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Do You Have the Courage to be Humble?

Lead Change Blog

He intended to give the employees personal power over their own careers and the business. They are less likely to take chances, question the norm, or innovate. After experiencing a setback early in his career, he adopted a more humble approach to making decisions. Why emphasize what he will do for them ?

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August 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Marcella considers: “ Being aware of your power and how power alters your and others’ perceptions and responses helps to handle power better. Check out these great tips on formal and personal power at work. Neal Burgis of Successful Solutions contributed Bringing Out the Innovator in Your Employees.

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How To Disrupt the Tech World

Mills Scofield

What is your image of an inventor or innovator? Increasing evidence shows most innovation comes from two or more people…one of whom might even be a woman! We stereotype innovators as men and mainly in STEM* products. Fast-forward ~ Innovating Women launches today! Get Innovating Women. A man alone in a lab?

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Don’t Let Your Company Culture Just Happen

Harvard Business Review

Participate in in-fighting and blaming, look out for oneself, have a personal agenda, sabotage projects. Care about personal power and prestige, only focus on quarterly numbers. Lastly, and this is something we care about a lot, good failure should not result in career suicide. Team behavior. Leadership behavior.

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Is Bias Fixable?

Harvard Business Review

As David Burkus recently wrote, innovation isn''t an idea problem, but rather a recognition problem ; a lack of noticing the good ideas already there. Marilyn Monroe changed Ella Fitzgerald''s career. And you do not see others. To see and be seen is essential to finding solutions for all of us.

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