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Learning Leadership The Truth About Leadership Development

Training Industry

Like a lotus flower, they kept growing toward the sun, fighting their way through the mud. Leadership development is much more like the slow growth of a lotus flower than a ready-made bouquet of flowers. These lessons are free to everyone who wishes to learn them, offered by life itself.

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How to Identify Truly Exceptional Talent

CLO Magazine

Like the free agent who helps a sports franchise make the leap from second best to world champion, or the “10x” programmer whose architecture disrupts an entire industry, they are worth a disproportionate investment in time and money. At the very least, identify them early, coach them and actively manage their careers.

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