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Partnership: A Crucible for Innovation

Lead Change Blog

and The Google Guys yields a strong confirmation that the pursuit of innovation might require a partnership approach, not a traditional teamwork style. We enjoy watching powerful examples of superb teamwork on the court, field or racetrack pit on weekends and think it must surely be the most effective structure for all manner of results.

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A Springtime Leadership Lesson From The Birds

Tanveer Naseer

Although I’ve discussed the lessons on teamwork and collaboration that we can learn from this seasonal migration , seeing these birds in flight over the weekend brought to mind some additional lessons we can apply in how we serve those we have the responsibility to lead.

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3 Principles For Creating Team Harmony In Today’s Fast-Paced Workplaces

Tanveer Naseer

As team life spans continue to shrink in response to faster industry/market changes, how can leaders not only ensure team cohesion, but adapt to the changing team and personality dynamics that inevitably occur when old team members leave and new ones join?

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The Digital Entrepreneur’s New Business Checklist

Strategy Driven

As they say, teamwork makes the dream work. First and foremost, finding your place in the market will allow you to target your primary audience with far greater effect. After all, you still need to produce great products while marketing your goods in a suitable fashion. If they perform well, the business will too.

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

When you find yourself thinking about old-fashioned, out-of-touch, hierarchical, siloed organizations, General Motors quickly comes to mind. She had “an ability with people” and a track record of bringing new models to market faster and at lower cost. They play well as a team.

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Shutting Down Your Business Gracefully

Harvard Business Review

A strong, transparent, and trust-driven culture plays a central role in driving a scale-down decision and in managing the process as the it unfolds. From the day he had opened his business some 16 years earlier, he’d built a culture that valued transparency, trust, teamwork, and creativity. Managing Cash.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. These CEOs are what we call “insider outsiders.” The result was the Booking.com platform.