Professor Henry Mintzberg on Managers Learning from Each Other

Sometimes the wisdom you are seeking can be found within. One Montreal-based firm has developed a program that enables teams of managers to coach each other. "(It's) the concept of practical learning in a team meeting setting," Coaching Ourselves founder and executive director Phil LeNir said in a phone interview. The program brings together eight to 10 managers for frank discussion about a specific business topic such as branding or strategy - the theory being that managers will learn more by reflecting on, and genuinely sharing, their experiences with each other. To encourage better communication, the sessions are pen and paper only -no laptop computers allowed. The material used to drive the meetings is written by leading business professors from around the world, including prominent McGill University management professor Henry Mintzberg, a founder of the firm and LeNir's father-in-law.

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