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Great Leaders Focus on the Why and the What—Not the How

Great Leadership By Dan

Some leaders are strong-willed and autocratic, some are open-minded and democratic, some employ laissez-faire, employee-centric leadership styles, and most fall somewhere in the middle. I was feeling on top of the world as my company flourished; customers were lining up for projects, and I had a diverse and talented staff to uphold my brand.

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From Building-Centric to People-Centric Workplaces

Strategy Driven

More recently, organizations have played with open office plans and Google and Facebook-esque spaces that include beanbag chairs and basketball hoops, all in a ploy to attract and retain younger workers. Ask yourself what behaviors you want to encourage, and then construct a setting that promotes and supports them. About the Author.

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Leading a Multicultural Team

Center for Creative Leadership

Managing a multicultural team can be a rewarding experience, giving leaders the opportunity to work closely with employees from diverse backgrounds and offering the chance for personal and professional growth. It’s easy for misunderstandings to occur on a diverse team, simply due to cultural differences. Applied Research Award.

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Leading in the Wild

Lead Change Blog

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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90 Ways to Quickly Improve Your Business Leadership

Lead from Within

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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Design Thinking: A Guide to Creative Problem Solving for Everyone

Strategy Driven

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. He currently leads Building Informatics Group based in North Bethesda, MD.

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IT Organizations Built to Last

Strategy Driven

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. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95