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March 19, 2025
Details Building a high-performance team isn’t just about hiring the right people—it’s about leading them in the right way. In this episode of The
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Our research finds leadership effectiveness tends to decline with age rather than improve. Treating leadership as a profession means building a development plan rooted
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Managers rated individual contributors as less productive during the pandemic than before it. Comparing high and low scorers reveals the behaviors that signal productivity
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Research on 160,576 employees shows that neither demanding drivers nor supportive enhancers engage people well on their own. But 68% of employees working for
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Setting stretch goals is one of the most differentiating leadership skills. Research on 113,739 leaders compares two approaches, protecting and challenging, and finds leaders
Read more →January 19, 2021
Leaders who know how to set stretch goals correctly are perceived as significantly more effective leaders, and they also raise the level of employee
Read more →January 18, 2021
Leaders who set stretch goals well are rated more effective and have more engaged teams, but done badly, stretch goals breed resentment. Getting them
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