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Demystifying Why Leadership Development Often Fails

PDG

Not Recognizing the Knowing-Doing Gap Let’s face it: a lot of new leader readiness programs don’t do enough to prepare leaders for the realities of the job. The “knowing-doing gap” refers to the disparity between what individuals know they should do and what they actually do in practice.

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Mind the Gap: How to Assess Sales Performance Gaps to Achieve Execution Excellence

PDG

Essentially, they know what to do because you’ve trained them. The question is, are they doing it? This is the knowing/doing gap. The knowing/doing gap refers to the disconnect between what we know we should do and what we actually do in practice.

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Louder than words

E-Learning Provocateur

Performance weak spots may be (at least partly) attributable to gaps in specific capabilities; while a strengths-based approach might also be adopted, whereby an already strong capability is enhanced to drive higher performance. Cross-reference the KASAB framework to close the knowing-doing gap.

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Balancing innovations and implementation

Janet Clarey

Take Twitter for example: I get right into it - try it, think about how it’s being used, research it, look for people using it in the workplace, talk to them about how they are using it and how they ‘did it’ and finally write about so you can make some sort of informed decision based on your situation. Implementing.

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Free L&D webinars for July 2019

Limestone Learning

The impact of EI on informal coaching and team performance. Adopt best-in-class experiential exercises to reinforce team dynamics. Most scholars would say “no” because it depends on what you’re trying to do. For example, engineering-oriented cultures differ from sales-oriented cultures.

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Re-imagining the Book

Jay Cross

Most managers don’t read books; they gather information on the web. information nuggets. My summary at this point: I’ve been preaching that action is the measure of learning , not knowing. Knowing something but not doing something about it is sterile. Creating the new book raises some interesting issues.

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Free L&D webinars for September 2018

Limestone Learning

If we’re so well-trained and informed, why aren’t we more effective?” In this respect, there is often a “knowing-doinggap to be filled. This webcast will explore how simulations can be used as an effective tool to bridge this gap and the benefits they can bring to learning and development within organizations.

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