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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

I didn’t have much time to ‘read all about it’ when I was up to my eyeballs in training people on a new technology. It’s hard work to do that right with changes coming daily. I always wonder if the “new thing&# will still be around by the time I “implement&# (research & write).