Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is most important for business, the economy and quality of life. I have conducted many diversity audits of companies. I have seen corporate America embrace diversity in many practices, including the workforce and suppliers. Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

In honor of President's Day, here's a two-part guest post from Hay Group's Signe Spencer (look for part two tomorrow): I recently read David Hackett Fischer’s Washington’s Crossing , the acclaimed book about the critical early months of the American revolution, including Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River and surprise attack on Trenton.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a rather quick/short summary of key highlights of 2022 for me: Book Illustrations The year started with the buzz around my friend Krish Shankar’s new book “ Catalyze: Power up your people ecosystem ” that was released in December 2021. The book contains visual chapter summaries in form of my sketchnotes.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The sharing economy reduces the need for as much material and energy to be used in production because we potentially don’t need as many drills, saws, cars, RVs, books, or cars. How are you – big leap that suggests/anticipates/requires tacit or implicit participation.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2017

Bill’s Books Motivate and Inspire. This month, Bill will be releasing his latest book, A Leadership Kick in the Ass: How to Learn from Rough Landings, Blunders, and Missteps. This book covers how even the best leaders — in fact, most of the best leaders — start out as decidedly bad ones.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 22, 2012

I recently participated in two very different but similar meetings. The diverse group challenged my thinking. The meeting participants were energetic and courteous. They were very open to learning from the other group members. They were very open to learning from the other group members. Guest post by Dr. Andrew L.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2022

Imagine an oil industry executive having a long, relaxed, open conversation with an environmental activist. I was sitting in the meeting room waiting for the participants to return when Hugo entered, looking stunned. Enabling voluntary personal sharing helps diverse teams work together through their differences.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 25, 2020

Choose the next participant / actor. Tell others in group what the CATEGORY is (movies, books, songs, etc.). Tell them that you are going to play a song, and when it is over they must have sent you a picture of their open fridge ; ). Take-away: discuss diversity, everyone different, we are a product of what we consume. . .

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Mark Sanborn

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Four Benefits of Wonder Ignites Curiosity: Wonder sparks our innate curiosity, opening our minds to new possibilities and encouraging us to explore the unknown. Fill your living space with books, art, or photographs that inspire awe and spark your imagination. And ultimately, wonder makes a leader more effective.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 23, 2018

J AMES KOUZES,, Barry Posner and Deb Calvert have taken the ideas from the classic leadership book, The Leadership Challenge and asked, “What if sellers behaved as leaders?” Your buyers want you to inspire and motivate them while giving them an opportunity to participate in creating something extraordinary. Enable Others to Act.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Marcella considers: “ Engage – travel guide for change adventurers, is a great book for anyone looking at organizational change. Randy shares: “ Teams with a high “conversational capacity” can have open, balanced, non-defensive dialogue about tough subjects and in challenging circumstances.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Equity , the new book by Minal Bopaiah , is a timely guide to help leaders create more inclusive organizations using human-centered design and behavior change principles. The book is based on research and provides engaging, real-world examples for taking impactful next steps. She shares, “ equality is when everyone has the same thing.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 19, 2011

According to research from the book Why Woman Mean Business , women now represent a majority of the talent pool, a majority of the market, and better gender balance in leadership yields better corporate performance. There’s a “Diversity” strategy driven from one office, and a succession planning and development strategy driven by another.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 24, 2022

Equity , the book by Minal Bopaiah , is a timely guide to help leaders create more inclusive organizations using human-centered design and behavior change principles. The book is based on research and provides engaging, real-world examples for taking impactful next steps. She shares, “ equality is when everyone has the same thing.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Equity , the book by Minal Bopaiah , is a timely guide to help leaders create more inclusive organizations using human-centered design and behavior change principles. The book is based on research and provides engaging, real-world examples for taking impactful next steps. She shares, “ equality is when everyone has the same thing.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Equity , the new book by Minal Bopaiah , is a timely guide to help leaders create more inclusive organizations using human-centered design and behavior change principles. The book is based on research and provides engaging, real-world examples for taking impactful next steps. She shares, “ equality is when everyone has the same thing.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Often overlooked by great leaders is that very successful organizational level innovation requires a willingness to take risks, cultural openness to external ideas, and a structure to protect non-traditional ideas as they develop and prove value through proofs of concept testing. In some industries that is daunting.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Equity , the new book by Minal Bopaiah , is a timely guide to help leaders create more inclusive organizations using human-centered design and behavior change principles. The book is based on research and provides engaging, real-world examples for taking impactful next steps. She shares, “ equality is when everyone has the same thing.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 11, 2016

