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What a Mechanical Shark Can Teach Us About Leadership and Innovation

Leading Blog

He could have bawled out the engineers and technicians behind the mechanical prop, demanding that they somehow find a way to carry out his vision. Instead, he brainstormed with the talented people around him and came up with a new vision – one that was just as compelling as the original, and with the added bonus that it would actually work.

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5 Ways to Lead Change in a Change-Averse Environment

Lead Change Blog

Offer a structured brainstorming conversation that invites new ideas. In 1943, Lockheed Martin commissioned an engineer to create an experimental team to begin work on a secret fighter jet for the U.S. This creates an iterative process where the new program can be retooled or enhanced as it is being developed.

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How to Help a Task Master Focus on People

Let's Grow Leaders

” Of course, all this may be true, for you, or for a manager that you’re working to develop. In column C behaviors they are looking to develop. Here’s an example of a planner we built to help one of our engineering clients. Now let me get back to work!” Three Ways to Help a Task Master Focus on People.

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Michael Lee Stallard presents Develop the Heart of a Champion posted at Michael Lee Stallard. posted at Business Wisdom: Words to Manage By , saying, "Part of executive development is recognizing the development that has already occurred.".

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How to Deal with Increasing Customer Expectations

Mark Sanborn

Rally your team, from engineering to manufacturing to sales and support to regularly brainstorm how you can profitably grow your value proposition. 4) Hold quarterly sessions with your team to brainstorm how to add value to the customer’s experience. Work with your team to brainstorm ideas on how to do that.

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Empathy – I can’t do that

Mike Cardus

This is why you have to engineer empathy. When you and I have that deep understanding, what is the purpose of a conversation, design thinking project, brainstorming, or even teamwork? And why you need diverse design teams to do it.” ” – Stop Bastardizing Design with False Empathy.

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How to Get More Organic Visitors to Your Website

Strategy Driven

Great content not only keeps visitors engaged, but it has a greater chance of ranking high in the Search Engine Results Pages or SERPs. Learn From Your Competitors It can be difficult to brainstorm ideas that will help put your website at the top of the SERPs.