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The Strategic Advantage of Implementing a Junior Advisory Board in Your Organization

N2Growth Blog

By collaborating closely with senior management on strategic initiatives, such a board offers a unique viewpoint that can significantly influence the company’s direction. Avoiding bureaucratic entanglements allows these young advisors to freely express their creativity and innovative ideas.

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Visionary Thinking Is a Practiced Skill

Leading Blog

Unleash your creativity: Have you ever been asked to “think outside the box”? If you are artistic and creative, that statement most likely gets you excited. This is the essence of creativity, although it goes well beyond problem-solving. To be a wildly successful visionary, you must not fear creativity.

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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

Persuasive Powerhouse

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating.

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True Gratitude – More Than Pleasantries or Recognition

Let's Grow Leaders

an executive hears a presentation and immediately responds with questions, concerns, critiques and challenges, without a pause to consider the depth and breadth of work entailed, the long hours, and the creative thinking. People don’t have to follow you, don’t have to show up, and don’t have to bring their creativity or initiative.

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How to Be Less Negative – and Still Be Yourself

Let's Grow Leaders

But unless Winnie the Pooh and Tigger are on your team, shifting that perception of negativity will help you have more influence and contribute your expertise. I know because I’ve heard this feedback many times in my career and relationships. For example, you might say, “That’s a creative way of looking at this.”. “A

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5 Insights to Managing Chaordic Tension

Leading Blog

Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. But on the other side of that equation is the influence of sound business practices, planning, due diligence, and adaptability on business success. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. Some statistics show even higher failure rates.

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From Misunderstanding to Mastery: Four Dimensions to Transform Your Cross Cultural Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

That Wasn’t a Compliment Early in my (David’s) career, I worked in a very culturally diverse organization. We’ve had many leaders, managers and clients around the world approach us with different cross cultural leadership challenges including: “In my culture, we need sound and music to do our best, but my office is silent as a graveyard.