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Feb 2025
27m 50s

How Leaders Can Encourage Learning

Harvard Business Review
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In an age of rapidly changing technology, it’s more important than ever for organizations to effectively support employee learning. Gianpiero Petriglieri, associate professor at INSEAD, has studied leaders who do this well and says they fall into three categories: custodians, challengers, or connectors. He explains which type of learning leader works best in ... Show More
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