Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

International crisis management specialist Ben Ramalingam writes in Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity , that between the two extremes is the “sweet spot” where we experience a healthy level of stress. But if we want to be creative, we have to learn to dodge the bullets.’”

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Leading Blog

APRIL 17, 2025

Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter on using AI to enhance creativity: One of the foundations of creativity is being curious and asking questions like What if? Although AI has limitations because of its programming, it can be a terrific creative partner by encouraging our curiosity. And What else?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Creativity: A creative leader looks at scenarios from a different or new perspective. Leaders who are creative are better able to problem-solve and lead their company on a path of greatness. They believe the company’s success is more important than appearing to have all the answers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 18, 2022

The post Too Many Ideas: How To Help Your Team Stay Focused and Creative [VIDEO] appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. How do you help your team focus on the most helpful innovation? See Also: How to Convince Your Boss You Have a Great Solution.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The Invisible Coach by @toddordal Everyday Im Side-Hustlin: 5 Learnings from Creative Side Quests by Nick Hearne creative director at @onegreenbean The principle applies. What people do outside of work interests me far more than what they accomplish on the clock.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 8, 2024

” With those foundations in place, let’s give you a few of our favorite, creative peer recognition ideas. If your team(s) are working in the same location, you can turn a cardboard box into a time capsule (just ask one of your more creative team members to design it).

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Are you ready to discover how self-mastery can transform your teams performance and spark creativity? Techniques to frame problems creatively and unlock your teams collective genius. Dont miss this episodepress play now to uncover the secrets to leading with clarity, connection, and creativity and become the leader your team deserves.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

Josh Linkner on walking and creativity: Researchers isolated walking from all other factors to determine the impact of strolling on creativity. The results: creative output increased by an average of 60 percent when the person was walking compared to sitting. Source: Detach: Ditch Your Baggage to Live a More Fulfilling Life II.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Building a team with this mindset encourages a positive work environment where creativity flourishes. When team members are willing to take risks and stand up for their beliefs, it cultivates an atmosphere of innovation and creativity. They celebrate victories, both big and small, and offer support during challenging times.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2025

Source: Brave Together: Lead by Design, Spark Creativity, and Shape the Future with the Power of Co-Creation II. People running full speed toward their dreams know this feeling. But its fleeting. It doesnt last if its not built with others, co-created. Joel Kurtzman on leadership: The leader is not separate from the group he or she leads.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 19, 2025

And, when that safety is present, the whole group benefits: research shows it nurtures an environment of open feedback and creative idea-sharing. Through your design choices, facilitation skills, and creative activities, you can cultivate a room full of courageous communicators. Why does this matter so much for learning?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

Dances with Goals: 3 Kinds of Goals You Need to Write a Great Book by @WallyBock 10 Leadership Statements that Spell Trouble by @Clawlessjr 4 Things Only the Greatest Leaders Know About Navigating Threats and Uncertainty by @BrianKDodd The 3 Top Characteristics of a Leader by @JonGordon11 Procrastinate Like a Pro for Creativity and Stress Relief by (..)

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2025

That fear then hijacks your creativity and decision-making, keeping you stuck in a loop of hesitation. How to Rewire Your Brain for More Personal Courage Margie explained that when you focus on what you dont wantfailure, rejection, embarrassmentyou feed your fear. The key is to redirect your focus to what you do want.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

He may, by dint of circumstances, remain in power, but his followers would almost certainly be better off without him.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Michael Doctoroff on conflict: Conflicts, when properly controlled and resolved, can be a powerful tool for developing creative business plans and objectives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Without conflict, the organization would remain in a happy state of inactivity. In a way, business is built on conflict.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 30, 2021

How to reclaim your creativity, conquer busyness, do your best work, and be your best self. It’s time to reclaim your energy, creativity, and brilliance – it all starts by finding your minute to think. But he lost his creativity when he joined the innovation team. A Minute to Think. A Minute to Think.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Low morale can severely impact productivity, creativity, and overall organizational success. Innovation Time: Allowing Creative Freedom Dedicate specific time each week for employees to work on passion projects or explore innovative ideas outside of their regular tasks. According to a Gallup survey, only 34% of U.S.

