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New eBook—Top 10 Barriers Communicators Face: How to Get Your Leader on Board with Internal Communication

leaderCommunicator

Those trained in communication know that all the benefits that come with effective employee engagement—shared understanding, productivity, innovation, achievement of business goals—can only become a reality when a leader prioritizes communication. Learn how to break barriers from leaders who are: Scattered; communicate reactively.

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The Innovation Formula

Coaching Tip

How do I create a culture for innovation? A new book, The Innovation Formula , is an guide where the latest scientific research tells us very clearly what works and what doesn't. This book aims to remedy that--to give you a clear, practical understanding of what has been scientifically proven to create a culture of innovation.

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Change and Innovation

Coaching Tip

At the root of all change and innovation challenges is a leadership opportunity,” argues Chris Laping, in his new book, “PEOPLE BEFORE THINGS: Change isn’t and end-user problem.”. Three particular conditions have more influence on success than any other: Alignment, Design and Capacity where executive leaders own all three.

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How to Make the Innovation Work

Coaching Tip

Innovation occurs when boundaries, roadblocks and Naysayers are pushed to the side. A book, ORBIT-SHIFTING INNOVATION , explores both the creative process behind innovation, as well as the execution. Source: Orbit-Shifting Innovation: The Dynamics of Ideas that Create History. Unlocking Innovation.

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The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success

Kevin Eikenberry

There are two important things you should know about this book right away: This book is written by a good writer who has been an executive in a Fortune 500 company; so, it is not only well written, but it’s readable and practical. Called the Situation Solutions Guide, it is like having an executive coach always at your side.

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Disrupt Your Thinking

Coaching Tip

Executives are expected to set concrete objectives and create details, step-by-step plans to reach them. This approach may satisfy short-term considerations like quarterly earnings reports, but it produces modest innovation and evolutionary development at best. Unlocking Innovation. Can't Get Enough Leadership , . Fail Better.

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3 Ways to Pursue Productive Failure

Nathan Magnuson

Both the soft cover and ebook versions will be available on October 16. Consider this scenario: Your team comes up with an innovative solution to solve a complex problem in a new way. Or cut ties and incur the wrath of the executive sponsors and finance department. But what about quick failures?