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Why do so many leadership development programs fail?

Great Results Team Building

Many leadership development trainings focus primarily on reflection exercises rather than changing the leader behaviors. Many leadership development trainings do not accurately define or describe what leadership is – and without a clear definition of your goal, it is impossible to effectively improve or measure.

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4 Habits Of Innovators

The Horizons Tracker

Unearth the unmet needs – Clayton Christensen famously refers to this as ‘jobs to be done’, and it’s a detailed understanding of just what it is your customers are trying to achieve. It’s quite probable that we can repurpose our capabilities to thrive in new ways, if only we begin looking.

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096: Bringing the Lean Startup into Your Organization: Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty | with Jeff Dyer

Engaging Leader

Jeff Dyer’s previous book The Innovator’s DNA, co-authored with by Clayton Christensen and Hal Gregersen, is a bestseller, has already been published in more than 13 languages, and won the 2011 Innovation Book of the Year Award from Chartered Management Institute. Jeff is Professor of Strategy at Brigham Young University and Wharton.

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How to Motivate the Team? How can I Stay Motivated?

Mike Cardus

Hjørland & Sejer Christensen, 2002). Definition of Relevance : Something (A) is relevant to a task (T) if it increases the likelihood of accomplishing the goal (G), which is implied by T. 1 = What is relevant to people on the team. 1: Explain & explore the skill sets and why each person was chosen to be on this team.

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Can You Train Yourself to Be the Next Steve Jobs?

First Friday Book Synopsis

Only Steve Jobs can train himself to be the next Steve Jobs. Here is an article written by Donna Fenn for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. Ignore the dumb title. He remains a work-in-progress, exploring and embracing (sometimes celebrating) whatever intrigues and delights him in ways and to the extent his circumstances permit.

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How Testbeds Can Help Us To Co-Create The Future

The Horizons Tracker

The late Clayton Christensen famously highlighted that consumers are not buying our product as much as they are hiring it to complete a particular job. The event is run on a 52-acre training site, with the venue designed to allow all manner of events to be simulated.

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Life Strategy and Executive Coaching

Tony Mayo

Christensen titled, “ How Will You Measure Your Life? &# Along with plenty of great advice for new graduates he shared some keen insights on executive coaching. Does something here remind you of your favorite quote? Add it as a comment. Get each new post by email.