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Ask, Learn, Follow Up and Grow

Marshall Goldsmith

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. Many organizations have historically operated on the “there is one best way” school of management.

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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

Organizations that fail to continuously revise assumptions about their operating environment (i.e. Fighter Pilots and Special Operations teams have discovered and used a secret to continuous improvement – a tool every enterprise can benefit from. market) risk obsolescence or irrelevance. But how is this done? Duke and James D.

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How to Give Negative Feedback When Your Organization Is “Nice”

Harvard Business Review

Since this is a firm for which I have deep respect and admiration, I shared a very long list of positive observations on the people, their culture, and their impressive accomplishments. In general, these are wonderful, positive qualities. At the end of our conversation, he asked me what feedback I had for him about his organization.