Talent Era, The: Achieving a High Return on Talent

Chapter 6. The Growth Rule

Talents thrive in challenging environments that feature grass-roots education for everyone. The more successful an organization is, the more challenging its culture. “Challenge your colleagues, challenge your subordinates, challenge your boss, and challenge yourself” is becoming the new mantra for success. Challenge does not mean humiliation or criticism. It means support and encouragement. Internal challenge helps people to face the tremendous competitive challenges outside the organization. It is difficult to keep Talent without positive challenges. This chapter describes how to issue positive challenges to stimulate growth and discusses the difference between positive and negative challenges.

Positive Challenge

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