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Developing People

A man should never be appointed to a managerial position if his vision focuses on people’s weaknesses rather than on their strengths.

—Peter Drucker, Drucker Management

We are all very ignorant. What happens is that not all ignore the same things.

—Albert Einstein

Learn as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow.

—Charles Chaplin

One of leadership’s most powerful tools is knowing how to connect a team’s challenges to each individual’s professional and personal development. That means turning experiences that they’re willing to have into learning opportunities: “If you do this a certain way, you not only contribute to the team’s success, but you will learn this or grow professionally in this way.” ...

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