N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

With the constant advancements in technology and research, businesses in this sector require leaders who possess a deep understanding of the scientific landscape and the business acumen to drive growth and innovation. Biotech companies operate in highly dynamic and innovative environments where collaboration and adaptability are essential.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

I N THE PAST DECADE, the corporate world has seen a seismic shift in how it operates. Businesses striving to adapt and thrive amidst these changes must find innovative solutions to the matter of maintaining a robust corporate culture. Teams operating within a strong culture share a set of values, beliefs, and behaviors.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 21, 2023

6 methods and ideas for change within organizations Organization development and change management keep running into, over, through, and around each other. Visual representation of change: Utilizing a process or visual representation to illustrate the operational and people impacts of the change can be valuable.

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Organization Development Succession Resistance 158

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Team Building has to be connected to the team and how it accomplishes its work. Below is an example of a team building program design / agenda and outcomes. This was prepared for a full day of Team Building with follow-up coaching and consulting with management and some team members.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Current Method / Better Way Matrix Team Building Activity. Team Project tool to create shared language of progress & regress. Innovation tool. Every company, team and person has established patters of What, Where, When, Who and How something gets done. Current Method / Better Way Matrix. What do you think?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Mike Cardus

JUNE 12, 2013

Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Problem solvers are required to quickly provide solutions to increasingly complex problems, develop and design new and innovative products and processes – all while reducing research and development time and costs. 1.716.629.3678.

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Innovation TRIZ Workshop Team Building 143

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. The company promoted 5 internal sales, marketing, and existing staff to be “team leaders” of the new product. All rights reserved.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Dimension Time Cost Operator. Dimension Time Cost Operator (DTC) – is a tool for for seeing problems differently exploring ideas of extremes in size and cost. The DTC Operator can work to release Psychological Inertia. Generally the DTC Operator is used in solving more tangible, mechanistic problems.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2019

They typically look at their employees as having separate accountabilities (“John is accountable for sales, Mary is accountable for operations, etc.”) and then wonder why they aren’t functioning as a team. In my experience I have come to realize that few business leaders do.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 20, 2013

Quality Leadership Development from Michael Cardus. I’ve delivered variations of this workshop and talk at conferences and to teams in many places. Highlighting that systems-drive-behavior , there is no special ‘leadership personality’ … Within any team when someone is great at their role people see them as a leader.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I am really excited to be offering this workshop through Buffalo Business First and Canisius Center for Professional Development. Enabling Innovation. Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Join us as Michael Cardus, founder of Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership Inc.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

To read more success stories check out Team Building Stories and the Exponent Leadership Stories. Team Building & Leadership Success Stories. Organizational Development Work. Developing a leadership training program and increased trust in the competence of leadership. Below are two short success stories.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 26, 2023

What can an Organization Development practitioner do to help change a toxic work culture? What can an Organization Development practitioner do to help change a toxic work culture? If you stay as an Organization Development practitioner, be cautious about being used to justify this toxic work culture! ” ( Li, M.,

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Organization Development Stress Process 88

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 21, 2013

I have written about DTC Operator before here and here. Plus I just gave a talk about Innovation Tools and made the PowerPoint below. Innovation Tool: DTC Operator from Michael Cardus. What are some of your favorite innovation tools? Try DTC Operator out and let me know what happens. What do you think?

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Operations Cost Tools Innovation 112

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. The team building program is in conjunction with the Exponent Leadership Process that the Operations teams is involved in with me.

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Team Building Team Creativity Training 76

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2011

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. Situation Marketing team consisted of 12 people. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Case Study Team Building Team Leadership 110

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. A teambuilding program that is fun, and teams leave better than when they arrived?” All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Team Building Skills Team Open-book 119

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Executive coaching and talent development, in general, have been around for a few decades. That’s because while business coaching experience might help leaders develop the skills they need for their job, executive coaching goes far beyond this and doesn’t actually touch the technical skills a leader might need for their role.

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Executive Coaching Execution Self-aware Company 318

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 11, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. Developing skills in effective listening & communication. A list of what the team, as a whole, needs to continue great work.

