Center for Creative Leadership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Managing a multicultural team can be a rewarding experience, giving leaders the opportunity to work closely with employees from diverse backgrounds and offering the chance for personal and professional growth. It’s easy for misunderstandings to occur on a diverse team, simply due to cultural differences. Applied Research Award.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

Today’s most intelligent organizational leaders no longer leverage individual intelligence by constructing functional bureaucracies. Build shared understanding by bringing everyone together in open conversations. Wiki Management is an important book. The best leaders today are increasingly facilitators, not bosses.

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Collins Management Bureaucracy Open-book 282

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

More recently, organizations have played with open office plans and Google and Facebook-esque spaces that include beanbag chairs and basketball hoops, all in a ploy to attract and retain younger workers. Ask yourself what behaviors you want to encourage, and then construct a setting that promotes and supports them.

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Real Estate Absenteeism Construction Open-book 73

HR Digest

APRIL 7, 2024

Measuring these styles in terms of directness and openness as well as pace and priority, the test helps understand the degree to which a person displays the behaviors to give you a simple but comprehensive profile that you can use in further interactions with these individuals.

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Mentor Training Leadership Styles Teamwork 52

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In her timely new book, " TALENT WANTS TO BE FREE ," Professor Orly Lobel challenges conventional wisdom about competition, secrecy, motivation and creativity to reveal how our "War for Talent" is backfiring on our quest for innovation. The leapfrogging life cycle that Kaplan describes in his book is not a step-by-step how to guide.

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Innovation Kaplan Diversity Open-book 126

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Headhunter, Rob Barnett , distills everything he’s learned about getting hired into his new book, Next Job, Best Job. Candidly and step-by-step, with a book chapter devoted to each of the 11 strategies, Barnett teaches you how to: Regain confidence and optimism after a job loss. Tough love through constructive feedback is invaluable.

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How To Open-book Brand Tips 65

Eric Jacobson

JULY 5, 2021

Headhunter, Rob Barnett , distills everything he’s learned about getting hired into his new book, Next Job, Best Job. Candidly and step-by-step, with a book chapter devoted to each of the 11 strategies, Barnett teaches you how to: Regain confidence and optimism after a job loss. Tough love through constructive feedback is invaluable.

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Strategy Open-book Brand Tips 65

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

A maverick band of rabbits, threatened by the spread of industrial construction near their warren (home), start out on a quest for a new warren and a better society. This is the backstory for Richard Adams’s 1972 best-selling book, Watership Down. Adams’s book devoted a full chapter to each story. Champion Diversity.

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Wilde Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing Open-book 150

Lead from Within

JUNE 20, 2017

Recently I was at an event at the Princeton Club talking about my new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. They are brave enough and smart enough to keep the lines of communication open, even when they don’t know all the answers. But heroic leaders encourage constructive dissent and healthy debate.

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Leadership Emotional Intelligence Open-book Power 167

Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

It is important to help them understand that the door to involvement in the enterprise is open and that there are many paths to contribution. This includes having values-driven behavior, open communication, constructive expression of emotion, appreciation for the diversity of skills and interests, and so on.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Get past defensiveness and always look for something useful and constructive in any criticism you receive. The best leaders are great risk takers, because they are open for opportunity. To embrace failure means you’re open to risk and willing to find lessons in mistakes. If you work in an office, leave your door open.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Self-aware Open-book 137

Management Craft

MAY 24, 2011

The talk is about how to create a workplace environment where learning and collaboration happen between diverse people and teams (I call it multi-directional learning). Openness: We learn better from each other - an in general - when we are open. Find it here. Find it here.

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Resources Rogers Open-book Workshop 66

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Application of design thinking to help solve myriad problems that are not typically associated with design is illuminated in a new book through vignettes drawn from such diverse realms as politics and society, business, health and science, law, and writing. He currently leads Building Informatics Group based in North Bethesda, MD.

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Creativity Strategic Planning Construction Politics 73

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Here’s a summary of three studies on how to identify leadership potential: Development Dimensions International DDI has developed a set of criteria that they say will accurately predict executive success, based on their own experience and research, and research by others, including work by Jim Collins for his book Good to Great ; Morgan W.

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Agility How To Leadership Charan 121

Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

ALIEN THINKING is a book about the importance of thinking differently and questioning your assumptions to come up with breakthrough solutions. Our book reflects this notion that the ability to innovate is not a gift but rather a mindset and a set of skills you can learn and improve. Think Different. If so, how?

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How To Innovation Creativity Entrepreneur 112

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Instead of allowing a negative “have-to” environment where employees feel pressure to perform, embrace a constructive ‘what-can-we-do’ approach where they feel free to be imaginative and forward-thinking. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 73

Management Craft

APRIL 24, 2011

The beauty of a well-constructed paragraph. When we don't cultivate our interests, our definition of success gets splintered, scattered, and overly influences by others and then we look for more, buy more, and gunk up our lives with piles of diversions. Feeling of reliability and constructiveness. A focused moment. Clear goals.

