Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2016

It takes courage for your team members to bring up a new idea or a fresh perspective. By making sure that you are open to new ideas, and that you suspend judgment during the idea generation phase, you’ll be encouraging people to think about things a little differently. Consciously build diverse teams.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 20, 2012

For me, it begs the question: What must we do to change the record… to make sure upcoming generations of organizational leaders have the opportunity to think differently about the work of leadership and management long before they even get their first job? In what way can I champion a positive and collaborative leadership model?

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Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

How do these different modes of thinking affect team dynamics, process flows, idea generation and problem-solving approaches? • How can we use diverse thinking to move from conflict to creative contention? When managed well, cognitive diversity has been proven to pay off,” Herrmann-Nehdi says. “A Team Leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2017

Setting aside social, political, and moral reasons for encouraging a more diverse workplace, there is arguably no better incentive for promoting diversity than the premise that diverse teams and organizations are more creative. But is there actually any evidence in support of this idea? Good leadership helps.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Therefore, collaboration involving lots of idea generation from multiple sources does not work for many projects. The leadership team had done their best to generate solutions to our situation. People were placed in groups of maximum organizational diversity. The charge was to brainstorm ideas.

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Brainstorming Open-book Project Idea Generation 150

Strategy Driven

APRIL 7, 2019

They all claim they have a problem with generating enough ideas, and they’re all wrong. They already have all the ideas they could even need, and so do you. You see, the problem is never idea generation. Because it isn’t more ideas you need, it’s not killing the ones you already have.

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LDRLB

JULY 17, 2012

In addition to these important idea-generating qualities, other skills are equally important when it comes to navigating the overall innovation process given the high level of ambiguity and uncertainty which is inherent when creating business breakthroughs. Boundary Pushing. Pushing boundaries occurs on two levels.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

Not all ideas are going to be good but among them, there are bound to be some great ones that might not have surfaced if the working environment is such that it values censorship over creativity. Learn to encourage and value diverse opinion ~ People look at things based on their own experiences and biases. I think we all know that.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

There are times when you are so close to a project that it creates a mental block for idea generation. It could be anything (such as wearing a silly hat) that signals to your brain that it is time to go into idea-generating mode. Get an outsider’s opinion. Bringing in a fresh perspective can make all the difference.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

We have closely studied three of these models: The Helix Center at Imperial College London, the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic, and the Consortium for Medical Technologies at Massachusetts General Hospital. Scoping projects for success and managing ambition: Interdisciplinary design teams are, by nature, optimistic and ambitious.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

By connecting the unconnected — 360 leadership assessments and help wanted ads — Symanowitz forged an online business that sprouted in Africa and now grows globally. Generating new business ideas that make a positive financial impact takes time. Yet compared to innovators, they just don't do it as often. Shake it up.

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Steve Farber

MARCH 12, 2014

That’s why I’ve asked him to be our official Master Mind facilitator at The Extreme Leadership Summit ). Says Chad, “What if you could organize a group of diverse, like-minded people and engage and organize them for the purpose of helping each other to achieve their goals? He is, in short, a Master Mind master.

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Safe Harbor How To Brainstorming Short-term 89

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Though many organizations already use assessment for hiring , leadership development , team-building , and executive coaching , it has not been extended much to hiring and building better innovation teams. That’s why you don’t want to blindly follow personality types; instead, foster diversity in personality types among your team.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2013

You have to take your idea public, which means entering the "ideaplex" — that glamorous, treacherous place where videos go viral, TED stardom beckons, a thousand new authors publish each day, and think shops like IDEO make a business of idea generation. How does my idea connect with a greater "thinking journey?"

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Companies as diverse as AIG, Disney, and Intuit have been building innovation teams, launching “accelerator” programs to attract promising startups, and giving employees seed funding to test out new ideas with real customers. Number of ideas generated. Kenneth Andersson. Alignment can take a while.

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Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

One key area of leadership skill involves coaching. Another problem that makes people skills hard to acquire is that the learning isn’t well supported by books, videos and courses. I’ve read dozens of books on people skills, and the best of these focus on only a handful of key skills.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Essence of Team Leadership: Beyond Individual Brilliance “None of us is as smart as all of us,” famously stated by Ken Blanchard, captures the essence of collaborative team leadership. In the realm of leadership and coaching, a purposeless meeting equates to a rudderless ship.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

How diverse is the planning committee? Creative new ideas generated. He guides companies through growth strategies, visioning, strategic planning, executive leadership development, Futurism and Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. Does your strategic plan adequately describe what you do?

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