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Transformational Leadership: 5 Steps to a Brighter Future with Your Team

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He found a creative way to complain about a relationship gone bad, but the words of his song reveal the difference between merely managing people and truly leading them. What did he say?

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Book Notes – Originals by Adam Grant

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One of the things Grant does early on in the book is to point out that everything the most creative minds produce is not automatically great. If you want to boost creativity and originality on your team, you have to cultivate an environment where not only is it OK to disagree, it’s expected. Is it Quality or Quantity?

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Sharpen Your Thinking: 25 Ways to Hone Your Thinking Skills

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In his interesting book “ A Curious Mind ” producer Brian Grazer credits a lot of his creative impulse to the fact that he is constantly having deliberate “curiosity conversations” with people from radically different walks of life. Talk to someone different. Their actions may give you some ideas about how to deal with your own challenges.

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Leading Virtual Teams: 12 Powerful Ways to Lead a Team You Can’t See

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As a friend of mine in the finance industry pointed out, successful teamwork under these conditions is all about finding creative ways to shrink the distance between you and the team. Leaders find creative ways to shink the distance between team members. Click To Tweet. 12 Ways to Close the Gap.

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Space to Think: 8 Ways to Find Quiet in a Noisy World

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If your schedule is already impossibly full, look for creative ways to use the time you do have. A vacant conference room, empty class room, a quiet café, or even the local library can become a temporary mental retreat where you can find the space to get your thoughts organized. Leverage time.

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How to Tell if You Are Sinking or Swimming as a Leader

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As Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic writes for Harvard Business Review , you have to “create the kinds of secure and supportive environments where creativity and productivity thrive.” People look to their leadership for predictability and stability. ” A daily soap opera is not a good sign; tone it down and go for “boring.”

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Stop Yourself! 4 Ways to Grow Your Team by Shutting Your Mouth

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You’ve already defined the problem and now it’s time to do some brainstorming to come up with creative solutions. When they can trust your guidance and believe they have the authority to act, you are teaching them to lead. Brainstorming. Your team is in problem-solving mode. You want to say, “That’s a stupid idea,” because it is.

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