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The Mindset Every Leader Needs to Infuse into Their Company Right Now

Lead Change Blog

Successful leaders are not “just lucky”, even when their career may have some seemingly coincidental moments. The degree of psychological safety that an individual experience often has a major influence on the performance of a company. A serendipity mindset is an incubator for ideas, opportunities, and success.

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Why You Should Bring a Startup Founder Mindset To Your Leadership

Terry Starbucker

But, fortunately, despite those long odds, I have been influenced, and dare I say, changed, by a certain group of people I’ve been observing, chatting with, investing in, and buying a lot of coffee for over the past several years here in Oregon. I guess I’m that proverbial old dog who’s not prone to learn new tricks.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. If the cream isn't allowed to rise to the top it will go somewhere else…real leaders don't incubate well. I’m a huge advocate of refining initiatives that allow any level of talent to be developed to the maximum potential. I Think Not.

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How to Make Sustainability Every Employee’s Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

My framework for creating such sustainability ownership has three phases: incubate, launch, and entrench. Incubation is the process of, first, defining the contours of your sustainability domain by reflecting on the purpose of your business and its specific role in the world. billion, prompting them to revisit the goal.

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If Greece Embraces Uncertainty, Innovation Will Follow

Harvard Business Review

Both are important, but they are far more difficult to achieve than many understand because they are, to a significant extent, influenced by culture. Second, bureaucracy, laws, and rules exert particular influence in Greece because they help make life more structured and less uncertain.

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Why California Is Such a Talent Magnet

Harvard Business Review

This means that cities and companies will attract better talent if they can demonstrate that the move will contribute to the professionals’ careers, including after they leave the company. Over time, California is experiencing a brain gain over regions that restrict workers’ ability to move more freely in their career paths.

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The Fringe Beats the Mainstream

Harvard Business Review

Paul Gudgin, the Fringe's artistic director from 1999 to 2007 (and who now advises festivals around the world), calls the event "the world's greatest artistic incubator." The festival's small full-time staff doesn't decide who performs or where, and doesn't influence the overall mix of performances. But you can make your career.