Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 29, 2024

But there’s another kind of workplace conflict that’s not only vital for a vibrant culture, but this kind of productive workplace conflict is also the fuel for innovation, quality of life, and the better workplace today’s teams crave. It’s corrosive and makes work miserable. Who Wants More Conflict at Work? What made it productive?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2021

How to Scale Your Leadership For Lasting Results. What does that mean for your managers and front-line employees? How do you balance responsiveness with productivity? How do you distinguish the truly urgent and important from the noise? Teach your team how to think. What does “regular” mean?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. The problem?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

A seeming no-win scenario is also a chance to distinguish yourself, earn people’s trust, and innovate. Your information will never be perfect. But informed action builds momentum. We would love to hear from you: how have you or another leader you respect navigated seeming no-win scenarios? Own the UGLY. Collaborate.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Although most C-suite executives, mid-level managers, and data practitioners aren’t AI experts — no one is at this pace of change — they shouldn’t implement AI for the sake of implementing AI. This information guides retailers to align their offerings with emerging trends. It’s only a matter of time.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In a recent HBR article, Robert Kabacoff shares his research of 60,000 managers in 40 countries. Managers can learn to be more strategic through understanding, exposure and challenge. Instead invest in your highly talent managers and teach them the art of strategy. How Help a Manager Become More Strategic.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Embracing innovative tools and technologies is no longer optional; it’s a strategic imperative. Here are some ways, AI can keep leaders more informed and effective decision-making. This knowledge forms the foundation for making informed decisions. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

David Burkus, a highly regarded business school professor and author of Under New Management , challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don’t work — and reveals what does. Learn more and register here.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 21, 2023

The ability to foster collaboration among and across departments can significantly enhance productivity, innovation, and overall organizational performance. As leaders and team managers, understanding the value of collaboration and employing the right strategies can be the key to unlocking your team’s full potential.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 25, 2019

Guest post from Alf Rehn: Some say we live in the golden age of innovation, an age ruled by transformation and revolution. Instead, I would argue that we live in the age of innovation crisis. We’ve never spent more on innovation, yet as many CEOs are starting to notice, the returns are diminishing, and the trend is down, not up.

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HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

How to manage remote teams effectively? Here are some hard-won lessons I’ve learned to manage a remote team and turn that scattered crew into a high-performing unit. Here are some hard-won lessons I’ve learned to manage a remote team and turn that scattered crew into a high-performing unit. Absolutely.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 12, 2022

Many investment decisions are made using historic data, so that fund managers are backed based upon strong past performances rather than potential future performances. Research from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management suggests this is a major problem. And two, does this add value? And two, does this add value?”

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 18, 2020

How to Ignite Innovation. Innovation is one subject that each and every one of us should study because its powerful force is available to us if we know how to tap it. It’s no surprise that Tamara Ghandour’s book interested me because I read all I can about innovation and creativity. Everyone is Innovative .

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. One of the assessment tools we use a great deal is the Basadur Innovation Profile.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Utilize management interviews, employee surveys, and even customer feedback , but don’t stop there. Remember, understanding these nuances provides invaluable insights for informed action and a smooth transition. Utilize town halls, email newsletters, and internal social media platforms to keep everyone informed and engaged.

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Lead from Within

MAY 17, 2024

These structures typically have a significant number of leaders and managers at the upper echelons, while front-line employees bear the brunt of the workload. Information often needs to travel through multiple layers of management before reaching the front-line employees who need it. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 2024

“Too often, we don’t find out what’s truly on others’ hearts and minds because we don’t know how to ask the right questions in the right ways,” explains Jeff Wetzler , author of the new book, ASK. Listen to Learn : How can you hear what someone is really trying to tell you. Zip your lip. Respect and benefit from silence.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2024

By fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence, academic leaders create a dynamic learning environment that prepares students for the ever-changing demands of the modern world. They are accountable for devising and executing policies advocating academic honesty, inclusivity , and innovation.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 15, 2024

