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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2024

Leading Blog

Outsmart the Learning Curve : How Ordinary People Can Achieve Extraordinary Success by Joe Sipher Are you ready to transform your life and achieve extraordinary success? Outsmart the Learning Curve reveals the secrets of how ordinary people can overcome obstacles, acquire new skills rapidly, and reach their full potential.

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Let’s Stop Pushing “Development” as a Cheap Replacement for Training

Great Leadership By Dan

This company had a proud tradition of investing in the development of its employees. What training staff was left was charged with trying to convince the remaining employees that the company 40 hour training commitment was really a 40 hour development commitment. I hate wasting money and people’s time on lousy training !

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3 Connections That Propel Every Great Leader

Lead Change Blog

There are three connections I’ve found that propel every great leader in their career. The second connection to propel your career is with a community of peers. Coaches can provide targeted, objective feedback and skill-training to shorten your learning curve and help you make rapid progress with your leadership challenges.

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RIP: Retired in Position

Lead Change Blog

All jobs have a learning curve—but as time progresses, and the skill is enhanced, the challenge of the job will lessen. Together, they would need to put the right measures in place, in a development plan, to ensure the current duties do not deteriorate due to the additional responsibilities.

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The Art and Science of Professional Development

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Bill Bartlett : What is your position on professional development? I have been coaching and training business executives for over 20 years and I find the high performers demonstrate a common need to continuously raise the learning bar to stay ahead of the competition. Simply developing them, however, is not enough.

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How To Be More Courageous

Eric Jacobson

Drawing on cutting-edge research woven together with stories that compel head and heart, The Courage Gap will help you bridge the think/do gap between what youve been doing and what you can do; between where you are and where you want to bein your career, relationships, leadership, and life.

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Employers are Firing Gen Z Graduates and Don’t Plan on Hiring More

HR Digest

Across borders and over generations, workers have always had to face a learning curve while shifting from the education sphere to the work sphere. The truth is that these employees need to take charge of their own preparation for the workforce and develop the soft skills and qualifications necessary to do their jobs well.

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