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Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy
Ready, Douglas A.; Hill, Linda A.; Thomas, Robert J.Article HBS-R1401D-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen most of the world's financial services giants were stumbling and retrenching in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, the asset management firm BlackRock was busy charting a course for growth. Its revenues, profits, and stock price all performed consistently through this tumultuous period. The authors looked at BlackRock and other game-changing companies--the Mumbai-based global conglomerate Tata Group, and Envision, an entrepreneurial altern...Starting at €8.20
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Invigorating the Practice of Leadership: Aligning Organizational Needs with Individual Capabilities
Thomas, Robert J.Book Chapter HBS-4481BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chapter introduces an experience-based approach to leader development that can help organizations grow more leaders, over a larger terrain and faster than ever before. This chapter is excerpted from "Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader."Starting at €8.20
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The Core of a Personal Learning Strategy: Recognizing and Transforming Crucible Experiences
Thomas, Robert J.Book Chapter HBS-4477BC-ELeadership and People ManagementOutstanding leaders, consciously or unconsciously, devise a personal strategy for recognizing and transforming crucible experiences into lessons that keep them refreshed and responsive to the demands of a changing world. This chapter offers a practical, actionable guide to devising a Personal Learning Strategy (PLS). This chapter is excerpted from "Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader."Starting at €8.20
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Creating Your Own Personal Learning Strategy: A Step-by-Step Approach
Thomas, Robert J.Book Chapter HBS-4478BC-ELeadership and People ManagementA Personal Learning Strategy (PLS) will aid you in the process of learning from experience-especially, though not exclusively, crucible experiences-and it will enhance your ability to adapt to change as a leader. This chapter shows you how to craft a Personal Learning Strategy. This chapter is excerpted from "Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader."Starting at €8.20
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Inside the Crucible: Learning and Leading with Resilience
Thomas, Robert J.Book Chapter HBS-4475BC-ELeadership and People ManagementWhile resilience may be innate to some individuals, it can also be practiced much like a deliberate sequence of moves or enacted like a diagnostic routine. This chapter explores three key moments in the process of resilience. This chapter is excerpted from "Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader."Starting at €8.20
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Experience-Based Leader Development: The Organizational Dimension
Thomas, Robert J.Book Chapter HBS-4480BC-ELeadership and People ManagementA leader's richest and most memorable events-personal crucible events-rarely occur in the classroom, the assessment center, or the performance review. Organizations can tap into the power of crucibles by adopting an experience-based approach to leader development. This chapter is excerpted from "Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader."Starting at €8.20
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Exploring Your Capabilities: Begin with a Candid Self-Assessment
Thomas, Robert J.Book Chapter HBS-4479BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chapter poses questions that will help you assess your mastery of the skill sets or moves that outstanding leaders practice. This chapter is excerpted from "Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader."Starting at €8.20
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Extracting Insight from Experience: Becoming a More Effective Leader
Thomas, Robert J.Book Chapter HBS-4474BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chapter explores the role of crucibles-experiences that lead to a new or altered sense of identity-in the education of a leader, illustrating how crucibles often offer lessons in both leadership and learning. This chapter is excerpted from "Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader."Starting at €8.20
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Leaders as Expert Performers: Practice Can Trump Talent
Thomas, Robert J.Book Chapter HBS-4476BC-ELeadership and People ManagementNo amount of native talent can prepare a leader for the infinite variety of circumstances she will face or the challenges she must surmount. Like accomplished performers in sports, music, or the arts, great leaders practice as strenuously as they perform and seize opportunities not only to learn by doing, but to learn while doing. This chapter is excerpted from "Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader."Starting at €8.20
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How Do You Find What Matters in Experience: Becoming a More Effective Leader
Thomas, Robert J.Book Chapter HBS-4473BC-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do leaders grow and improve? This chapter describes crucible experiences-experiences that lead to a new or altered sense of identity-and more importantly, leaders' reactions to crucible experiences, as central to enhancing leadership performance. This chapter is excerpted from "Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader."Starting at €8.20