Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress? We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

No matter what industry or organizational structure—business, politics, nonprofit, religious, entertainment or sports—examples abound where leaders have violated their trusted role and experienced a public downfall. Often leaders are described by action words such as “results-oriented, innovative, driven and visionary”.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 21, 2020

Great leaders recognize that business success is a team sport and they cannot do it all for themselves. There is little or no opportunity for the team member to provide any creativity or innovation to the process, and often learning is limited. “We need to get rid of rules – real and imagined – and encourage independent thinking.”.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 27, 2014

Chief Executive Officer, N2Growth. Basketball is a sport where the most talented teams don’t always win but those that create a culture of leadership almost always do. By Brian Layer. March Madness resumes tonight and in a pressure packed weekend of excitement, the Sweet Sixteen will shrink to the Final Four.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. They master challenges with a characteristic approach, and echo the habits of renowned innovators and entrepreneurs. Diversity and complementary skill sets are key. How do we know?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

How to Create a Culture of Innovation from @Ex2Lead. The Decline of Teamwork in Sports by @patricklencioni. How Executives Can Inspire A Culture That Motivates Millennial Sales Leaders by @DanitaBye. 7 Ways to Tell If You’re a Boss or a Leader by @RandyConley. Can You Pass the Fitzgerald Test?

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Coaching Tip

JULY 25, 2016

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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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2017

But, the backstory of the man behind the famous pistol is a portrait of an innovation leader in action. We can thank Sam for starting a chain reaction that today produces smartphones, IBM Watson’s, and Tesla electric sports cars that can accelerate as fast as a Ferrari! Innovation Leaders Relentlessly Traverse Challenge.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 22, 2023

What are the three elements of innovation? Eggers & Kettl : Innovation takes funding, regulating, and doing. But, most of all, innovation requires creative thinking to catalyze networks of action that focus on producing the outcomes we want. Eggers & Kettl : Making policy work isn’t a spectator sport.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The principle can be used in science, economics, quality control, sports, and management to name a few. Sports: 20 percent of the members on your roster determine 80 percent of team’s success. One frequent mistake of change management occurs when executives demand change of others and none of themselves. A Long Ride.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on October 28, 2010 02:58 pm under connection culture , employee engagement , knowledge flow A participant in a recent session Jason Pankau and I were teaching on Connection Cultures and employee engagement shared that she connects with her sons by talking about sports. why is everyone smiling?

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Six Disciplines

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Welcome to the November issue of the Strategy Execution Newsletter from Six Disciplines. Think about it: all professions (sports, music, art, entertainment, education, architecture, to name just a few.) SUBSCRIBE TO THE STRATEGY EXECUTION NEWSLETTER: Subscribe here. Six Disciplines Execution Revolution.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Or, it could be used poorly – just ask executives at Sports Illustrated who were recently terminated for their misuse of AI tools. Idea Generation: Struggling to come up with ideas for a team activity, product innovation, or rewards? Like any tool, AI can be used to great benefit for you and your stakeholders.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” Like a sports scorecard, competitive spirit demands measurement and accountability of performance. Live a culture of innovation.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

Learning how the most innovative leaders step back and see the big picture, assess the underlying issue, and then approach the solutions in a systemic, realistic way helped me see things in an entirely new way. Unorthodox thinking is required throughout the innovation process.”. That finding has stuck with me.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 1, 2018

Life and Work Experience Everything from first jobs to playing on sports teams to boy scouts give us real life experience and skills. He would hire people who were already skilled and give them the authority and responsibility to take ownership of tasks they could execute with more expertise than he could. Don’t try to do everything.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2016

As an executive coach, I had the opportunity to interview colleagues and direct reports of an executive I was coaching in a major organization. In fact, in this state, we are more focused on surviving and don’t have access to creative and innovative ideas for change. He would then take a breath and shift to being more open.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