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Team Building Team Creativity Delegation 68

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 25, 2011

Develop a process for communication and listening. Develop a process for collaboration (information sharing, best practices) within and between staff and departments. Learn about the experience, diversity and talents of team members and departments. Framing common words to develop a shared culture for the school.

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Team Building Team Leadership Content 79

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2012

In Standardization is the first step to innovation , Alan Kay Wrote, “…every team is different. The application would vary greatly if you were running a highly regulated business, e.g., healthcare vs. an innovative internet retailing business.”. For innovation to take place the person traverses through 3 phases of learning.

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Innovation Company Retail Process 111

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 16, 2013

DiSC Team Building & Leadership simulations and activities can add application and understanding to your existing programs. Below is one example of a DiSC Team Development activity other development options; Using DiSC to create a shared language of team performance. Creation of 360 feedback using DiSC.

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Development Team Team Building Training 114

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

AND you need Five Whats and a How to catalyze innovation. When you’re thinking about improvements or a process of things you want to enhance or innovate, generally, you start with defining some of the best hopes you want to achieve. I am Mike Cardus from Organization Development by mike cardus. 5 whys work pretty well.

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Team SWOT Project Innovation 183

Mike Cardus

APRIL 25, 2020

Current Method Better Way Innovation. Face to Face or Virtual Team Innovation Problem Solving. It helps to have a process or framework to focus the team’s work, and see multiple perspectives all in one place. Current Method Better Way with a virtual team to enhance operator training & learning.

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Innovation Document Banking Team 125

Mike Cardus

APRIL 25, 2013

Meeting with a Chief Operations Officer of a Health Care Organization, whose team I have been consulting and coaching. How would you simplify the questions? michael cardus is create-learning.

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Chief Operating Officer Team Team Building Executive Coaching 128

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Welcome to the June 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Team Building. Development. Communication. Jennifer V.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Team Building 373

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 29, 2012

Step 2 Develop Solutions. The one thing rule applies because work systems operate in weird and emergent ways, changing one thing will have impacts up and down the work that are not expected. Your future depends upon understanding the situation and developing solutions. If something doesn’t work STOP IT and try something else.

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Development Resistance Constraint Operations 156

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Thinking Differently – Enabling Innovation :: 1:30-2:30pm. Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Outcomes from Thinking Differently – Enabling Innovation. Creative thinking is a critical skill required by all people within their roles at work. Diminished “stuckness” in your thinking.

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Conference Quality TRIZ Seminar 102

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

Informal training of teams and groups. Application and development outside the classroom and structured training time. People and teams test the change on their own and find what works. Management must be OK with the team changing the steps, as long as the change goal is met you cannot micromanage the process.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

To help you find the best resources amidst the endless maze of information, here are our top podcasts focusing on leadership strategy and development. Whether you’re an experienced leader or an aspiring one, there’s always room for growth and development by embracing more innovative management styles.

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Emotional Intelligence Blanchard Leadership McKinsey 52

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 382

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 28, 2013

When coaching teams and individuals , many complaints come to the surface. These complaints often construct the reality of how the team operates and how the people within the team treat and act towards each other. Michael Cardus is the principal consultant of Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership, Inc.,

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Cooper Resistance Team Building Micromanagement 148

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

This is often referred to as “bureaucracy” and can quickly become abysmally restrictive and frustrating with feelings of; Innovative work thrusts are inhibited. These extra steps delay progress and kill any innovative ideas that you have. Stupid”rules applied by “Stupid” people. Rigidity in Decision-Making. What can be done?

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Innovation Decentralization Bureaucracy How To 110

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 7, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. Team: the need to develop and maintain good working relationships among team members. All rights reserved.

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Team Team Building Objective Learning-by-Doing 145

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 13, 2011

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. Before walking into the operations team meetings, and shooting off ideas that I think would be easy for the other directors.

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Wireless Team Building Operations Learning-by-Doing 108

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share two a few tips on deciding which tasks, and to whom, the art of delegation should apply… As a CEO it is critical to develop a keen understanding of your value to the enterprise, and to further develop an awareness of activities that are dilutive to said value.

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