It is fairly typical to find that leaders are not very skilled at reflecting on themselves as practitioners: i.e. climbing onto a metaphorical balcony so they can observe themselves in action.

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The July-August issue of the Harvard Business Review has published the results of a fascinating four year study undertaken by Christian Stadler and his colleagues. They have produced the European equivalent of what have now become commonplace studies into what makes great American companies great. The main findings (which they call the four principles of enduring success) of Stadler and his colleagues’ research took them by surprise.

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