Rebecca Abrahams, Author at Harvard Business Publishing https://www.harvardbusiness.org/author/rabrahams/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:14:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Are Your Individual Contributors Falling By The Development Wayside? https://www.harvardbusiness.org/are-your-individual-contributors-falling-by-the-development-wayside/ Fri, 10 Feb 2017 19:13:37 +0000 http://www.harvardbusiness.org/?p=1539 Traditional L&D has always been focused on developing leaders. More often than not, those leaders have managerial titles, and they’re the main beneficiaries of your company’s L&D programs. But the best ideas in a company don’t always come from managers of people. Sometimes, the employees who wield the biggest influence don’t have any direct reports, and these individual contributors (ICs) miss out on development opportunities because they don’t fit the traditional definition of a business leader. Every employee serves to gain from L&D, and every IC deserves the chance to grow and develop his or her skillset. As technology and […]

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