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5 Most Important Leadership Competencies for Function Leaders

Center for Creative Leadership

They carry titles such as vice president or senior director and have responsibilities for one or more functions — such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, technology, legal, and human resources. They run business units and geographic regions. How well do your leaders perform in these critically important areas?

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Ditch ‘Change Fatigue’ and Embrace Continual Evolution

Center for Creative Leadership

David Altman, our COO, argues for giving leaders and employees a short, sharp shock: In effect, “If you think change is constant now, then you ain’t seen nothing yet.”. It’s also not just about hiring more good engineers.”. Engineers are trained to identify problems and come up with a solution; they are steeped in LEAN and Six Sigma.

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How an Ownership Mentality Supports Cultural Transformation

Center for Creative Leadership

“When we work with C-suite executives and with senior teams in our organizational practice, we often hear concerns about the disconnections between the current organizational culture and the needed culture to implement the future-proof strategy,” our COO David Altman says.

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Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015

Modern Servant Leader

Innovation Advocate. Contact: caduhigg@gmail 9 43,800 5,107 9,706 Clayton Christensen Innovation, Leadership Professor at Harvard Business School. Tweets with occasional assistance from the Fellows at the Forum for Growth & Innovation. 37 103,000 2,813 132,141 Guy Kawasaki Innovation, Leadership Mantra: I empower people.

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To Blog or Not to Blog?

N2Growth Blog

I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. You Know How To Say It : Mark Twain I’m not, but for the most part I can put across a cogent thought. I Think Not.

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How to Capture Value from Collaboration, Especially If You’re Skeptical About It

Harvard Business Review

For example, one earthquake engineer, Stuart, had a career breakthrough when he joined a large structural investigation project led by a team of senior partners in his firm. To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations. You and Your Team Series. Collaboration. Amy Jen Su. Celia de Anca and Salvador Aragón.

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The Hidden (in Plain Sight) Legacy of Steve Jobs

Harvard Business Review

It's true that Apple's success in the last decade has been built on a remarkable string of innovations, which seems harder to "codify." Wozniak brought exceptional engineering chops. For years the firm has been codifying what it does and how it makes decisions, in anticipation of a day like this. Customers should run the firm.

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