Lead Change Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

It was a fitting tribute to the man who personified invention and innovation. So, let’s take a moment and consider four things about innovation that you can learn from Thomas Edison. Innovation Is A Team Sport. Edison knew that when it came to innovation, lots of minds and skillsets were better than one.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Formula 1 racing is an industry built on speed, innovation, and teamwork. F1 racing has historically been a male-dominated sport, but that is changing rapidly. Currently, no rules prevent women from competing in the sport, but the current grid of drivers is exclusively male.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 28, 2017

T HE AMERICA'S CUP is the world’s oldest international sporting trophy, first contested in 1851 when the schooner America crossed the Atlantic and beat 15 British yachts. This year at the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda, Team New Zealand beat the defending Oracle Team USA. Great Teams Serve Each Other. Great Teams Innovate.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 27, 2014

Only the strongest teams will survive and while their defensive pressure, explosive running game or deep shooting might define their style, their success rests on five obsessions. These obsessions are common to champions and may very well help your team in your competitive endeavor. . The teams that do this best will move on.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2012

The notion of business as a combination of sport and war was attributed to Emile Herzog (1885-1967), a French author who used the pen name, Andre Maurois. As in war, a common enemy is a great place to unify and motivate a team behind a worthy cause. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

When I ask clients for examples of great teams, the responses invariably include sports teams. Some good lessons can be learned from sports, but it isn’t enough to use (or overuse) sports teams as role models. Start searching out non-sports role models. Who are your teamwork role models?

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 23, 2023

The use of underdog narratives is a popular leadership tactic that has been proven effective in motivating teams and organizations. Leaders in various industries, such as telecommunications and sports, often employ these narratives to create a compelling story of overcoming adversity and achieving success against the odds.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In countless cases, leaders have missed opportunities to tap into the enormous potential associated with the development of character to create innovation and excellence. But what has become abundantly clear is that disregarding the science of leaders’ character has led to incredible dysfunction for organizations and society as a whole.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

It’s commonly seen in a sporting context, but brands have also capitalized on it to help communicate their journey. Research from the University of South Florida shows how leaders can also cultivate this underdog spirit within their organizations to help give teams the confidence to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

Through innovative strategies, he successfully transformed the culture, propelling his submarine's ranking and retention from last place to first place in the Pacific Fleet within a remarkable two-year period. When he assumed command of the USS Texas, the ship ranked at the bottom of its squadron and faced recurring safety issues.

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 15, 2014

Are you a leader who build teams that innovate again and again? Creating and sustaining an organization that is consistently innovative is extremely difficult (and rare). The best leaders of innovation see their role quite differently. Former Pixar […] Are you a leader who build teams that innovate again and again?

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 4, 2018

Yet, it also speaks volumes about Kerr’s sharp understanding of team dynamics, and his acceptance of the new-age role of a coach. In days gone by, sports coaches took a more hard-line, militaristic approach to leading. As Kokoskov says, “there is no such things as a perfect coach, only a perfect coach for a particular team.”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. So how do you assemble a great team? They master challenges with a characteristic approach, and echo the habits of renowned innovators and entrepreneurs. How do we know?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 21, 2020

Great leaders recognize that business success is a team sport and they cannot do it all for themselves. Great leaders empower others to success by setting the GPS for the business and then rallying the team members to follow. However, team members will only follow if they: are aligned with the vision.

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Talent Anarchy 1

JULY 9, 2018

But the big drivers of creativity and innovation seem to go directly and repeatedly through other human beings. Are there ways that your team operationalizes that? And they are good things, I recommend them all. How do you do that?

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 17, 2012

That’s why dreams are innovation’s fuel. We know what happens to organizations that don’t innovate - look at the 1990 Fortune 100 list. So how do we become an ODE to innovation? If individuals aren’t allowed to dream, how can teams and organizations? Can you become an ODE to Innovation?

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Team Building. Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building shared Two Question Activities to Create Connection and Empathy in Your Remote Team Meetings.

