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Specific Actions To Take – Response To McKinsey’s Article “Why Leadership Development Programs Fail” Part 2

May 23, 2014 by Jim Warren

The McKinsey Quarterly found that its original “Why Leadership Development Programs Fail” publication had the highest readership of all in the 1st Quarter of 2014, and so re-published it a 2nd time. Prior to publication, their survey of about 500 CEO’s had found that 2 out of 3 rated Leadership Development as their top priority, […]




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Response to McKinsey’s Article: “Why Leadership-Development Programs Fail” Part I

February 21, 2014 by Jim Warren

The McKinsey Quarterly recently published an insightful analysis on “Why Leadership-Development Programs Fail.”  The authors cite four major problem areas and organize their comments around them: 1) Overlooking context; 2)  Decoupling reflection from real work;  3) Underestimating mind-sets;  and 4) Failing to measure results. I basically agree with the problems they identify, and my response […]




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