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How to Scale Your Leadership for Bigger Influence and Results

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Or, maybe you’re leading a fast-growing start-up, and it’s no longer feasible to have the direct influence you once had with every employee and customer. “Laura” (the person I had left in charge) just doesn’t have the influence you do. Of course, as the leader, you want to be a highly visible communicator.

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How Good Leadership Can Impact Employees’ Innovative Behavior

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There’s increasing pressure on organizations to be more competitive, and leaders need to have the right skills to influence employees’ innovative behavior. In most cases, leaders have a profound influence on their employees. To encourage employees to become more innovative, leaders need to pay attention to a number of issues.

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Being Vague Won’t Help You To Influence Others

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Vagueness is often a characteristic of public life, but research from James Cook University shows that it’s unlikely to help you win friends or influence people. In these instances, clear and direct tends to win the day. “And it’s also about awareness of the concept of language ambiguity in general.

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How to Stop Being Perceived as Negative at Work

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How you respond to ideas will influence how you’re perceived Imagine this. Of course, you might be right. Which of course, is unlikely. One of the big culprits that leads to a negative Eeyore leadership style, is HOW YOU RESPOND TO IDEAS. What do you do? Are you wrong? And that you want to save the business time and money.

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The Vital Secondary Market For Innovation

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Despite concerns that the pace of innovation has been slowing in recent decades, 2020 saw over 1,000 patents registered per day in the United States alone. Of course, many of these patents will be useless, but some will be hugely profitable novelties that signal a vital marketplace for ideas. The secondary market for innovation.

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How to Carve Out a Great Team Culture in a Fast Growing, Changing Company?

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You can (and should) work to build a culture for your focus on influence. Create your team culture by encouraging innovation and alignment. Of course, there’s also the issue of translating compassion into behaviors for your employees as well. Empower innovation. Make it easier for your team to work together.

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How to Encourage an Employee Stop Talking Too Much (Without Squashing Their Enthusiasm)

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Go directly to the employee who is talking too much Of course, the obvious place to start is to have a caring, straightforward conversation with the employee. If this person is talking too much, chances are they are confident speaking up in a group and have some influence among their colleagues. That’s a start.

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