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096: Bringing the Lean Startup into Your Organization: Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty | with Jeff Dyer

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The new book The Innovator''s Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization, by Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer, is a leader’s guide to validating new ideas, refining them, and bringing them to market. Maybe you’ve tried to bring the idea to life, only to have it turn out to be an expensive, time-consuming failure.

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215: The Long-Distance Teammate | with Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel

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It’s an opportunity to work and lead in ways that provide great operational and productivity results for the organization, as well as to be a part of a great team while finding individual meaning and purpose too. Book: Remarkable Leadership, From Bud to Boss—Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership.

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207: Helping Your Team Contribute More to the World | with Tom Rath

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At most organizations today, the work people do tends to hurt their wellbeing, when it should be making them happier and healthier. At most organizations today, the work people do tends to hurt their wellbeing, when it should be making them happier and healthier. And of course, it’s simply smart business. […].

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173: Clarity First ? Improve Performance by Eliminating Ambiguity | with Karen Martin

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Ambiguity — in the form of uncertainty or conflicting priorities — has become the default state for organizations of all types. It lurks in the background when leaders can’t explain what success looks like, or what aspects of performance matter most for achieving it.

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091: Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change | with David Maxfield

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All successful leaders have to be good at leading progress. And science has found that successful leaders, from CEOs to parents, have a common set of principles and skills that help create quick, profound, and lasting change in people and organizations.

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213: Dealing with Challenging Employees when Building Courageous Culture | with Karin Hurt

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Just-Do-What-I-Sayers: They are often successful and just want people to line up behind them and do what they’re told. She provides leadership development programs for organizations around the world. Let-Me-Do-My-Thing-ers: They are certain of their direction and methods. Silent Wounded: They don’t trust you—and with good reason. .

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WHE31: Building a High-Performance and Health-Driven Culture at Trek Bikes | with John Burke, CEO

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The organizations that are most successful in building a culture of health begin at the top, with key leaders championing a vision that includes the wellbeing of every employee. In this episode, Jesse interviews John Burke, CEO of Trek Bikes, who took a stand 13 years ago that launched a culture that has produced improvements […]

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