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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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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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21st Century Leadership

Jay Cross

We’d entered an age of unparalleled volatility, uncertainty, and accelerating speed where ideas had become more valuable than physical things. Intangibles — know how, know who, ideas, and the tacit lessons of experience — have limitless potential; plant and equipment can be millstones that hold you back.

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Free L&D webinars for July 2019

Limestone Learning

If you could use some ideas, there are plenty of free webinars on everything from learning principles to design tips to career management. Adopt best-in-class experiential exercises to reinforce team dynamics. You’ll get boatloads of budget-stretching ideas from your colleagues during this interactive session. The heat is on!

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Re-imagining the Book

Jay Cross

In the next session at Overlap, groups of half a dozen people each drew and described an idea where we were looking for help. I received these responses: Design with intentional gaps in the knowledge of the book to encourage high bandwidth communication might be fatal. What format is best for what content (think iPad and smartphone)?

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Free L&D webinars for September 2018

Limestone Learning

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. If we’re so well-trained and informed, why aren’t we more effective?”

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