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Tham khảo tài liệu 'true north groups a powerful path to personal and leadership development bk business_2', kinh doanh - tiếp thị, quản trị kinh doanh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 6 TRUE NORTH GROUPS small groups are consistently rated by MBAs as the course s highlight and one of the most important experiences in their MBA programs. In the past seven years more than 1 100 Harvard MBAs have participated in these groups. Due to the course s popularity the school is considering broadening its availability to all students. Most recently we introduced a five-day version of the course for senior executives. In their evaluations the participants were uniformly enthusiastic about their small six-person groups. They scored the small groups higher than any other aspect of the course saying they were the most valuable part of their experience. It was remarkable that this could happen in just five days especially since they had never met the people in their group before the program. True North Groups have also been used successfully by the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum global corporations and other educational institutions such as New York University and Georgia Tech. Similar groups like the Forum of the Young Presidents Organization have operated successfully for decades. Personally I am very excited about the possibility of many more people creating True North Groups and having similar opportunities for intimacy sharing personal growth and leadership development. DOUG S STORY My introduction to groups was with athletic teams that lacked cohesiveness. As a college player and assistant coach I saw our head coach bring a bunch of wildly independent athletes into a semblance of teamwork. Yet with few exceptions we were never close friends. Then as a young Army company commander I watched my experienced first sergeant recruit a strong team of FINDING DEPTH AND INTIMACY IN YOUR LIFE 7 noncommissioned officers that helped build our unit into an award-winning unit. Away from the job few were close pals. At the Pillsbury Company I was introduced to early organizational and leadership development practices that stimulated me to pursue this .