Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

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Tune In and Turn Off

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Just because technology makes it possible to be always available, doesn’t mean you should be. There’s tremendous pressure on us to be “always on.” But it’s not healthy, and in the long run you will be less productive. Here are 7 habits that can help.

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The Value of Vision Series – Daniel Burrus

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

We are in a time of massive, technology-driven, transformational change, pregnant with opportunity. Here’s the good news: the potential for real innovation, growth, and new prosperity in the United States is vastly greater than the prevailing futureview suggests.

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8 Leadership Skills Essential for Success in the Future

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Driven by technology, our interconnection and inter-dependence as individuals, as companies, and as countries are expanding exponentially. Using technology to manage at a distance. Technology has created many of these challenges. These changes require some new sets of leadership skills. Silos didn’t work well before.

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Why Most Change Efforts Fail and 7 Guidelines to Ensure Your Team Succeeds

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Most change efforts fail, not because of the technology or the topic of the change or even because it was the wrong idea. A 2008 study by IBM found that over 60 percent of change efforts do not fully meet their objectives, and a 2013 Towers Watson study revealed only 25% are sustained over time. They fail because of the human factor.

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How to Create a Dynamic Strategic Plan in an Unpredictable World

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Technology has fundamentally disrupted the way we communicate and the way we do business. Recent research shows 60-80% of firms fail to execute their strategies, and fewer than 5% of employees are aware of, or understand their firms’ strategies. The pace of change has changed.

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Introverts: 6 Ways to Maximize Your Natural Strengths

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Dim the lights, turn off the radio and reduce distractions from technology to get inside your head. Tip: Don’t stress yourself out by trying to participate in every new social media technology. Tip: Schedule quiet time on your calendar. Tip: Prepare on two levels. Instead, go back to the plan you developed in your preparation phase.

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8 Things Collaborative Leaders Know

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

The need for collaboration is driven by the issues arising from the current economic crisis and supported by the opportunities afforded by advances in technology, specifically Web 2.0. Technology has created the opportunity to know. It will be one the best 10 minutes you spent. 8 Things Collaborative Leaders Know: 1.