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Four Driving Wheels of Face-to-face Leadership

Half a year ago James successfully recruited a management trainee for his marketing department through strict processes of interview and abundant reference checks. This girl named Jenny was open-minded, proactive and aggressive. James found that she was just the kind of high-potential talent he wanted to hire.

After Jenny completed her three-month induction training, James went out of his way to appoint her as the sales assistant of Tom, his regional sales manager. What James wanted to achieve was to cultivate and discipline Jenny at the grassroots level. As James had to study abroad in a three-month leadership training camp, he hadn’t inquired with Tom about Jenny’s progress because of his ...

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