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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s about a wildly successful company that went off course. You know this company. That’s a myth. Not only was the U.S.

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How To Help Your Team Think Like an Entrepreneur

Let's Grow Leaders

Back in her Verizon days, one of Karin’s favorite questions to ask a team member whom she was encouraging to think like an entrepreneur was: “If this was your company, would you _ (make this decision, hold this meeting, spend money in this matter, invest in this project)?” What did you learn?

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Business Dean Search: Uncovering Leadership for Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs

N2Growth Blog

A truly effective leader fosters an inclusive culture of innovation and collaboration, which is critical to creating a dynamic learning environment. First and foremost, a successful business dean should demonstrate real leadership capabilities. It is much the same with the leader.

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Unlock Team Success with Proven Strategies to Build a Better Team

Let's Grow Leaders

Building a Better Team with Tanya Luna [00:00] The conversation begins with a powerful notion: shifting focus from personal ambition to collective success. This segment wraps up the journey towards building a better, more empowered team by highlighting the challenges and successes of implementing a collaborative leadership model.

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How Innovation Naturally Emerges From Deliberate Inefficiency

Eric Jacobson

“The fact is that most companies are structured to maximize efficiency and minimize risk, resulting in an environment that ultimately prevents meaningful innovations,” explains Elliott Parker , author of the new book, The Illusion of Innovation. Thriving companies are deliberatively messy, not sterile.

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Maybe You’re an Entrepreneur After All

Lead Change Blog

His company sponsored scores of future professionals in the sport when no one else would take the risk. Like any entrepreneurial adventure, Van Doren’s success was no easy feat (ok, last pun, I promise!). A lot of leaders don’t know what to make of wildly successful stories like Van Doren’s footwear breakthrough.

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Leading Views: Entrepreneurs Are the Heroes of Creative Destruction

Leading Blog

In this chronological account beginning with the American Revolution, the genius of America’s innovative success is not only its tolerance of but also its penchant for creative destruction. Entrepreneurs drawn from every level of society are the primary drivers of this creative destruction.