Teaching Smart People How to Learn

by Chris Argyris

Book Overview

Why are your smartest and most successful employees often the worst learners? Likely, they haven't had the opportunities for introspection that failure affords. So when they do fail, instead of critically examining their own behavior, they cast blame outward-on anyone or anything they can. In Teaching Smart People How to Learn, Chris Argyris sheds light on the forces that prevent highly skilled employees for learning from mistakes and offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1422126005
• ISBN13: 9781422126004
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 6.5"