Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business by Kevin Kruse (Rodale Books, 2019) Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Books Leadership P&L Learning-by-Doing 236

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Eberhardt: Honest, purposeful, and respectful communication is one of the most effective leadership skills, yet CEOs who promote a culture of candor are still uncommon in business today. At best, this approach can be confusing, leaving your employee focused only on the positives and missing the areas to be developed altogether.

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Competitive Advantage CEO Open-book Idea Generation 120

Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2016

Dolland & Aitchison, an optician and spectacle retailer, believed that “every idea is a good idea.” Employees are encouraged to write directly to the CEO with their ideas. They receive a written response from the CEO and if their idea is implemented they also receive a “thank-you” gift.

Creativity 150

Creativity Hotels Diversity Innovation 150

Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

With knowledge workers , you can’t develop and maintain an exceptional, consistently high-performing team without focusing first on what drives the team’s behaviors and actions at the root level,” says Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, CEO of Herrmann International. John Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership Amy C. Team Leadership.

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Team White Paper Business Objectives Long-term 90

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The increased communication and collaboration required of Beta organizations demand a new style of leadership and career planning. Organizations need to have dozens, maybe hundreds, of individual experts, fully capable of idea generation and innovative thought. Leadership actions that are not an option for leaders.

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Decentralization Idea Generation Content Document 59

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. The study examined the management and development preferences of America’s young and rising corporate leaders. American Express.

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Development Participative Conference Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Brian specialized in open-source software development and he quickly became a champion within the company for various initiatives focused on end users. In our view, Brian’s work is an excellent demonstration of strategic leadership. But Brian’s accomplishment challenges conventional definitions of strategic leadership.

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Strategy Power Idea Generation Project 8