Gather Relevant Information: As a leader, teach your team the importance of collecting relevant data and information related to the problem. This ensures they have a comprehensive understanding of the issue, allowing them to make informed decisions. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Our September Festival is all about Bold and Innovative Leadership. No one has the words “Bold” or “Innovative” printed on their business cards; but Bill Benoist of Leadership Heart Coaching shares that when you look, these leaders are all around us. Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

To stay competitive, brands must innovate and transform. Some business leaders eager to keep a competitive advantage often invest in new technologies without fully understanding how to harness their potential or fully considering how digital technologies will meet the company’s needs. Transformation is the new normal.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 26, 2023

Here are seven strategies for getting your employees to work better together: Build diverse teams: By bringing together people with a range of experiences, skills, and perspectives, you can create a team that is more innovative and adaptable. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 29, 2022

That leaves leaders still grappling with important new issues: managing different distractions, making information and tools accessible, and keeping remote employees motivated, connected, productive, and engaged. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. How to Succeed as A New Leader. How to Succeed as A New Leader.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2023

A professional career as a business manager, regardless of size, scope, or industry, demands a certain set of skills, unlike many other job roles. Competent managers are able to keep the metaphorical ship afloat, but if you aim to become a successful, well-liked, and impactful leader, there is more to be done.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

It is also an organizational space where top down driven interactions often produce misattribution including misunderstood and misinterpreted information. Moreover, employees who are engaged in the workplace are more open to innovative ideas and new tools. This attitude is a prerequisite for innovation and growth.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

OCTOBER 24, 2023

With a lot of hard work, sacrifice, and determination , Faisal has developed over 20 commercial businesses and technology platforms and drives innovation for the US Government. Dave was head of the Management Consulting Group of EY (Ernst & Young), one of the largest consulting firms in the country. It doesn’t get better than that.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Be appreciative of their creative and innovative thinking, listen to their many ideas, let them multitask, and respect their independent nature. Give them information in increments so they can digest and rework it in their heads. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. How to Succeed as A New Leader.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Same as Ever : A Guide to What Never Changes by Morgan Housel Every investment plan under the sun is, at best, an informed speculation of what may happen in the future, based on a systematic extrapolation from the known past. Many attempts at innovation fail because customers turn out to be indifferent.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 19, 2023

They are information extractors. They pull what they learn about everything—be it product innovation or how to inspire a team—from their lived experience,” adds Lembi. “Great leaders are great students, and the world is their classroom,” says Damon Lembi , author of the new book The Learn-It-all Leader.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 9, 2019

Guest post from James Hlavacek: To improve innovation and growth, knowledge workers must be led, not managed. Today’s knowledge workers gain valuable information from every project and customer. Request suggestions for how to improve processes, what customers are saying, and where communication breakdowns occur.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 18, 2024

What they do not do well is identify the most important hazards and opportunities early enough, formulate creative strategic initiatives nimbly enough, and implement them fast enough.” – John Kotter, Harvard Business School Business disruption, societal upheaval and rapid technological shifts bring constant pressure for organisations to innovate.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2017

I’ve never been a big fan of telling people no, but I’m a huge proponent of the advantages of helping people learn how to get to a yes. The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. By all means ask people to justify their logic.

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Career Advancement

APRIL 27, 2020

Pinpoint the negative perceptions so you can zero in on how to change them, which will help you to build a positive perception of yourself among coworkers, subordinates, leaders, and other stakeholders. How do they conduct themselves at meetings? How do they interact with the people they manage?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Being displaced from their physical work environments, missing their colleagues socially and collaboratively, and losing much of their managers’ usual support, they became increasingly disengaged. They also grew unsure of how to take control of their purpose at work—and in life. Keep people fully informed.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

When FastCompany published 6 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation this last Fall, within the first few days the article received over 2000 tweets from FastCo’s page alone. The reason: their company cultures stifle innovation. Create your own symbols that reinforce innovation values. Why such keen interest in this topic?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

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