Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 19, 2014

As I prepare for my talk next month on how leaders can help their organizations to shift from relying solely on training programs to promoting a continuous learning environment, I’d like to share the following 3 measures to provide some insights on how you can do the same in your organization.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

So much work today is accomplished through a team, and the really tough problems are the ones that require a creative approach, critical thinking, or a team who has the desire and motivation to work harder and smarter.” Usually, people start to step up their game in such an environment or they will decide to leave.”

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Effective leadership is the process of developing a space where people can use their creativity to fill in the blanks and develop new products and services for the market. They look for the talent in their people and give them the environment – a playbook, if you will – that will help them create ideas that can move their brand forward.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 17, 2014

In terms of the long view, this also means that we have to move beyond the extrinsic motivators of fear and incentives and instead, create an environment where our employees are not simply engaged in the work they do, but remain motivated to keep pushing themselves even when we achieve those levels of success we all aspire to attain.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 8, 2012

In most cases, any thoughts or discussions about the role dreams play in today’s business world tend to focus more on innovation and creativity; of how dreams of making a better product/service or learning to see the world differently has lead to so many of the breakthrough innovations that have changed and shaped the world we live in today.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

With so many books, articles, and studies on how leaders can be more effective guiding their teams in today’s faster-paced, global environment, why do leaders still struggle to help their organizations to succeed?

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 23, 2017

Look Outside Your Industry Remember that experimentation is fueled by creativity and intelligent risk taking. All of these experimental initiatives can keep things fresh in the workplace, create a stimulating service environment for your people, and break up the monotony of the daily grind.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 20, 2013

Rather, it involves our ability to inspire and rally those around us to commit their talents, creativity, and insights towards a shared purpose, and then doing whatever we can to help them to succeed in that effort. A few days ago, I watched an acceptance speech that actor Ashton Kutcher gave at a recent teen awards show.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 28, 2015

And this is where taking vacation time become so critical to our ability to succeed at leadership – it provides us with that distraction-free environment for us to reflect and review on what we have done so far , on what we need to do next, and what will be required of us going forward.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 13, 2018

Things like creativity, the ability to problem solve, demonstrated intellectual humility, and compassion must be at the top of the list next to any software or degreed accolades. It should be an environment where employees feel okay to share things like feelings and speak up when something is bothersome, invasive, or misunderstood.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 29, 2016

If there’s one thing every leader out there can agree on, it’s that the way we work has drastically changed over the past few decades, and in today’s interconnected, global environment, that change is now happening at a much more accelerated pace than ever before. and Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Although I wrote it many years ago, it continues to be shared in various social media channels, no doubt due to our increasing awareness of the importance of empathy to leadership roles in today’s global environment. Of course, the interesting thing about empathy is that it’s not that difficult for us to exhibit.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 18, 2014

In leadership circles, we’re constantly on the lookout for sage advice on what it takes to succeed; of what skills, competencies, and/or strategies leaders should employ and exemplify to succeed in today’s challenging, ever-changing work environment.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In this episode, we discuss their research findings which serve as the basis for their new book “ The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work ”. What is the progress principle and why does it matter in today’s work environment.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 27, 2016

It’s only in the months ahead that we’ll appreciate how there won’t be any new performances or new creative works from the musicians, actors and other creative types who passed away in 2016.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 11, 2012

And they leverage their talent both by getting out of the way – giving people broad latitude to employ their skills and abilities in going about their work – and by tapping into their creative ideas. And getting the most from talented employees requires creating work environments that both motivate them and position them to succeed.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 10, 2012

But no matter what the work situation, problems are always challenges to be met with creativity, energy and persistence. This helps create a problem-solving environment that is creative and productive. Some think that problems in a business are evidence that people are doing something wrong.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 16, 2013

We need to be ready to address how they can apply their native talents, creativity and genius towards creating a sense of purpose and meaning both for themselves and our organization. As Dr. Howard Thurman once said “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

