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Is your Leadership Development Developing Leaders?

Great Leadership By Dan

As I wrote Building Blocks — Case Studies of a Serial Entrepreneur , I realized that over the years, I toiled with many of my failures, but I never analyzed the variables of the successes. Few, if any, have had soft-skill training in actual management topics such as difficult conversations and delegation.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Team building must be part of the corporate Vision first, not as a series of exercises delegated to trainers. Human Resources Oversees Training. Ask for case studies which were directly supervised by the person who will handle your training.not stock narratives from affiliate offices or a supervisor.

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How to Manage Your Star Employee

Harvard Business Review

“Demonstrate trust by delegating authority and responsibility” over certain projects and tasks. Demonstrate trust by delegating responsibility over certain projects and letting your star decide how she does the work. ” Case Study # 2: Find out what motivates your star, and empower her to advance.

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How to Prepare for Maternity Leave

Harvard Business Review

Prepare a list of your core responsibilities, dividing them into the tasks that can be assumed by others and those that aren’t so easy to delegate, such as client relationships, expertise-related functions, and mentorship of direct reports. Case study #1: Continue to help others grow professionally. Develop a game plan.

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How to Get Feedback When You're the Boss

Harvard Business Review

When someone tells you, "You run our team meetings really well," or "You don't delegate enough," follow up by asking for an example. Case Study #1: Find a champion on your staff. Case Study #2: Make feedback fun. This allows you to better understand the feedback and ensures that what you're hearing is true. "I

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How to Tell Your Boss You Have Too Much Work

Harvard Business Review

Your goal is to identify “projects that can be delayed, delegated, deleted, or diminished.” Case Study #1: Offer solutions and be open to advice. I needed to improve my delegation capabilities and get out of the way so my team members could do their jobs.” ” Set priorities.

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