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Do I Have to Come up With All The Great Ideas!? Why this belief means you suck as a manager.

Mike Cardus

If not – Pause, take a breath and ask That is a great idea and at this time the work in focusing on these goals x, y, z help me see how that idea fits into the goals right now? The idea may be useful later. Ask, based upon the idea you shared and the current work we are doing how do you see this being most useful?

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Getting Employees Excited About a New Direction

Harvard Business Review

That was exactly the challenge that Dave McKay faced when he was appointed President and CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in August, 2014. McKay was a proven and successful executive at the highly regarded Toronto-based financial services giant, having most recently led the group’s personal and commercial banking division.

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