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BIF-6: Stunning Sights, Interesting People, Innovative Ideas

Michael Lee Stallard

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit BIF-6: Stunning Sights, Interesting People, Innovative Ideas Published by Michael Lee Stallard on September 15, 2010 06:16 pm under connection culture Life is good! why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. First, some background information.

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Guest Post: Talk is Cheap!

Lead on Purpose

Weatherhead If you’re a business leader, you don’t have to confront tough economic times alone. Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products.

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JUST ASK LEADERSHIP: WHY GREAT MANAGERS ALWAYS ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

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Just Ask” leadership Business schools don’t teach courses on question asking, so leaders typically don’t study and analyze questions the way they would a quarterly report or a performance review. During the first and second industrial revolution, when our educational system was designed, we trained our children to be factory workers.

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Willy Wonka and the Leadership Idea Factory

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Willy Wonka and the Leadership Idea Factory by Starbucker on August 8, 2010 “If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world? Yes, that Willy Wonka.

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Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative

Harvard Business Review

Business is, above all, busy. And maybe it's too busy. In turn, reflection becomes the rocket fuel for experimentation, the lifeblood of high-level innovation, the spark of deeper meaning, and the wellspring of enduring purpose. Let's face it. So throw Frederick W.

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What's Your Default?

Harvard Business Review

In another business practically synonymous with defaulting on the dreams of its customers, ING Direct grew to be one of the largest and most successful online banks over the last decade on the basis of its zealous advocacy for savings even in the midst of the decade of debt. That's because there is no place to hide.