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What Kind of Innovator Are You?

Leading Blog

When it comes to innovation, it is no different. Jeff DeGraff writes in The Innovation Code , “ Your dominant worldview is your biggest strength —the quality that makes you stand out from other people.” DeGraff describes four basic worldviews or approaches to innovation : the Artist, the Engineer, the Athlete, and the Sage.

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Is Charisma Innate, Or Can You Learn It?

Center for Creative Leadership

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. He told me she was smart, very hardworking, and had been with the company in various accounting roles for the past 4 years, most recently as comptroller.

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Executive Talent Trends: Navigating a Changing Landscape in 2024

N2Growth Blog

Today, intelligence, charisma, and instinct are no longer the sole hallmarks of effective leaders. This covers not only understanding how digital platforms work but also appreciating their strategic value and harnessing them effectively to drive innovation and change.

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Unemotional Leadership—an Oxymoron

Lead on Purpose

Upon the untimely death of the revered company president, the board must select a new leader. In the final scene, Holden’s character displays his tremendous passion and sweeping vision for the direction he wants the company to take and ultimately gains the presidency. The Components of Charisma. Defining charisma is difficult.

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2019 Compilation

Leading Blog

Why Authenticity is the New Charisma by @SusanMazza. VIDEO: Celebrating General Shoe Company , the Inaugural HBS Case via @HarvardHBS It’s like a great detective story: What’s gone wrong at General Shoe Company, and how would you fix it? How to Create a Culture of Innovation from @Ex2Lead.

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Tips for overcoming racial discrimination in the workplace

HR Digest

Inclusion is good for business; companies with more diverse management teams have 19% higher revenues, for example. Companies always mention in their ‘about us” section when hiring that they are an equal opportunities company. The message should be clear in your statement, actions and culture.

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5 Components of Charismatic Leadership

Skip Prichard

This is an except from Jan-Benedict Steenkamp’s Time to Lead: Lessons for Today’s Leaders from Bold Decisions that Changed History , New York: Fast Company Press. Ingvar Kamprad, the charismatic founder of Ikea, built the company on a highly discrepant, idealized vision, laid out in his “Testament of a Furniture Retailer.”

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