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Develop others

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Develop others

- "Every business is the people business." Larry Bossidy, former CEO of Honeywell and Allied Signal said, "Nothing we do is more important "than hiring and developing people. "At the end of the day, you bet on people, not strategies." CEOs and thought leaders know this and it's backed by research. A recent global leadership forecast compiling the assessments of leading research groups and universities from around the world determine that two of the top five critical success skills are one, identifying and developing talent and two, coaching and developing others. Studies also consistently find that the most talented people tend to gravitate to where they can grow the most. They have the power to choose because organizations are fighting to get them. To sustain success over time, executive leaders need to take a disciplined, strategic approach to attracting, developing and retaining talented people. Here's what you should do. First, develop your people. Over the past 30 years, Gallop…

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