article thumbnail

How to Respond To Employee’s Wacky Ideas (Tool & Video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Here’s a proven, human-centered “how to respond” technique that recognizes the effort while providing information to help them contribute more relevant ideas in the future. How to Train Your Team to Bring You Better Ideas. In almost every Courageous Cultures leadership development program we do we get this question.

Tools 344
article thumbnail

The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

CIO 80
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How To Break Through Barriers And Up Your Success

Eric Jacobson

She’s also a corporate board member who has held CIO and other leadership positions at Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Hospira (now Pfizer) and General Electric. In addition to her own career journey and EDIT, within the book Jones discusses how to: Create your success vision. Listen and hear.

article thumbnail

Do You Know How to Get Real Feedback?

ReImagine Work

This post originally ran at CIO Online, Sept. The post Do You Know How to Get Real Feedback? Let’s all listen closely to the role model leader at my coffee shop. She told me things like… ( Click here to read the rest of the post ).

CIO 100
article thumbnail

How to Stop Selling Your Ideas and Start Enrolling People in Them

Next Level Blog

That idea comes from Donagh Herlihy who, when I interviewed him for the first edition of The Next Level back in 2005, was the CIO for Avon. You may have noticed that these steps lead to more of a collaborative approach to leadership than a heroic approach. It requires more patience but yields more sustainable and meaningful results.

article thumbnail

How to Lead Massive Change: An Interview with Lockheed Martin CIO Sondra Barbour

Next Level Blog

The Eblin Group is a leadership development and strategy firm that supports organizations in ensuring the success of their leaders. I spoke with her recently about what she’s learned along the way. Some of the highlights from our conversation include: Leading Massive. Click headline to continue.

article thumbnail

How to Transform Your Company into a Digital Leader

Skip Prichard

Digital Leadership. How do companies compete in this digital era ? High, president of the digital business advisory firm Metis Strategy , advises numerous companies and executives on how to compete in the digital era. Leadership Tip: make change a core competence. You miss a few weeks of news and everything changes.

Company 100