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Build an A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve

19 Ratings

4.3

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4H 4min
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English
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Economy & Business

The best bosses know this, and they know how to make it happen by thoughtfully designing people’s jobs around the skills they have today as well as the skills they'll need to be even more valuable tomorrow. That's how entire organizations stay competitive in an unpredictable, rapidly changing business environment. In this book, Johnson explains how to become one of those bosses and how to build your A-team.

© 2018 Harvard Business Review Press (Audiobook): 9781982701932
© 2018 Harvard Business Review Press (Ebook): 9781633693654

Release date

Audiobook: 1 May 2018
Ebook: 1 May 2018

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