Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2014

Leaders Eat Last : Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don''t by Simon Sinek. Quick and Nimble : Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation by Adam Bryant. Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January. On the Edge : The Art of High-Impact Leadership by Alison Levine.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World Tony Wagner Scribner/A Simon & Schuster Imprint (2012) Why and how to nurture the creativity of all children As Tony Wagner explains, “This book is about how we can develop the capacities of many more young people to be creative and entrepreneurial.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 25, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Simon Rucker for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * If you want to create a really transformational innovation, you’d [.].

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

So far in our Career Advice series we’ve touched on looking for intersections in your work , and how it can fuel innovation, the strength that comes with asking for help and why work is personal. I hope you’ve found some insights that have resonated with you so far.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 2, 2023

Visionary goals fuel innovation and drive extraordinary achievements. ” — Simon Sinek 3. As leaders, we must foster a culture that embraces failure as a valuable teacher, encouraging experimentation and innovation. ” — John F. Pursue visionary goals. And what you do simply proves what you believe.”

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2020

Many of you might have recently read or seen extracts from Simon Sinek’s new book on the Infinite Game. With an infinite mindset, leaders can build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring organisations that are committed to bringing meaning and contribution to their lives.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 3, 2018

Simon Teague of New Level Results contributed Success is Habit Forming. Simon asks: “ Are your habits good or bad? Find Simon on Twitter at @ simonte. Neal says: “ Elevating the performance of your company, leaders know that employees are creative and innovative with the thinking skills they already have.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Most of us are likely familiar with Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle model , which posits that a company’s ‘ why ’ is its most significant differentiator in the market. Human resource departments are instilling D&I training for hiring managers and discussing their role in hiring diverse employees and creating a culture of inclusion.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2019

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek. These organizations tend to lag behind in innovation, discretionary effort, morale and ultimately performance. Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2019. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. Henderson and Barry C.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The most obvious way is to start by defining the Why of the organization (Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle ) and in a dialog with your team members to determine what the team’s Why is. A team member in an innovative environment will by the very nature of the task need to take calculated risks. Learning, in turn, stimulates mastery.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And this while your formidable organization is innovative, offers excellent salaries and the best perks! Have you formulated your ‘why’ yet (Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle )? And because they’re interesting candidates, they’re the ones who’re easily snapped up by other organizations, leaving you with the leftovers. Empty Promises.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Jim Taggert of Changing Winds provided Leading for Success: How to Create a Culture of Innovation by Following 10 Leadership Behaviours. Jim asks: “ What do we each need to do to contribute to creating a hotbed of innovation in our organizations, whether it’s in business, government, or the non-profit sector?”

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 25, 2019

As Simon Sinek describes it, finding your “Why”. Innovating for the future – the offer of the charity has stood still for five years. The charity needs to set out its purpose, and a session to draft a refreshed vision, mission and underpinning values will happen soon. That will change with the new business strategy.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Spent time with University of Rochester Simon Graduate School of Business PMBA class. Thank you University of Rochester Simon Graduate School of Business Executive PMBA Class. Team Building & Leadership Development. developing a foundation of team work. communication and commitment to the work. 7 Steps to High Performance Teams.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Open Strategy : Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite by Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephan Friedrich von den Eichen (The MIT Press 2021) Why are some of the world’s most successful companies able to stay ahead of disruption, adopting and implementing innovative strategies, while others struggle?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

In his new book The Infinite Game, Simon Sinek refers to these leaders as being infinite in their approach, as they understand that long-lasting success only occurs if they build long-term value for customers, which translates into healthy enduring for the business. In the short term, that is,” he is quoted as saying.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 12, 2013

Facilitated the orientation program for the incoming MBA class of Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester. During my Simon School orientation, I had the opportunity to build my communication skills through small group activities. Thank you University of Rochester Simon Graduate School of Business.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 18, 2023

Research from Simon Fraser University highlights how better support is desperately needed for this vulnerable group. The research builds on a pilot study that examined the impact of interventions targeted at people over 50 in a number of Canadian cities that have experienced a significant rise in homelessness among older people.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek (Portfolo, 2019) Do you know how to play the game you’re in? Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. Schwarzman (Simon & Schuster, 2019) Schwarzman's story is an empowering, entertaining, and informative guide for anyone striving for greater personal impact.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 20, 2015

