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Carefrontation — The Ultimate Leadership Trait

Great Leadership By Dan

The pastor was clearly providing guidance to parishioners on how to help others confront tough problems, but to me it sounded a lot like a leadership strategy. Innovate more: Employees who know the boss has their back think outside the box without fear of failure or retribution. He called it carefrontation. Speed = productivity.

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Don't Like Your Job? Change It (Without Quitting)

Harvard Business Review

Here's how to make the most of an imperfect job situation. He also approached his company's training and development office about developing a course that uses positive psychology to teach innovation and creativity. The good news is that there is usually more leeway to alter your job than you think. Look at yourself.

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The Internet of Things Will Change Your Company, Not Just Your Products

Harvard Business Review

Specifically, it requires reimagining the business you are in, empathizing with your target customers and their challenges, and creatively determining how to most effectively solve their problems. In IoT businesses, sales departments often struggle to determine how to best take a combined product and service to market. Operations.