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When is it OK NOT to Develop? Hint: Never.

Great Leadership By Dan

This post first appeared in SmartBrief on Leadership : Here’s a question I often get from managers: “I have employees that don’t want to be developed. Development isn’t for everyone, right? I can’t force them to develop if they don’t want to!” They just want to come to work, do their jobs, and go home. Probably not.

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Use Jugaad to Innovate Faster, Cheaper, Better

Harvard Business Review

This highly resource-constrained and chaotic environment inspires jugaad innovators — i.e., the Indian entrepreneurs and corporations who practice jugaad to develop market-relevant products and services that are inherently affordable and sustainable. Jugaad innovators innovate cheaper: Jugaad innovators are very frugal.

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How Successful Virtual Teams Collaborate

Harvard Business Review

But people can also collaborate creatively around a seemingly mundane project — like the installation of a new accounting package — and use that initiative to transform the way in which an organization does business. Many skills are difficult to train and develop. Here are some of the lessons we've learned. Adjust for size.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

He got the top job because of that, and then as CEO he accelerated cloud-business development to make it the company’s primary strategy. His idea of how to engage and motivate employees wasn’t by making a speech but rather by leading a company-wide hackathon, and empowering employees to work on projects they were passionate about.

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The 4 Types of Project Manager

Harvard Business Review

Your organization’s growth opportunities fall into four different categories, and in order to develop your business in a commercially sustainable manner, you need four specific types of project manager to pursue them. Will every organization need all four types of employees to sustainably develop and grow their organizations?

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How to Gain Credibility When You Have Little Experience

Harvard Business Review

There’s a meme on the internet, which speaks truth about a dilemma for young people entering the hypercompetitive workforce of 2017. One of the best ways to stand out in a corporate setting, even as someone with less work experience, is to develop unique knowledge that makes you a go-to resource for your colleagues and clients.

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