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The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

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It helps too to look past typical metrics to see what is actually happening long-term. Dan Honig, a political scientist at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, believes that “metrics can be useful when an organization has a simple, concrete goal such as building a road. Look Beyond Near-Term Targets. “We

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2021

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Most organizations have created always-on work contexts that are burning people out and hurting performance rather than delivering productivity, innovation and engagement. Your personal goals need a long-term strategy. Radical Product Thinking : The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter by Radhika Dutt.

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Employee Engagement 101: Ask the Holy Question

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Increasing shareholder value, company market share, or worker productivity just doesn’t jazz the average worker. As a leader or manager, you have to attend to the goals of your board or bosses and to the career aspirations of your workers. Aligning Goals Increases Workers’ Courage. It doesn’t matter what your company peddles.

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2019

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Learning it is as simple as six building blocks: Customer-Obsessed Business Model, Continuous Bar-Raising Talent Pool, AI-Powered Data & Metrics System, Ground-Breaking Invention Machine, High-Velocity & High-Quality Decision-Making, A forever Day 1 culture.

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When Good Employees Do Bad: Six Surprising Behaviors that May Precede a Scandal

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One would think that a company where employees are encouraged to meet deadlines and rewarded for doing so consistently would lead to super-productivity and efficiency. Staying focused on a goal. But when the goal becomes more important to management than the underlying values of the organization, it can lead to a dysfunctional culture.

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Leading Clarity

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Clarity is the foundational fabric that weaves together dreams, goals, initiatives, concerns, challenges, and triumphs. What are our metrics? When you understand the box it is easier to work and be productive within it. In Leading Clarity , Brad Deutser states that “Clarity operates on the truth that everything is connected.”

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Creating A Culture of Innovation Using Innovation Software

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Targeted innovation programs lead to 96% participation with 75% of employees exceeding engagement goals. Idea submissions can be quickly submitted, assessed and pushed through the development pipeline, which allows products and services to reach the market faster and provides employees with a sense of accomplishment.

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