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Leadership and Work Teams

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Simon Mac Rory: If you work in an organization today as a leader you will lead a team. 90% of what we do in an organization happens through collaborative effort, making the team the most important production unit. In 2016 they termed this the ‘Rise of Teams’ and 2017 ‘The Organization of the Future – Arriving Now’.

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Diverse Teams Help Organizations Adapt To Change

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study from Carnegie Mellon suggests that diverse teams are more likely to make successful pivots than their more homogenous peers. The research reveals that businesses established in dynamic environments tend to have a longer survival rate when their founding teams exhibit greater functional diversity.

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2011 in Reflection

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

2011 closes the first year of my blog. My Top Posts of 2011. 5 Tips to Ensure Your Values Unify Your Team This post explains how to use shared values to resolve conflict and make sure your values really work. Be a Better Leader, Remove Your Self-Imposed Limitations Your team can only be as great as you believe it can be.

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How to Accelerate Team Learning

QAspire

A team’s ability to learn quickly is at the heart of adapting to constant changes. In fact, it seems that constant learning is the only key to agility as a team and organization. Along the same lines, I read Elizabeth Doty’s post titled “ How to Accelerate Learning on Your Team ” at Strategy+Business blog with great interest.

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The January Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2011 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

This month's edition is a special "Best of 2011" collection of leadership development blog posts from many of our regular Carnival contributors. Reason: "This was our most read piece of original content published in 2011". It was also one of The People Equation’s top five most-read posts from 2011.".

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Apply Now to be Recognized as a 2011 Top Small Company Workplace.

Next Level Blog

to recognize "Top Small Company Workplaces" that have built corporate cultures that foster a productive work environment and satisfied employees. The winners will be featured in the June 2011 issue of Inc. Magazine Winning Workplaces is collaborating with Inc. In addition winners will be featured on Inc.'s

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How Being The Underdog Can Help Teams To Succeed

The Horizons Tracker

Research from the University of South Florida shows how leaders can also cultivate this underdog spirit within their organizations to help give teams the confidence to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. To create an underdog identity within a team, the authors argue that the credibility of the leader is crucial.

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