my professors tried to teach me as much as they could about business and leadership, and in turn, I tried to absorb as much as I could. Next, make stress your friend.

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Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Business simulations or unstructured large group dialogues are examples of this. Given the uncertainty in their industry, it was impossible for senior management to know what their long-term business strategy or organizational model would look like.

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The Portable Leader Is the New “Organization Man”

Harvard Business Review

Talented people flock to institutions that make it, regarding costs such as tuition fees, long hours, or foregone earnings as investments in their future. “It was a really grueling experience,” explained one describing a business simulation, “but in the end the output was excellent. [It]