Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Develop hypotheses, search for patterns, look for outliers, create alternative scenarios to explain the information you’re receiving. Three of the most valuable assets in communicating are the following four-, five-, and six-letter words: data, trust, and intent. “Do The 6-I Approach. Interpret the Data. Not all data is alike.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 3, 2013

Develop a charter for my team or organization. I’ll involve my team and other stakeholders in the development of the charter, make sure it’s communicated clearly and consistently, and follow-up on a regular basis to track progress, revise, and celebrate achievements. Be more innovative. For 2013, I’m going to: 1.

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 1, 2024

For an I client, highlight the innovative aspects of your product or service. Contact Sean Glaze, an experienced and interactive speaker and facilitator, to make your next professional development day a memorable and impactful success. By using DISC, you can tailor your communication with clients according to their preferences.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 24, 2023

This can lead to higher productivity, better customer service, and increased innovation. They have developed a deep understanding of the company’s culture, processes, and systems, and can pass on this knowledge to others, thereby increasing organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 24, 2016

Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt warning him that he believed the Nazis might find a way to do it. Within days of receiving Einstein’s letter, FDR established an advisory committee to investigate using atomic energy for national defense. Their efforts gave the Allies a decisive edge in the war.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 6, 2020

Perhaps together though, we may develop great solutions. So he's translating a letter and making phone calls informing about the newest location for food pick up in our district. And innovate, innovate, innovate. Virtually everyone faces a new normal today. If you lead people, you face additional challenges.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 16, 2013

Below is one example of a DiSC Team Development activity other development options; Using DiSC to create a shared language of team performance. Development of coaching & feedback using DiSC. Flexing and developing all your DiSC Behaviors. What strategies did the group develop to implement effective solutions?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Join us in this cover story celebration of Liz Ryan, a change driver of the decade, as she unveils the secrets to creating workplaces where authenticity, trust, and innovation thrive. The HR Digest: In your podcast episode “Making the Workplace More Human,” you discuss connecting with employers through a ‘pain letter.’

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Mike Cardus

MAY 23, 2021

Each SOLVED letter stands for a different category of questions and way of thinking about your problem. The idea of disassociating yourself and giving advice to a good friend makes more space for innovation and change. The discussions are unique to each situation, but all follow the same rough outline.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 18, 2023

Develop the habit of reinforcing positives at home, with friends, neighbors, at social activities, and so on. Foster innovation and organizational learning by recognizing good tries, pilots, and mistakes that advance organizational learning, especially if that experience is shared openly and widely for all to benefit from and build upon.

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HR Digest

MAY 13, 2024

This will enable us to be lean, innovative and hungry for the next growth phase cycle.” —Section of Elon Musk’s memo to employees A key source for the Tesla layoffs updates, The Information reported that Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla’s Senior Director of EV charging, and the majority of her 500-strong charging team were being let go from Tesla.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

But it’s the opposite of what’s needed to drive the things the financial industry needs right now – in particular, innovation. Only 53% of financial employees rate their firm’s ability to innovate: at top-performing companies, this figure is 70%. If one thing stifles innovation, it’s closed minds. Willingness to fail.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation.

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Coaching Ourselves

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The chief executives of some of the world’s largest public companies have recently received a letter from Laurence Fink, chief executive of Black Rock. In this letter, he tells companies that “they need to do more than make profits – they need to contribute to society as well if they want to receive the support of Black Rock”.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2023

Amazon are perhaps the prime example of this trend, as customers are mentioned in Jeff Bezos’ annual letter to Amazon shareholders around five times as often as employees are. By providing help and guidance towards those goals however, the leader develops the social ties and support networks to help their team thrive.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Some were shared the Create-Learning Letter a mostly-monthly newsletter that has Organization Development, Team Building, Managerial-Leadership, Experiential Theory application + articles + ideas. DiSC TeamBuilding: Steady Changing S – Steadiness Development Activity. Enabling Innovation. Some of these were posted here.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 2, 2019

Tomorrow we publish my March blog posts in the April issue of The Leader Letter. This “readersourcing” approach revolves around very thoughtful and enormously useful input from over 600 readers on today’s most relevant development topics. The research on how one culture factor (innovation) leads to 5.5

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Modern Servant Leader

JULY 10, 2012

William Shockley contributes to the development of the first transistor while at Bell Labs in 1947. Their work focuses on innovative developments with silicon. Therefore, rather than leave one-by-one, they send a letter seeking support to be hired as a group. William Shockley Unhappy at Bell.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But a letter to an interviewer for considering you for a position is a lot more brief. You might also write a thank you letter to a client for using your service, which might require a few more details on how they can reach out to you next. Remind yourself about what this is all for.

