The Horizons Tracker

MAY 28, 2020

Fear and emotional safety are things that Harvard’s Amy Edmondson has spoken about repeatedly, and nowhere is this more important than in times of stress and discomfort, such as we’re experiencing at the moment. Now, more than ever, it’s important that organizations appreciate their role in society.

Hamel 101

Hamel Leadership Supply Chain Tourism 101

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. Great leaders lead all people under their care, not just those who agree with them. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best?

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Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 412

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

One of the most common questions I get asked by senior managers is “How can we find more innovative people?” Yet in researching my book, Mapping Innovation , I found that most great innovators were nothing like the mercurial stereotype. The biggest misconception about innovation is that it’s about ideas.

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Innovation Team Diversity Creativity 14

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Everyone knows where the organization ultimately wants to go and do. We have to keep up in terms of progress and innovation, but we can’t do it at the expense of good people. The environment, in which the team operates, is more important than it ever has been in my leadership. Proper accountability.

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Team Insurance Environment Resources 54

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 24, 2015

Leaders set crystal-clear mission, goals and priorities that guide team efforts and establish clear operating principles. These structures offer the support a leadership team—and all teams in an organization—needs to be able to truly lead the church. Hartwig and Warren Bird appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Ryan Team Discount Learning-by-Doing 30

Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Claire leads social innovation at Twitter, where she has worked since 2009. Claire holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanford and Oxford, and is the co-founder of Hope Runs , a non-profit organization operating in AIDS orphanages in Kenya. I lead social innovation and run the Twitter for Nonprofits program.

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Press Release Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 53

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 24, 2018

One of the keys to a successful organization is also one of the riskiest things for a leader to do. . Leader, if you want your organization to thrive, you have to be willing to give your vision away to those you lead. Leader, if you want your organization to thrive, you have to be willing to give your vision away to those you lead.

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Reference Advice Organization Operations 34

Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

Tim Magwood ( Leadership Coach & Musician ) I would say being an “agile learner” Things are moving fast in our VUCA world and we need more leaders who are learning WITH their people and helping to create deliberate learning organizations. I just read Multipliers this morning. I am sure you know this book. Where to start?

Leadership 102

Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Open-book 102

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

” Members from each partner organization rate the alliance in areas related to strategic fit, operational fit, and cultural fit. These design differences have significant resource implications for both organizations. Heat degrades the substrate of innovation, while light catalyzes it.” Here’s an example.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Survey Strategic Fit 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

This is a relatively new client, but I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt his positivity sets the tone for the entire organization and has produced incredible results. In all of these cases, the ripple (or explosive) effects were brutal for their organizations. Ron Edmondson This is a challenging post Mike.

Leadership 419

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. “The Processes of Organization and Management” (1998) explains why Garvin and others had grown so interested in using processes as a window into general management. That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author.

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Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Although there’s an assumption that stress and pressure push employees to perform more, better, and faster, what cutthroat organizations fail to recognize is the hidden costs incurred. First, health care expenditures at high-pressure companies are nearly 50 % greater than at other organizations. And disengagement is costly.

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Positioning Productivity Products Stress 8