Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 7, 2018

In 2007, I found the answer in an unlikely place – the fashion magazine W – and from an unlikely source: Robert Downey, Jr. That not only left them with little downtime to recover from the demands of the job, it disrupted work days with avoidable non-work commitments, obligations, events and crises. What else did they need?

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Bottom-up Health Care Policies Fashion 168

Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

When it comes to tradition, the challenge today is how to motivate the next generation to work in old-fashioned (read: unsocial as in media and societal interactions) work cultures. Lynn Schleeter (lfschleeter@stkate.edu) is director of the Center for Sales Innovation at St. About the Author. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 3, 2012

With the huge menu of communication technologies available to companies, messages should be delivered in person, electronically in written, audio, and video, as well as the old fashioned way, printed hard copy. And then get their commitment to make the change. For more on this topic from Harvard Business Review [link].

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LDRLB

JANUARY 30, 2014

If leaders spend too much valuable time saying no to what is offered, they will discourage the playful excess from which better futures are created by passionate innovators. This dangerous fashion for saying ‘no’, choosing what not to do’ and ‘taking emotion out of strategy’ flies in the face of what inspires innovators.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

We know how crucial it is to having talent who love working for us and who will offer discretionary effort and innovation. That’s how it feels, especially when an organization that promotes itself as being committed to an engaged culture is led by a CEO who is unfocused, unserious, unkind, or simply doesn’t get it.

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Leading with Trust

APRIL 18, 2023

Monitoring employees in some form or fashion has occurred for decades—think GPS trackers in trucks, timecards, swipe badges, CCTV, regulating web browsing—but some of today’s methods border on outright distrust of remote workers. How do you quantify innovation and collaboration?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Here’s the thing…you really don’t need to work too hard to identify leaders within an organization – they are the ones taking on the greatest levels of responsibility and delivering on their commitments. They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. only to fail in miserable fashion. I Think Not.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 25, 2014

Consequently, their employees are willing to commit their discretionary effort – their talents, creativity, and insights – to their organization’s shared purpose. In other words, their employees gladly put something of themselves into the collective efforts of their organization.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Post frequency is an often debated topic, but how often you post isn’t as important as meeting whatever commitment you make, and doing so with quality content. Like most things in life worth doing, blogging takes commitment and effort. You Have Someone To Say It To : Make sure that there is a viable audience for your content.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Instead, longevity is based on entrepreneurial thinking and innovation – in exploring ways to adapt corporate and business strategies in response to market, technological, and social and cultural change. It is fashionable today to have management committees, at various organizational levels, working as teams. Let me explain.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish. The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. " on Amazon.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 21, 2012

How can organizations use the diversity of thought and opinion that so many recognize as being key to our ability to innovate and grow if our employees don’t feel comfortable expressing that diversity? Of course, this doesn’t mean a free-for-all, anything-goes attitude.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 21, 2012

How can organizations use the diversity of thought and opinion that so many recognize as being key to our ability to innovate and grow if our employees don’t feel comfortable expressing that diversity? Of course, this doesn’t mean a free-for-all, anything-goes attitude.

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Succession Diversity Globalization Organization 226

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. Respect is earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment, or influence. Say what you mean, mean what you say, and follow-through on your commitments.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 30, 2009

This question was answered in a very interesting fashion on a on a podcast where Dr. Paul interviews Dayna Steele , a lively author and former rock-n-roll disk jockey in Houston. In the interview Dayna talks about meeting and associating with rock stars like Jon Bon Jovi, Sammy Hagar and other rock legends.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I’ve addressed this topic before, but perhaps not in this fashion…True leadership is dedication to something beyond self. If you’re not committed, passionate and intentional in your focus on something besides yourself, you might be in a leadership role, but you’re not a leader. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. Parents are raising their children in the same fashion and we are breeding a world where people cant take rejection, and people or managers who do say no are bad or don't practice "intellegent leadership."