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LDRLB

JULY 23, 2012

The notion of business as a combination of sport and war was attributed to Emile Herzog (1885-1967), a French author who used the pen name, Andre Maurois. As in war, a common enemy is a great place to unify and motivate a team behind a worthy cause. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success.

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Leading Blog

JULY 18, 2012

How do you transform a losing climate into one that fosters collaboration, innovation, and productivity? A turnaround is really a change in culture—changing the culture of the team or organization. A turnaround is really a change in culture—changing the culture of the team or organization. Stage IV: Embracing Adversity.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Companies love saying it but employees dread hearing it— it’s time for some team-building activities ! We’d be lying if we said companies loved them either as the process of organizing and scheduling team activities for work can be quite laborious. Let us look at some examples.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 14, 2013

Everyone could benefit from a daily dose of the best team leadership that podcasts offer. That said, if you have tired of top 40 music and sports talk radio and would like to motivate yourself with a varied collection of interesting ideas, experiment for a few days with using your drive time as an opportunity to expand on your education.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 24, 2020

Some teams work despite the fact that there aren’t many standout performers. Why is one team successful and another not? I am always studying what makes a team great, and I enjoyed reading Mike Robbins’ book, We’re All In This Together. And, my junior year in high school I made the varsity basketball team. Why is that?

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HR Digest

MAY 9, 2024

According to Retail Dive , the company has returned to conversations with outlets like Macy’s, Foot Locker, and DSW to help make progress with innovation. The company’s Chief Design Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief DEI Officer, and head of the women’s business were also changed according to the report.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 7, 2021

In fact, current economic challenges demand that our entire team communicates and works together at the highest efficiency. We can certainly understand that some teams have become rusty and have experienced challenges to their productivity levels along the way. The leadership advantage. Contact us for more details.

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Thin Difference

APRIL 4, 2019

Leaders work diligently to achieve congruence within a team and organizational culture. After all, if more members of the team are alike and behave similarly, we can go farther. When incongruence happens, better team performance can scale to a new level. Without this alignment, team performance would be problematic.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Our instinct for determinism may well have been an evolutionary innovation. He went on to start two successful gaming companies, Matchbook, a sports betting exchange community, and Smartodds, which provides statistical research and sports modeling services.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

as thousands of Spanish fans who were barred from watching their team at home flocked to Merseyside to watch their team in England. Louis have developed a model to help sporting institutions and public health officials understand the risks associated with re-opening stadia. Reducing the risk.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

During one of the most turbulent times in Silicon Valley history, Brad Smith was the steady-handed, innovative, and always resilient CEO of Intuit. When Brad was still a kid growing up near Kenova, West Virginia, a plane crash killed the entire Marshall University, football team. Smith realized at that moment that life is a team sport.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 25, 2016

How do I create a culture for innovation? A new book, The Innovation Formula , is an guide where the latest scientific research tells us very clearly what works and what doesn't. This book aims to remedy that--to give you a clear, practical understanding of what has been scientifically proven to create a culture of innovation.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

In today’s increasingly cynical climate, it’s easy to think that enterprise-wide team-building exercises are useless. And with good reason: many companies have made the mistake in confusing team-building with team competing. But cooking in teams allows for communication, camaraderie, and corporate bonding.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Innovation is a subject that fascinates and beguiles us at the same time. There are many myths about innovation. And myths in our own minds which often inhibit innovation. 63 Innovation Nuggets will inspire you to develop your own innovation talents as well as innovate new products and services.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 27, 2023

As the football season draws to a close, managers the world over probably wish they could introduce a star player to their team and give them the boost they need to get over the line. The biggest impact of all, however, was when they joined more successful teams before the season started so they could gel with their new teammates.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress? We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

As COVID-19 put a halt to most activities during the early part of 2020, professional sport was among the first to be stopped, as governments around the world decided that allowing thousands of spectators to stand in close proximity to one another was not a great idea. Louis to help guide teams in when to re-open their turnstiles.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2021

His company sponsored scores of future professionals in the sport when no one else would take the risk. Before they even get started down the path of innovation, they decide coming up with fresh ideas and/or securing funding isn’t in their wheelhouse. You’re asked to bring something you’re stellar at to the party.

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