They not only empower their teams to think creatively and be innovative, but they also actively encourage and support it. One of the best descriptions of that reality in professional sports was provided years ago by Bum Phillips. At the time, Coach Phillips was the head football coach for the Houston Oilers.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 16, 2014

The ability to become the best at their sport was there all along; it just needed someone to help it along. As you think about the upcoming Olympics, consider how many of those athletes had a coach or mentor who tapped into their unused potential to guide them to becoming world class.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 10, 2019

Guest post by Jamie Anderson and Gabor George: Truly creative leaders tap ideas from all ranks, and are typically skillful at fostering innovation. Up until recently Elon Musk’s eccentricity and wacky sense of humor have been seen by most as a reflection of his genius, being a maverick innovator and business leader.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Priscilla writes: “ Learn how to leverage four steps in charting a CERTAIN future for your team: Sharing vision and values, Inspiring innovation, Communicating with clarity, and Engaging and enabling. If change is so critical, why do many of those same leaders struggle to execute the very transformations they promised?”

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Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I asked executive and super-networker Vala Afshar if he thought there were any common traits or patterns that could be ‘taught’ or encouraged for networking. But let’s face it — Providence, RI, where Sidney lives, is not exactly a professional sports powerhouse. Sidney’s compassion, drive and entrepreneurial savvy are contagious.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

If you’re frustrated by your organization’s current strategic planning and execution processes or the outcomes from that work, you’re not alone. Clearly, it’s time to reconsider how your organization goes about developing and executing strategy at all levels.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 1, 2012

The difference to conventional branding is this: “cult” imagery and the “buzz” created by breakthrough marketing execution that continues to drive Red Bull’s distinctive image. . Then as sales grew, he leveraged the growth and invested in Red Bull sponsored sports and entertainment events directed at young urban professionals.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up. It requires zero talent to be present mentally and physically. I Think Not.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Perhaps, but that’s how most managers and executives I work with see it…. And it is managers’ ability to innovate, collaborate and adapt to a constantly changing environment that are the leadership skills we most need to develop. The Coach Just like in professional sports, leadership development requires a superb coach.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Sure it would…Likewise, if I drove up in a new Bentley, wearing a $3,000 custom tailored suit, sporting a fresh manicure, a GQ hair-cut, and with an attitude of arrogance, wouldn’t that also color your opinion of my ability? While I have a few swiss watches, my Timex Ironman is still my favorite. I Think Not.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 20, 2016

Today, the Nespresso innovation generates $5+ billion in new revenue. Great strategies guide short-term execution. In keeping with Red Bull’s image, every event goes to the extreme, from thrilling space jumps to daring sports stunts. Promotions that drive short-term sales ought to be connected to the brand’s positioning.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 11, 2011

Executive coaching has become as accepted (in Fortune 1000 businesses) as sports coaching is on the athletic field. What is the ROI of executive coaching? This research was cited by Fortune Magazine as representing strong confirmatory evidence supporting the effectiveness of executive coaching. Cultivating innovation.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2010

This is the career record of Larry Gelwix, coach of the Highland High rugby team (Salt Lake City) for more than three decades. This team was featured in the recent movie Forever Strong.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. I have witnessed otherwise savvy executives place the need for emotional superiority ahead of achieving their mission (not that they always understood this at the time). I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : Leadership is a contact sport and it’s often messy. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The only exceptions I’ve witnessed that contradict my observations mentioned above are situations where a purpose-aligned execution based on the desire to give selflessly in service exists. However, even in these circumstances personal leadership is still at the forefront of the success.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 14, 2021

Hosting sporting events for the boys, for instance. Foster a culture where everyone matters – Far and away the most common form of discrimination at work is the marginalization of women whether from work engagements or social interactions.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 7, 2011

They don’t even have to be good at the sport. In sports, coaches focus on mechanics, conditioning, and strategy, and have ways to break each of those down, in turn. There was a moment in sports when employing a coach was unimaginable—and then came a time when not doing so was unimaginable. The U.C.L.A.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport.

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