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Blog Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Brand 329

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

In our experience, managers tend to focus their innovation efforts on processes that are either large in scale (new products and business models ) or swift in development (hackathons, rapid prototyping, or emerging platforms). But there’s also another type of innovation that is more gradual and smaller in scale.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Obviously professionally produced, it highlighted the space the company had set up for innovation. But further investigation showed that the video was nothing more than a beautiful piece of “innoganda” — innovation propaganda describing an effort that had little hope of driving any material impact.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. Agility requires specific experience, knowledge, and commitment. Radical flattening of organizations is a fashionable recipe for dealing with accelerating change and uncertainty.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2012

Nowadays, almost every company claims to be innovative, if only to attract top talent, please investors, and strengthen its brand. Some companies are innovative, but many are not. If you are going to lead or be a part of a new initiative, how can you tell if your organization is really committed to supporting that effort?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

June's Harvard Business Review features a story by Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Bruce Brown and me on " How P&G Tripled Its Innovation Success Rate." First, some of the ways that P&G reduces risk on individual projects are generally good innovation practices for everyone. What if I don't have that foundation?

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CO2

AUGUST 13, 2010

In this series we will examine the 7 C’s of Trust: Capability, Commitment, Capacity, Connection, Commonality, Character, and Consistency. Consistency in others is demonstrated by a strong track record of success and acting in a predictable fashion. And, not surprisingly, their trust in you will drop.

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Tips Leadership Executive Coaching Strategic Planning 74

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

But it’s familiar territory to innovators, who’ve spent decades wrestling with the problem of how to manage uncertainty when there is little to guide them in getting their new offering to a new audience or market. Trap 1: Replicating What You Did Before.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I'm hopeful that today's comments will help us all process things in a healthier fashion while not forgetting the sacrifices that have been made for us. We’ll never take their commitment lightly. link] mikemyatt Hi Erin: Thanks for sharing your memories of that day, and your prayers for all affected. Best wishes Erin.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

” It is a school of thought now fashionable in entrepreneurship circles. This includes everything from past entrepreneurial experience to the need for external finance and the urge to grow the business or to innovate. There is a range of contextual factors that prompt the decision to plan.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. Here are five: Commit from the Top. Another way to signal commitment from the top is if CPG leaders actually engage with the tools their consumers use. The rallying cry for new ways of working in the digital age must start at the top.

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P&L Agility Fashion Media 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Those companies who are committed to a strong workplace culture tend to perform well, and now they are featured prominently in a new ranking recently released by Great Place to Work Institute. Old-fashioned benefits like health insurance, family leave, and flex time ranked only 15 percent when considering most valued HR offerings.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Invariably, each CEO we host recognizes two truths: Digital disruption will reshape their industry in one fashion or another and they must find a way to embrace these changes. But the corporate innovators we’ve talked to all know that. They’ve read Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The index was constructed in the same fashion as other indexes that seek to isolate an industry sector (banking, biotech), geography (China), or size (large cap), for example. How can this type of commitment to design contribute to results? In our version, we sought to identify only companies that are design leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

While progress is clearly being made, as an industry, we still have far to go to consistently deliver on the promise of high-value care through technology and innovation. By committing to expanding the concept of precision medicine in this fashion, health care providers have a real opportunity to resolve their biggest challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

A recent article in The Economist , citing the work of Ryan Raffaelli at Harvard Business School, points to what it calls a “paradox” in the aftermath of disruptive innovation. In 2013 alone, Kickstarter users funded nearly 20,000 projects and committed nearly $500 million. Disruptive innovation Information & technology Innovation'

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The only way to achieve real growth is to engage in what I call brand relevance competition, using innovation to create new categories or subcategories for which competitors are irrelevant and build barriers to keep them out of the game. The fact that a relatively small player such as Hyatt is the innovator is a common occurrence.

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Brand Innovation Fashion Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2012

Interactivity, in fact, starts with a commitment to building a culture that supports back-and-forth communication, a culture in which people feel free not just to talk, but also to talk back. That simple innovation can turn a static message (a corporate announcement, a letter from the CEO) into the start of a conversation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

For the United States and Germany, strong multinational corporations and technological innovation are the driving factors. innovation is driven by a can-do spirit and a healthy appetite for risk, with established corporations and startups introducing some of the world’s most important and game-changing technologies.

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Management Market Penetration Innovation Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

” All three examples appeared in a recent article in the New York Times , which both chronicled and raised a skeptical eyebrow about the commitment of so many brands, in some pretty prosaic industries, to becoming lifestyle brands. I asked a colleague to recommend a place to stay, and he suggested the Casa Camper Berlin. “Camper?”

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