Insights
October 1, 2026
Taking initiative is more than doing things without being asked. Research on more than 15,000 individual contributors identifies six behaviors the best initiative-takers share,
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June 3, 2026
Episode Description Why do so many capable professionals overestimate their effectiveness at work? And what are the hidden behaviors quietly limiting trust, credibility, communication,
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January 4, 2023
Details Executives in every company we work with express concerns about their ability to attract and retain managerial talent. The solutions for most organizations
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Details Are the individual contributors in your organization leaders? Are their “hard” skills the only type of useful skills they possess at that level?
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June 15, 2021
Details When a company needs a supervisor for a team, senior leaders often anoint the team’s most productive performer. Some of these stars succeed
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Promoting the most productive performer to manager often backfires. The skills behind individual productivity are mostly self-focused, while great managers need other-focused skills such
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Soft skills are often treated as optional for individual contributors. Data on over 9,000 of them shows hard skills are valued more, but those
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