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Diverse Teams Help Organizations Adapt To Change

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study from Carnegie Mellon suggests that diverse teams are more likely to make successful pivots than their more homogenous peers. The research reveals that businesses established in dynamic environments tend to have a longer survival rate when their founding teams exhibit greater functional diversity.

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Leadership and Work Teams

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Simon Mac Rory: If you work in an organization today as a leader you will lead a team. 90% of what we do in an organization happens through collaborative effort, making the team the most important production unit. This makes teamwork even more crucial to overall success or failure for the organization.

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How to Accelerate Team Learning

QAspire

In fact, it seems that constant learning is the only key to agility as a team and organization. Jack Welch famously said, “An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the greatest competitive advantage.”. It all starts from understanding why organizations don’t learn.

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How Being The Underdog Can Help Teams To Succeed

The Horizons Tracker

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. To create an underdog identity within a team, the authors argue that the credibility of the leader is crucial.

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Favorites of 2011: Team Building & Leadership activities / simulations

Mike Cardus

With the end of the year approaching, this week is a great to share some of my favorites of 2011. Here is the schedule it may change; 12/27/11 – Photos of Teams. 12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2011. Planning Path.

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2011 in Reflection

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

2011 closes the first year of my blog. My Top Posts of 2011. 5 Tips to Ensure Your Values Unify Your Team This post explains how to use shared values to resolve conflict and make sure your values really work. Be a Better Leader, Remove Your Self-Imposed Limitations Your team can only be as great as you believe it can be.

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Favorites of 2011: Team Building, Leadership & Innovation Blog Articles

Mike Cardus

With the end of the year approaching, this week is a great to share some of my favorites of 2011. Here is the schedule it may change; 12/27/11 – Photos of Teams. 12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Favorite Team Building & Leadership Blog Articles 2011. 2011 was and amazing year!