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Rogers Construction Goal Film 69

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 19, 2016

When Daniel Goleman released “Emotional Intelligence” in 1995, did anyone think that this best-selling book would transform the role of leadership? Your employees also have diverse skills, talents, and knowledge that could be beneficial to your overall goals. They’re unique individuals who have great stories to tell.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

It’s why I wrote my book Why Leadership Sucks™ … to highlight the fact that servant leadership is the best way to go. What is the number #1 book you recommend for learning how to become a better leader (boss/manager or leading self)? But this post isn’t all about me and only my advice.

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Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Open-book 102

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2011

The Project Management Life Cycle : A Complete Step-By-Step Methodology for Initiating, Planning, Executing & Closing a Project Successfully by Jason Westland The Project Management Life Cycle is the first book of its kind to provide a complete methodology for managing projects. Let them voice their concerns or ideas regularly.

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Project Goal Management Budgeting 56

Lead Change Blog

JULY 11, 2018

5 Lessons for Having an Open Mind and Heart. It’s openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. Learn to gracefully and tactfully push back for constructive reasons on issues that really move the needle. It begets openness, understanding, and connection, too. Tony Schwartz.

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Open-book Construction Workshop Uncertainty 193

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

DO: Respond constructively when someone offers up an idea. Let employees and coworkers know that when they come to you with their ideas, they’ll be heard with an open mind and received with respect. Insist that everyone else practice positivity as well. As pessimism rises, performance decreases.

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Gordon Energy Bottom-up Newsletter 69

Frank Sonnenberg Online

JANUARY 17, 2023

There seems to be little interest in seeking the truth, encouraging constructive debate, or addressing common issues. Encourage diverse viewpoints. Check out Frank’s latest book, The Path to a Meaningful Life. The Benefits of Being Open-Minded: An Open-and-Shut Case. Be objective. See issues from all angles.

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Planning Open-book Objective Resistance 113

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

Both men thought that the industry was stale and too homogeneous relative to the diversity of customers it sought to serve. In 2008, they opened their first hotel, at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, followed by one in Amsterdam City in 2009. Immediately after opening in 2008, citizenM won the Venuez Award for “Best Hotel Concept.”

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Industry Hotels Travel Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

For example, at FedEx (#20), the company actively assists executives in moving between functions in order to accumulate a diverse range of experiences that improve their overall adaptability. These companies recognize that the roles their employees play must adapt to the changing needs of the marketplace.

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Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Because a CEO often effectively controls the director selection process, he will tend to choose directors who are unlikely to oppose him, and who are unlikely to provide the diverse perspectives necessary to maximize firm value. How well this approach to selecting directors will be received by management is an open question.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

Knowing that the organization will keep the door open for other potential future opportunities and is committed to continuously improving its competitiveness as an employer might also encourage candidates to participate and provide their honest perspectives.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly. A professional with proven ability to manage change and work across diverse areas, as required, can be a great asset to an organization. Have you felt this way?

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Tackling the complexity of most significant business issues can take a pool of talented people with diverse points of view. Gates says in his book Business at the Speed of Thought that one of his most important jobs as CEO was to listen for bad news so that he could act on it. Not every problem has an easy solution. ”

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Project Learning-by-Doing Team Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This serves as the basis for his new book, True North Groups , coauthored with Doug Baker , who led HR at Medtronic. The new book is about how to create a great personal board of directors or tribe, along with all the norms, practices, and feedback mechanisms to support your leadership (and life). It is a very timely book.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 17, 2023

Adam Grant's latest book challenges us to question our convictions and embrace the art of rethinking. Grant offers three key strategies: Cultivate a "beginner's mind": Embrace the curiosity and open-mindedness of a novice. The unwillingness to rethink assumptions and beliefs in each case led to negative consequences.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

That activists for one cause are equally open-minded about other issues. Rather than embrace the kinds of Big Picture strategies advocated in this book, the addictive system seeks artificial fixes to organizational problems, such as bonuses, benefits, slogans and promotions of like-minded executives. Feeling of Entitlement.

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Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

Cordoning off diversity and inclusion efforts in a single department signals those issues aren’t priorities, making challenging conversations easier to avoid. One company my firm worked with in the insurance sector engaged in customized diversity and inclusion training over the course of three years.

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Management Diversity Self-aware Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Managing People Book. This should be a rich source of diverse input, not an abdication of the responsibility to the group, and not an exercise in reaching consensus. Facilitate periodic, open 360-degree reviews. In “Open 360s,” each team member gives very honest, constructive feedback to peers.

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Sports Open-book Construction Consensus 8

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Some leaders are strong-willed and autocratic, some are open-minded and democratic, some employ laissez-faire, employee-centric leadership styles, and most fall somewhere in the middle. I was feeling on top of the world as my company flourished; customers were lining up for projects, and I had a diverse and talented staff to uphold my brand.

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Simon Micromanagement Leadership Styles CFO 248

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Two thousand new stores to open in the next year? Constructive criticism and coaching is not without resistance. No matter what it is — designer handbags, sports shoes, razors, or books — there is a cheaper or free version out there. The numbers flying around businesses in China are truly astounding.

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Due Diligence Brand Long-term Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? Competitive Strategy Book. When and how should you implement it? Excerpted from. Add to Cart.

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