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Retaining the Talents of ‘Ready Now’ Leaders.
As leaders and human resource professionals consider an organization’s succession plans, they often classify prospective promotees in three buckets: Ready in 3-5 Years, Ready in 1-2 Years, and Ready Now.
Our Relationship With Others Depends First on Our Relationship With Ourselves
Parkinson’s Law suggests that work always expands to fill the time available to do it. People naturally plan their work to fill whatever time has been allotted. Leaders who give a team a month to do something find that it takes a month.
The Unpacking Principle suggests that the more detailed and specific information a leader or practitioner compiles, the more likely they are to understand the problem and devise a creative plan to address it. The same is true for relationships and how they develop. The problem in every relationship is how both parties can develop more trust and connection. There is never too much trust or too deep a connection.
Strategies to Cope With Larger Teams and More Direct Reports Than Ever Before