Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 8, 2019

Ditch the Post-Mortem and Hold a Post-Project Celebration If you’re like most managers we talk with, you know the importance of post-mortem reviews. But unless your project ends in disaster, it’s easy to skip the review and move on to the next […].

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Review Project After Action Review Management 368

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Do employees feel that their boss honors their career aspirations, building needed skills that serve their organization now and in the future? Do employees speak up, challenging the leader''s plans, decisions, and actions if they see a gap? Read more at this blog post How Your Shoddy Reputation Could Destroy Your Budding Career.

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Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we reach (or beat) our goals, do we conduct a robust ‘after action review’ to get to the bottom of what went right? This guest blog post by Julie Winkle Giulioni celebrates the September 18 launch of her book with Beverly Kaye, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want.

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Succession After Action Review Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 152

Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 1, 2015

He fires his most loyal employee, derails the career of his only friend, and nearly destroys his young marriage before transforming from chilly corporate collaborator to empathetic executive coach. The comedy and conflict illustrate management methods and personal practices that can improve your career and deepen your personal relationships.

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Mayo Executive Coaching After Action Review Politics 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

A practical framework for mentoring is based on the career stages work of Gene Dalton and Paul Thompson, former professors at HBS. Mentor/coach: Contributes through others as a formal manager, an idea leader, a project owner, or an informal employee developer. These experiences were some of the most valuable of my career.

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Mentor Agility Team Teamwork 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

I recently discussed the issue of managing through uncertainty with retired U.S. Petraeus has managed uncertainty of global scope and with the highest stakes. Our conversation left me with three recommendations for managing uncertainty that we all can use: Learn faster than your opponent. So how should leaders adapt?

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Uncertainty Decentralization Venture Capitalist After Action Review 8