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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. All can act as powerful experiential catalysts for learning and change. 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

“It was a really grueling experience,” explained one describing a business simulation, “but in the end the output was excellent. [It] For an individual, the appellation can serve as protection against the uncertainty of contemporary careers, and as preparation for the fluidity of labor markets.