Simon Sinek has stated that we can only inspire or manipulate. We choose the degree to which we innovate, excite, mobilize and serve others. Character Based Leader Book Arlie Hochschild Character Growth John Maxwell Leadership Mike Henry Seth Godin Simon Sinek' Leadership respects the individual and their choice to contribute.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Srinivas Rao uses the internet to make things, and leads a creativity and innovation revolution while he does. Former guests on the show include Seth Godin, Elle Luna, Tim Ferriss, Gretchen Rubin, Simon Sinek, Adam Grant, and Danielle LaPorte.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 23, 2013

The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World Marina Gorbis Free Press/A Division of Simon & Schuster (2013) How and why “we are infusing more and more of our economic transactions with social connectedness” Why did Marina Gorbis write this book?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 23, 2013

Davenport and Jinho Kim Digital State: How the Internet is Changing Everything Simon Pont, Editor and one of several contributors […]. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics Thomas H.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

How do we create a culture where people can innovate? This is the thrust of innovation. Jazz has always been a good metaphor for the art of leadership. In Yes to the Mess , Frank Barrett, knocks out of the park. Barrett says “Leadership as a design activity means creating space so that people will be tempted to grow on their own.”.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Left-Siders by Simon Sinek ( blog ). Beginning as a student in anthropology, Simon Sinek turned his fascination with people into a career of convincing people to do what inspires them. ” - Simon Sinek. The world is a bell curve. The most important thing about the bell curve is that it is always balanced.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Covid pandemic has had a profound impact on the workforce, with recent research from Simon Fraser University highlighting how many people have left the workforce. The study reveals that around 350,000 Canadian women have lost their job during Covid and have yet to return to work.

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Chart Your Course

MAY 7, 2019

The Pioneer – Pioneers are the innovators. The strategy and design act as an enabler, but collaboration is also about people and their mentality,” says design expert Simon Pole of Unispace. They value emotional connection and intelligence. They’re likable people, but their preference for bonds confuses the goal-oriented driver.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 10, 2019

Those kinds of questions can open up important channels for innovation and personal growth as well as business success. Simon Sinek. “It Ask about the details that intrigue you—not as a micromanager, but as someone who likes to learn and hear about what’s important to your team. Anne Burrell. 9 Benefits of Asking Questions.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 11, 2011

Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal Robert Simons Harvard Business School Press (1994) I read this book when it was first published in 1994 and recently re-read it, curious to see how well it has held up. My conclusion? Very well indeed. What I find especially noteworthy is [.].

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Experience to Lead

MAY 19, 2022

We hope these reports will open your mind to innovative development strategies, just like the books listed below. “Leaders Eat Last” by Simon Sinek. In this riveting read, Simon Sinek looks to the great leaders who constantly sacrifice their own desires for the benefit of the larger group.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 23, 2023

A stressful environment In De-Stress at Work , ESADE’s Simon Dolan explores the role leaders with low self-esteem play in passing on stress to their teams. As such, understanding the impact of toxic leadership on employee well-being is of paramount importance in addressing the mental health crisis in the workplace.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2018

We’ve sped up technology and innovation but remain trapped in models, processes and working norms that were built in the early twentieth century. We lose track of our higher purpose (our ‘why’ as Simon Sinek would say) and forget about the impact we can make on those around us. No wonder we lose sight of our ‘why’. Work is exhausting.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Jane Perdue of the Braithwaite Innovation Group contributed How To Involve The Right People In The Right Way. of Burgis Successful Solutions submitted External Thought Leaders Drive Innovation. In this post, Neal discusses how business leaders drive innovation through their entrepreneurial employees.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 25, 2020

New research from Simon Fraser University highlights the potential for games to improve matters. Poverty is a hugely complex topic that is ripe for misunderstanding, both among policy makers and the general public, with this misunderstanding leading to bungled attempts to tackle it successfully.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 10, 2011

That means channeling resources into the right efforts, achieving the right balance between innovation and control, and getting everyone pulling in the same direction. Harvard Business School Professor Robert Simons says [.]. How can you keep all this on track?

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 8, 2021

New research from Simon Fraser University highlights how seldom the media document such papers as preprint when covering them. The normal publishing process would not allow sufficient expediency to this process, so many papers have been published as preprint research that has not been peer-reviewed.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Another is a semi-recent start-up with an innovative concept. Purpose ought to be the first conversation, as Simon Sinek shared in his bestseller Start with Why. I had a chance to work with a couple new vendors recently. The contrasts couldn’t be more stark. One is a time-tested and respected brand and product.

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