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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

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Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Rebecca Kearley presents This assault on workers rights will kill innovation | Professional Manager posted at Professional Manager. Anadi Upadhyaya presents Is there a magic pill to fix behavioral issues at work?

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New Study IDs Best Companies for Leadership?, Innovation

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I don't remember seeing innovation highlighted in previous results - were those new questions? Susan : Yes, there was a new set of questions added this year around the theme of innovation, based on what we're hearing and seeing about it's importance. Note: I've paraphrased Susan's responses. Dan : What's new in this year's findings?

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Leadership Comes in Many Forms. Helping Business Save the Earth.

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Innovating O ur Way to Sustainability , we assert that to address these challenges requires substantial, disruptive innovation across a wide number of sectors. Such innovation cannot and will not happen without the active involvement of the business community. Innovation is more than invention. And the list goes on.

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Ready, Set, Enable

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Grant appropriate authority: It’s important for managers to provide employees with explicit decision-making authority, encourage them to come forward with innovative suggestions for improving the organization, and reinforce employee creativity by appropriately translating ideas into action. Identify support gaps.

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5 Big Ideas: What’s Next for Leadership Development?

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So when I came across CCL’s 2011-2012 Annual Report called What’s Next for Leadership? Innovation is important in any profession, and leadership development is no exception. Network analysis may change the way we assess leadership potential, lead change, recruit and retain, innovate, and how we collaborate to achieve results.

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Leaders vs. Managers

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Note: today, 10/28/2011, is the 4 year anniversary of Great Leadership. A community (or nation) that rates high on conformity is less likely to be adaptive, innovative, and probably even viable. His emphasis on ten new technological innovative streams has yet to prove as financially successful as Welch's legacy. Approaches?

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Leading in a New Direction - 3 Techniques for Thinking up New Business Ideas

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Here's a guest post from entrepreneur Duncan Murtagh," an Irishman living in Taiwan, who has been to New Hampshire several times": How can we move past the tough times of 2011 to a more profitable 2012? Well we could start by coming up with some new ideas to drive revenue growth.

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