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Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First

Leading Blog

Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey write in Talent Wins : Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of talent, yet the talent practices in their organizations use are vestiges of another era. Together, they “lead the way on anything where the deployment of talent influences the company’s results.”

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study. Influencing skills. An assessment should be done of the high potential employees to determine their current strengths and development needs. Here's a guest post by Gina Abudi , who I've had the pleasure of meeting a couple times here in New England.

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The Leadership Pipeline

CEO Blog

The Leadership Pipeline - How to Build the Leadership Powered Company by Ram Charan , Steve Drotter and Jim Noel was awesome. I like Ram Charans books. At this stage, leaders need to learn to influence more than control. This is great for stimulating thought but may cause an intermingling of thought on my book reviews.

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Video Book Club: The Leadership Pipeline

Next Level Blog

The book has been around for about ten years and it’s become a go to resource for anyone charged with developing senior leaders. In the video review, I walk through the simple yet resonant model of career path transitions that the authors Charan, Drotter and Noel outline in the book.

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How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals

Harvard Business Review

As the job now shifts to getting more work done through others, recognize that what motivates or influences you may not be how others are motivated or influenced. How are they best motivated or influenced? Help connect work deliverables or professional development to what’s happening at the organizational level.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business Review

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them.

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How to Really Listen to Your Employees

Harvard Business Review

So, how can you develop this muscle? Without first recognizing the influence of your early years, it’s difficult to change. Ram Charan. These are important traits, but it’s equally important for managers to stand down and listen up. What are the barriers to good listening and how do you overcome them?

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