Mills Scofield

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The Transformative Power of Positive Leadership

Mills Scofield

And the best part is it offers all of us a series of compelling leadership lessons on how each of us can promote positive change in our surroundings-one willful choice at a time. Much like a plant naturally grows toward the light, the fact-of-the-matter is we each yearn to be exposed to positive forms of leadership.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. He’d handle the politics; I’d handle getting the work done with my team. Lesson 2: Light the Fire and Clear the Path.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. He’d handle the politics; I’d handle getting the work done with my team. Lesson 2: Light the Fire and Clear the Path.

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Innovation High-Five

Mills Scofield

By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” Early in 2012, the team created ideas to impact each of these areas and voted on innovation as the common denominator.

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Genecians Journey Into Corporate Giving

Mills Scofield

Just goes to show what great leadership can do! Projects-With-Purpose: Bringing a Community Volunteer Program to Lif e Chatham and Geneca teams at work. In a nutshell, The Little Give teams up Edelman employees to develop PR programs for local nonprofits focused on children and youth. A New Direction for Corporate Giving.

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It's Time We Develop A New Relationship With Work

Mills Scofield

You can find more of Tanveer's sagacity on leadership and the workplace here , follow him on twitter @TanveerNaseer , and keep up on what he's thinking here. In the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egyptologists have found carved in the stone blocks the names of some of the work teams that helped to build this monument.

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Running a Permanent Campaign for Innovation

Mills Scofield

Books provide the courage and stimulus to move people’s molecules around, and when they’re consumed by teams in a deliberate way, the can cause team’s to align to create change – a prerequisite to making innovation happen. May I just say, yes, women Rock! Or come hang with us on Twitter via #StellaFarm!