It’s open to anyone who would like to join. Speed Meet – Participants come away energized and enthusiastic from this opportunity to interact with colleagues whom they see around the office but don’t really know. Here are six programs the culture committee created that help make everyone at ABC News feel like part of the team.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 4, 2016

My latest book, Triggers, was a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. This year, the editors at Amazon.com listed my books, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers as two of the top 100 leadership and success books ever written (in their ‘to read in your lifetime’ series). Link here.).

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The idea that saves the business $10 million may come from a production line supervisor; the concept that opens up an entirely new market for your products might come from a junior sales rep. Written as a business book, there are a number of key lessons on how leaders, at any organizational level, can bring great ideas to the surface: 1.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Book your place here! All leaders should commit to these actions.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 18, 2014

"It is only when you start to identify what is typical in your culture, but different from others, that you can begin to open a dialogue of sharing, learning, and ultimately understanding." And, that''s why Meyer wrote her new book, The Culture Map. Thanks to the book''s publisher for sending me a copy of the book.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 2, 2015

"It is only when you start to identify what is typical in your culture, but different from others, that you can begin to open a dialogue of sharing, learning, and ultimately understanding." And, that's why Meyer wrote her book, The Culture Map. It's a fascinating read.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 20, 2014

Managing a remote workforce will require application of a diverse set of techniques and mediums to get a task accomplished. For open-source developers, there’s GitHub , where they can collaborate on, review and manage code. This helps foster better decision-making and a greater degree of participation from members. Be reachable.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Application of design thinking to help solve myriad problems that are not typically associated with design is illuminated in a new book through vignettes drawn from such diverse realms as politics and society, business, health and science, law, and writing. Expanding the politics of civic engagement.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2015

There is often not enough diversity to enable maximum creativity and unrestricted solution options. Agendas and goals are often established with less than the full set of essential participants. Gender, age, and ethnic diversity are necessary. Since researching and writing my new book (Free download What? Therefore, 1.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

ALIEN THINKING is a book about the importance of thinking differently and questioning your assumptions to come up with breakthrough solutions. As a junior researcher, I had the unenviable task of collecting saliva samples from dozens of participants. It’s a metaphor for approaching problems with an open mind and a fresh perspective.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

Silicon Valley has a problem when it comes to diversity — and everybody knows it. The diversity problem is even starring in a popular show on HBO, Silicon Valley. Ethnic and gender diversity are important to business, we are assured, because they promote the kinds of product and process innovation that boost the bottom line.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

5 Second Prize Winners will receive a two-pack of my leadership books – Remarkable Leadership and #LeadershipTweet – signed and sent to you right before Christmas! (a In this post I mentioned that the nominees all agreed to participate in this event – by promoting it, providing a guest blog post, hosting a post and more.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The participants were told they had been selected for a pilot program before the business was to be opened to the public. Some participants interacted with a version of the website that used exciting, amped-up marketing language. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies. Very, very smart.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Meetings Reflect and Reinforce Organizational Culture In his book, Holography , Fouad Sabry writes, “When a hologram is cut in half, the whole scene can still be seen in each piece. Participants text/e-mail, take phone calls, and wander in and out of meetings. Participants cut each other off and engage in side conversations.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Soon, I will share my pick for the Best Leadership Book of this year (2022). In the meantime, here's a reminder of what I selected as the Best Leadership Book of 2021. Flashback : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2022

Today, we flashback to 2021 : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. I selected this book because the book is easy to read, incredibly engaging, and is filled with inspirational and powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Companies that have gender-diverse leadership deliver better financial performance than companies that do not – so addressing the gap was not just the right thing to do; it made business sense as well. Be an open book. More than 2,000 managers, senior directors and vice presidents globally have participated so far.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It serves vastly diverse populations: toddlers and caregivers, new immigrants, lifelong learners, famous novelists, and scholars. How to provide hyper-local services tailored to the diverse needs of its patrons while also upholding a consistent and high standard of service? Shared Spaces.

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