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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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How Successful Virtual Teams Collaborate

Harvard Business Review

In another provocative study , researchers investigated how companies could use online role-playing games like "World of Warcraft" and "EverQuest" to build leadership and teamwork skills. Many skills are difficult to train and develop. In these games, members must continually do what's best for the team. Train for collaboration.

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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. ” They Develop a Road Map Before Disruption Takes Hold. None of their leaders developed effective transformation plans in time to halt the decline.

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Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies

Harvard Business Review

Organizations develop processes through repeated problem solving. The latter are troublesome because the knowledge base and skills required to operate in the new realm are so fundamentally different. Robotics is a good example: It’s obvious that it can increase productivity, but it takes some know-how to put robots to work.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

So when I asked Mark Krolick—managing director of marketing and product development at United Airlines—about the hypothesis that having more superconsumers as leaders or employees enhances business performance, he smiled. They need to feel valuable and that they are being developed.

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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. Leverage your research skills. One of the most effective ways of doing this is to use your research skills to synthesize and master industry specific knowledge, trends, and information.

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