Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2014

Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios, describes what he’s learned about leadership and corporate culture in his excellent new book, Creativity, Inc.: Encourage self-expression and diversity of thought. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration. Not so at Pixar.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

Today’s most intelligent organizational leaders no longer leverage individual intelligence by constructing functional bureaucracies. Build shared understanding by bringing everyone together in open conversations. Wiki Management is an important book. The best leaders today are increasingly facilitators, not bosses. Management'

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Collins Management Bureaucracy Open-book 283

HR Digest

APRIL 7, 2024

Measuring these styles in terms of directness and openness as well as pace and priority, the test helps understand the degree to which a person displays the behaviors to give you a simple but comprehensive profile that you can use in further interactions with these individuals.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In her timely new book, " TALENT WANTS TO BE FREE ," Professor Orly Lobel challenges conventional wisdom about competition, secrecy, motivation and creativity to reveal how our "War for Talent" is backfiring on our quest for innovation. The leapfrogging life cycle that Kaplan describes in his book is not a step-by-step how to guide.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Those in the emerging adult stage (ages 18 to 28) are in a critical time for ownership development. It is important to help them understand that the door to involvement in the enterprise is open and that there are many paths to contribution. Family members give and receive feedback openly and constructively.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

A maverick band of rabbits, threatened by the spread of industrial construction near their warren (home), start out on a quest for a new warren and a better society. This is the backstory for Richard Adams’s 1972 best-selling book, Watership Down. Adams’s book devoted a full chapter to each story. Champion Diversity.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 20, 2017

Recently I was at an event at the Princeton Club talking about my new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. They are brave enough and smart enough to keep the lines of communication open, even when they don’t know all the answers. But heroic leaders encourage constructive dissent and healthy debate.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Get past defensiveness and always look for something useful and constructive in any criticism you receive. The best leaders are great risk takers, because they are open for opportunity. To embrace failure means you’re open to risk and willing to find lessons in mistakes. If you work in an office, leave your door open.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

ALIEN THINKING is a book about the importance of thinking differently and questioning your assumptions to come up with breakthrough solutions. Our book reflects this notion that the ability to innovate is not a gift but rather a mindset and a set of skills you can learn and improve. Think Different. If so, how?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Application of design thinking to help solve myriad problems that are not typically associated with design is illuminated in a new book through vignettes drawn from such diverse realms as politics and society, business, health and science, law, and writing. Implementing a strategic technology plan. Strategic plan as jigsaw puzzle.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Here’s a summary of three studies on how to identify leadership potential: Development Dimensions International DDI has developed a set of criteria that they say will accurately predict executive success, based on their own experience and research, and research by others, including work by Jim Collins for his book Good to Great ; Morgan W.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

It’s why I wrote my book Why Leadership Sucks™ … to highlight the fact that servant leadership is the best way to go. What is the number #1 book you recommend for learning how to become a better leader (boss/manager or leading self)? But this post isn’t all about me and only my advice. ALL CLEAR!

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Instead of allowing a negative “have-to” environment where employees feel pressure to perform, embrace a constructive ‘what-can-we-do’ approach where they feel free to be imaginative and forward-thinking. Investing in research and development helps to establish this culture and ensure the company will remain ahead of the curve.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 19, 2016

When Daniel Goleman released “Emotional Intelligence” in 1995, did anyone think that this best-selling book would transform the role of leadership? Your employees also have diverse skills, talents, and knowledge that could be beneficial to your overall goals. They’re unique individuals who have great stories to tell.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

That activists for one cause are equally open-minded about other issues. That professionals can get by without developing public speaking and writing skills. The addictive system does not encourage managers to develop thinking and reasoning processes. That corporate mid-managers with expense accounts are community leaders.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly. A professional with proven ability to manage change and work across diverse areas, as required, can be a great asset to an organization. Have you felt this way?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

Cordoning off diversity and inclusion efforts in a single department signals those issues aren’t priorities, making challenging conversations easier to avoid. Just as becoming a skilled manager didn’t happen in one workshop, becoming a competent participant in or a facilitator of racial dialogues also takes time and development.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2018

In a book titled Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?, The wide availability of networked computers has allowed new community-driven and open-source business models to emerge. For example, consider Wikipedia, a free and open encyclopedia that has displaced the Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft Encarta.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

Both men thought that the industry was stale and too homogeneous relative to the diversity of customers it sought to serve. In 2008, they opened their first hotel, at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, followed by one in Amsterdam City in 2009. Immediately after opening in 2008, citizenM won the Venuez Award for “Best Hotel Concept.”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

For example, at FedEx (#20), the company actively assists executives in moving between functions in order to accumulate a diverse range of experiences that improve their overall adaptability. These companies recognize that the roles their employees play must adapt to the changing needs of the marketplace.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2014

A number of scholars at Harvard Business School have gotten in on the act, studying how crowds solve problems in new product development, scientific breakthroughs, and even trying to find the tomb of Genghis Khan. This response was in marked contrast with other open source situations, but very much in line with HBS culture.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

Knowing that the organization will keep the door open for other potential future opportunities and is committed to continuously improving its competitiveness as an employer might also encourage candidates to participate and provide their honest perspectives.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This serves as the basis for his new book, True North Groups , coauthored with Doug Baker , who led HR at Medtronic. The new book is about how to create a great personal board of directors or tribe, along with all the norms, practices, and feedback mechanisms to support your leadership (and life). It is a very timely book.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? When and how should you implement it?

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Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

You may have to learn some intensive juggling, but evidence we’ve gathered from a study of fascinating people from many walks of life suggests that sometimes more — a lot more — is better, especially when “more” entails a diversity of tasks. ” They allow their work to evolve.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Our experience with a company in the hand tools category is typical of what we've found across categories as diverse as consumer packaged goods, personal care, office products and consumer electronics.

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