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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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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.