A
Ability to learn: competitive advantage of, 190;
engagement process and, 190–193; equation
for assessing, 66–67; fostering individual,
67–70; organizational, 65–78
Abrams, C., 271
Accenture Institute for Strategic Change, 151
Accountability: executive, 137, 144; expectations
for, 137; in financial service firms, 318–319;
responsibility for, 41, 48; in supply alliances,
87–88
Achievement dimension, 303–304
Action: in authentic leadership, 147–159; engage-
ment and, 231; inconsistency of beliefs with,
151–153, 159, 186, 192; learning and, 185–193,
258–259; learning leaders for, 185–193
Action learning, 168, 258–259
Actionable suggestions, 129
Activities, social, 262–263
Adaptation: informal learning for, 92–93; in
learning cycle, 70
Affirmation, value of, 35–36
After-action review (AAR), 164–165, 271–273,
279
Ageless Learner, 101
Agency, human, 69
Aging population, 235
Albertsons, 83
Alepin, L., 147, 159–160
Alliance for Strategic Leadership (A4SL), 26,
145, 174
Alliances, supply, 79–89. See alsoSuppliers;
Supply relationship management
AlliedSignal, 44
Amazon.com: best sellers on, 26, 149; book rec-
ommendation system of, 27, 28; online supply
relationship with, 82
Ambiguity, executive leadership and, 141–142
American culture: explicit, codified knowledge
versusimplicit knowledge in, 15–16, 56–57;
individual versusteam knowledge and, 14–15;
medical biases of, 312–313
American Productivity and Quality Center, 44
American Society for Training and Development,
218
Analogies, 29, 34, 275Andrew Sobel Advisors, Inc., 229
Animal Farm, 41
Apple Computer, 189
Application: challenges of, 115, 122; knowledge
mapping model for, 113–120; to leadership
development and guidance, 121–132
Apprenticeship, 46–47; augmenting, with formal
leadership development, 321–330; in financial
service firm, 320–323
Argyris, C., 147
Arrogance: CEO, 172; as obstacle to learning, 179
Arthur Andersen, 304
Artificial intelligence, 259–260
Asking questions. SeeQuestion asking
Assumption framing, in learning cycle, 188,
189, 190
AT&T, 181
Attention span, 172
Attributes, of successful leaders, 135–144
Authentic leadership, 147–159; belief systems
of, 197–200; self-examination for, 149–150;
taking action for, 150–153
Authenticity, of success stories, 244
Authoring of content, rapid, 6, 7–8
Automation, expanding the boundaries of, 31–32
Automobile electronics, 115
Autonomy, for knowledge creation, 58–59
Aviation systems, 301–303
B
Babson College, 281–282, 284–288, 289, 290
Bailey, G., 42
Barnes & Noble, 27
Beck, J. C., 239
Behavior guidance and support systems, 123–132,
301–307
Behavioral change: affirmation and, 35–36; mech-
anisms of, 289–290; motivating, for knowl-
edge management initiatives, 238–239, 256,
261–263; practice and, 123–124; storytelling
and, 237; toward authentic leadership,
150–159
Behavioral dimension of goal attainment,
303–304
Behavioral language, 275
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