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HR Digest

JUNE 10, 2021

You have aced your job interview and now have an offer letter in your inbox/hand, but you are not too pleased. For example, you can rework the offer on company stocks, more sick leave, travel privileges, a career development fee, signing bonus, company car, tuition reimbursement for children, or an expense account.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 8, 2014

Develop the Habit of Emphasizing Positives – The psychologist Barbara Frederickson found that individuals in the workplace were healthier at higher ratios of positive to negative emotions. They should develop the habit of looking out for ways to affirm and serve the people they lead. Take a page from Churchill’s playbook.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 4, 2019

Tomorrow we publish my May blog posts in our June issue of The Leader Letter. This issue focuses on a few of the many facets of culture development. Bad news averse cultures also kill innovation, initiative, and engagement. Do you attract and retain or repulse and repel top people? How do you know?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2012

Sonnenberg discusses at length, nine critical success factors that need to be built into the organization: Passion that develops commitment to the organization’s mission, values, and goals. An innovative and creative environment and mindset that reinvents itself every day. Understands that trust is foundational.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 30, 2012

Leadership development and failure go hand in hand. By its very nature, development involves trying new things, often in the form of “stretch assignments” in order to challenge yourself and learn new skills. Now, of course, he’s compared with Edison as one of the greatest innovators of all time. Thomas Watson.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Jeff Bezos famously argued in one of his annual letters that he wants entrepreneurs to be missionaries rather than mercenaries, yet the VC-led model pushes founders towards rapid growth and rapid exits rather than sustainable ventures that leave a positive societal impression.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A person can stay on the payroll as long as they “play by the rules” and “stay out of trouble” Often when you find there are no longer innovators on the team it is a sign of a toxic culture. Save reviews and regular meetings for a part of team-building and development.). They simply give up trying.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Employees stay with organizations that care about them and help them grow. It takes an active HR department and research team to keep their eyes on shifting trends in order to find innovative ways to retain employees.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

When markets are down, they become ripe for disruption and roll out the red carpet for innovative services, solutions, and products. Across these workplaces, Katie noticed her strengths and values consistently steered her toward the support and development of others. during an economic downturn? My answer is an unequivocal yes!

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

For instance, in his 2021 “Dear CEO” letter , Blackrock chief Larry Fink wrote that no issue is more important than climate change. With the focus of the world on Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit, the corporate world has been falling over itself to express its green credentials.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

ASPIRE is a new venture by innovation and venture development firm Rainmaking, who run the Startupbootcamp accelerator. Tapping into this vast talent pool to promote entrepreneurship is also a goal of a new venture by the parent company of one of the world’s largest accelerators.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 10, 2019

We then asked them to review how much time they invested last month in activities directly and visibly connected to those culture development goals. Tomorrow we publish my June blogs in the July issue of The Leader Letter. This issue deals with subtle and obvious manifestations of team and organizational culture. Many are a disaster.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As founder and chief leadership development officer at the Kansas Leadership Center, respectively, O’Malley and Fabris McBride have led thousands of people through programs to help them engage in the act of leadership. Leadership position and leadership team are outdated terms from a model that no longer works. Don’t get us wrong.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Cover letters are fading from importance with online recruitment taking priority today but knowing how to write the perfect cover letter is still a good skill to have locked in. What is a cover letter? What Is a Cover Letter? Coming from the source itself, this data might just be reliable.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 2, 2020

In the first of these experiments, the data showed that policymakers were indeed updating their beliefs, after research was presented on the Early Childhood Development (ECD) program in operation in the country. The research provided data on the impact of the program on the target audience. Evidence-based policy making.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve. Developing this ownership culture will be key to our success. I am personally proud of Pfizer’s colleagues. Pfizer people care.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 18, 2012

Unfortunately, productivity and innovation take a toll when workers burn out from a lack of human connection. If you’re not familiar with Lewis, I highly recommend reading Lewis’s clever and highly entertaining book, The Screwtape Letters , about a senior devil mentoring a young devil.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Many if not most of the executives and managers I know have become so hooked on the rush of urgent demands and out-of-control schedules that the prospect of slowing down to review, think, talk, and develop themselves is too anxiety-inducing to consider. ” Tomorrow we publish my August blogs in the September issue of The Leader Letter.

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