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This Seems Like a Lot of Work For a Free Banana

Lead Change Blog

His voice is powerful. So please read this post and his book, Raise Your Voice: A Cause Manifesto, if you want to change your business…and yourself. Deb has 20+ years of experience in strategic planning, execution and innovation with manufacturing, service and high-technology companies from large global companies to early-stage.

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Lessons The Avengers Can Teach About Leadership

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With the upcoming release of Thor Dark World and amid the success of The Avengers blockbuster movies overall, there are excellent parallel leadership lessons that can be learned from these Marvel Comics superheroes. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. No related articles.

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Preview Thursday: Intelligent Disobedience

Lead Change Blog

Ira Chaleff is an author, speaker, workshop presenter, and innovative thinker on the beneficial use of power between those who are leading and those who are following in any given situation. He is the founder of the International Leadership Association’s Followership Learning Community and a member of the ILA board of directors.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 6 of 7

Strategy Driven

Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 5 of 7

Strategy Driven

Rather than attempting to replace people, our IT systems, processes, and products should be aimed at enabling the human cooperation, collaboration, and innovation that are essential to growing a business. But a new generation of coordination tools is available, and the innovators of the world are using them. About the Author.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 3 of 7

Strategy Driven

Too many organizations today have created and tolerated a range of practices in which creativity, innovation, and the fundamental expressions of our thoughts and feelings about our work and our futures are ignored or spurned. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, part 6 of 6

Strategy Driven

Leadership Role #5: Managing the Action Cycle. Poor communication of expectations is a frequent source of breakdown in leadership. Despite the fact that these two roles – leadership and management – can be mutually exclusive, leaders are ultimately responsible for the actions of the whole organization.