And yet, that didn’t deter the birds from trying to figure out how they could make these external changes in their environment into something that would be beneficial to them – in this case, one where they were able to continue to obtain peanuts from this vending machine.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

And in light of today’s rush to just get things done, leaders are not engendering a supportive environment for their employees to learn how they can successfully collaborate with different teams and departments in order to achieve their organization’s shared purpose.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Optimistic workplaces emerge when leaders purposefully highlight what’s right with the environment and what’s possible when finding solutions to problems. What makes such a positive environment effective is that it’s rooted in what unites us as humans: relatedness, purpose, goals, and even meaning. The three symptoms are curable.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Share on Twitter ] “There’s also the added benefit for how using our vacation time to focus on our other interests can help us to flex our creativity muscles, enabling us to discover new ideas and opportunities that we can look into exploring when we return to work.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 30, 2013

Courageous leaders accomplish this by getting out from behind their desk and ‘walking the floor’, listening to what their employees have to say, of how they view the challenges before their organization and what insights they can share on how to address them based on their own experiences, creativity, and talents.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 26, 2015

Unfortunately, while we’ve become more aware about the importance of emotional intelligence in today’s leadership, the truth is many of us continue to grapple with this issue and in the past few years, it has only become worse thanks to the changing realities of leading in today’s faster-paced, 24/7 work environment.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It creates counterproductive limits on our ability to adapt and innovate Those familiar with innovation understand that our sense of creativity rises not in the absence of limitations, but in the presence of them. In other words, our ability to succeed stems not from a perspective of scarcity, but from an abundance of possibilities.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 9, 2015

Instead, it’s a result of our efforts to create a supportive, encouraging environment where our employees willingly commit their native talents, creativity, and insights to our shared purpose because they see and understand the value in making that commitment. This is the difference between these two motivating factors.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 25, 2015

Granted, such questions can be quite daunting if not a luxury for many leaders to ponder given the complexity of today’s interconnected, global environment where things happening halfway around the world can wreck havoc on our strategies and plans here at home.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In today’s faster-paced, ever-changing work environment, the easiest thing we as leaders can do is simply assign people tasks that will help us get things done. So trust me when I say your employees know what their inner purpose is.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It’s a way in which the leader can also create a fun and creative environment in which to operate. It is through the long and strong tree body of our General Sherman analogy where leaders help their people (and themselves) turn ideas into action. appeared first on TanveerNaseer.com.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Unfortunately, such responses can also inhibit your employees’ sense of creativity and with it, your organization’s ability to innovate if the motivation behind this resistance is based on factors other than ensuring the collective success of your team. Consider as an example the current economic environment.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 22, 2014

The numerous studies on workplace engagement have clearly demonstrated that employees don’t commit their discretionary efforts – their talents, insights, experiences and creativity – to our shared purpose simply because of the roles and responsibilities they’ve been assigned to carry out.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Although I sympathize with the challenges they face, and the complexities that now dot the landscape of operating in this 24/7 global environment, the reality that we all have to own up to is that leadership is hard. And it’s meant to be hard.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Although these might sound like fictional plot lines for a movie or TV show that satirizes the dysfunctional nature of today’s workplaces, they are in fact the real-life examples shared by one of my readers about the toxic work environment they face every day.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 22, 2013

This reflects in large part the conditions of how our brain evolved, where our ancestors lived in an environment where it was often critical to one’s survival – and to the survival of those under your care – that we make fast decisions based on our initial impressions of a given individual or situation. Names changed.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 28, 2014

When taken together, these studies clearly demonstrate tangible benefits in fostering a workplace environment where our employees feel a sense of meaning and purpose in their contributions.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 12, 2015

On the surface, what these conversations revealed is the wide range of issues leaders need to contend with in today’s faster-paced, interconnected global environment. Rather, it was because of his drive to provide his employees with the kind of environment where they knew and felt like they mattered.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 28, 2015

It was during one of these creative brainstorming sessions that I got to thinking about the connections that exist between leadership and Jazz. That we demonstrate the links that exist between what our employees do and that larger vision that we all want to be a part of.

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