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

Great Leadership By Dan

For example, many effective leaders have the following strengths: •Coaching others. Why do you, or would you, follow them? The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. Influencing skills.

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Leaders, Choose Your Words Wisely

Harvard Business Review

My professor, Ram Charan, noticed that my schoolwork was starting to slip. I had been with General Mills for six months and I was up for my first performance review. This was the first performance review I had received in my life and my boss''s boss, whom I thought was a god, just told me to go look for another job.

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Most Doctors Have Little or No Management Training, and That’s a Problem

Harvard Business Review

A popular way of bringing physicians up to speed is to elevate them into management roles and team them with business executives. Based on work with dozens of health care organizations, we have adapted the leadership development model of Ram Charan et al to outline a leadership path for physicians.