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Leading in Context

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Nick Petrie, Center For Creative Leadership, writes inVertical Leadership Development Part Ithat In terms of leadership, the stage from which you are thinking and acting matters a lot. Which is most important? What happens to our leadership capability when our mindset is out of date? How we think about something impacts what we do about it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2025

Creative ways to reinforce messages so they become second nature to your team. 09:47] Adding Fun and Emotion to Communication From gamification to creative competitions, tapping into emotion helps messages resonate. What Youll Learn in This Episode: The brain science behind how people retain and internalize key messages.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

They understand the value of diversity and inclusion, actively cultivating diverse talent pools to enhance problem-solving capabilities and drive creativity. Catalysts for Change: These executives excel at building high-performing teams and fostering a culture where innovation thrives.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Employees want to see those in leadership positions show calm under pressure, where moments of crisis or stress are met with more openness and creativity; where they can show different ways of handling and solving a problem - showing that theres another way forward, even when others cant see it.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 25, 2025

Leaders can help their people find the confidence and creativity to cope in a crisis by encouraging a culture of social wellbeing. It helps to have the support of other people. This is organizational resilience, which relies on personal character. Scientific thinking helps to nail down certainty.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The most successful leaders are those who embrace uniquely human skills—empathy, creativity, and adaptability. Creative Problem-Solving to Drive Innovation AI can analyze data, but it lacks the creative spark that leads to innovation. While those are important, thriving in an AI-driven world requires something deeper.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

an executive hears a presentation and immediately responds with questions, concerns, critiques and challenges, without a pause to consider the depth and breadth of work entailed, the long hours, and the creative thinking. People don’t have to follow you, don’t have to show up, and don’t have to bring their creativity or initiative.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

An honorary senior fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership, he has a B.A. They place unusually heavy emphasis on positive feedbackas a chance to boost the leaders confidence. His last book was Fear Your Strengths: What Youre Best Could Be Your Biggest Problem. from Yale University. He lives in New York City with his wife, Becky.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This matters to effectiveness in the business domain, too, where such practices are often ignored or dismissed, even though they support ones centeredness and capacity to maintain focus, be creative, and make good decisions, even under great pressure. The takeaway? The reality is that this is not the key to productivity.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 15, 2025

Creative work inherently involves a trade-off: sharing ideas is essential for feedback and growth, but it also exposes creators to the risk of theft. New research from Cornell reveals that idea thieves are more likely to target concepts in their early stages of developmentmuch earlier than creators tend to anticipate.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn on creativity: “Regardless of exactly how you define creativity, the key thing is that we never create out of whole cloth. Source: What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential II.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

How you respond to them can either add to your stress or unlock new levels of creativity, influence, and problem-solving. Learn how to use “Yes, and” to engage your team in problem-solving, explore their ideas without committing too soon, and foster a culture of creativity. [18:57]

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Photo courtesy of Flickr user Mike Mozart under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 This stakeholder capitalism approach has proven to be not only ethically sound but also financially successful. Read the full article to learn more about Costco’s approach and why it works. Image has been cropped.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2024

Greg Hoffman on inspiration: “Leaving inspiration to chance, where it just hits you in a random moment, is not a recipe for sustained success in the creative world. Source: Emotion By Design: Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike II. You have to go out and find it. Curiosity is a muscle, and muscles need to be trained.”

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Have you noticed how hard it can be to stay curious, creative, and innovative? They often express concern about a perceived lack of curiosity, creativity, and innovation in their teams. When that happens your pre-frontal cortex, the part of your brain that drives curiosity and creativity, gets overridden.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Entrepreneur: Drives innovation, creativity, and growth. When the balance tips too far toward one role, problems can arise—for instance, an overemphasis on production might lead to burnout while focusing solely on administration could stifle creativity. Administrator: Focuses on structure, rules, and operational efficiency.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 1, 2024

How to help your team challenge assumptions for better creativity and problem-solving In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” When constraints are lifted, the sky’s the limit for creativity.

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