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Turning Observation into Innovation

Leading Blog

It’s why companies like Google and Intel have called upon corporate anthropologists to bring give them fresh perspectives on their own businesses. Corporate anthropologists, like traditional anthropologists, explains Andi Simon in On the Brink , look “at a company as a new and unfamiliar culture” to arrive at fresh insights.

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Building Trust Through Behavioral Integrity

Great Leadership By Dan

Chris Edmonds : Cornell University professor Dr. Tony Simons’ powerful article, “ The High Cost of Lost Trust ,” appeared in the Harvard Business Review in 2002. Simons’ team defines behavioral integrity as “managers keeping their promises and demonstrating espoused values.” Guest post from S. Significantly higher profits!

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2018

Leading Blog

Great Mondays : How to Design a Company Culture Employees Love by Josh Levine. The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek. Master Your Mind : Counterintuitive Strategies to Refocus and Re-Energize Your Runaway Brain by Roger Seip and Robb Zbierski. Ninja Future : Secrets to Success in the New World of Innovation by Gary Shapiro.

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4 Ways Smaller Companies Can Attract Great Talent

Let's Grow Leaders

There are four main reasons my MBA students give me for wanting to work for the big guys versus a smaller company: prestige, salary/benefits, room for upward mobility, and security. When I ask these candidates, “Why would you consider leaving (insert prestigious, high-paying, great benefits, relatively secure company name here)?”

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16 New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Your Work Performance.

Career Advancement

Simon wanted to have an extremely productive upcoming year. This is the plan that I completed with Simon and other clients over the years. How did it benefit the company? Quantify them and remember how they added value to the company. ~Tom Peters. Then you’ll come back to a clean organized office for less stress.

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A Productive Rant About Leadership and Organizational Development

Sales Wolf Blog

I have a healthy respect for the ideas of Simon Sinek (and other leadership gurus like him). It takes more than sound bites like "people leave managers, not companies" to shape sustainable performance. A clearly well-spoken and self-described optimist, Sinek without question is passionate.

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Leadership the AirBnb Way

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Around 2007, Simon Cooper was the CEO of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, where I was working with their senior leadership team. Simon and I were exploring how Ritz-Carlton could adapt to meet the needs of changing luxury travelers without losing the company’s legacy customer base. When I looked into it, I.

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