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Lead Change Blog
NOVEMBER 3, 2016
These are questions raised by people who are skeptical about someone taking on the said role and not exhibiting any such quality or simply failing to live up to the title. Everyone knows what qualities a poor leader exhibits. Because of this quality, they’re not deemed arrogant because they’re willing to listen to their teammates and keep an open ear to understand their situation. What is the point of good leadership?
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 13, 2016
but how often do we describe leaders as creative? Creativity and Leadership. Although not often associated with leadership, creativity is a trait that modern leaders want to harness, as it is vitally important. Since creativity is the driving force behind innovative products, services, and businesses, it is an excellent idea for leaders in all positions and industries to apply creativity to sharpening the imagination. Creativity Killers.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 8, 2022
i.e. the number of people who have expressed interest in other dimensions, the quality of conversations between managers and team, etc. Shift from meaningless numbers to meaningful, qualitative, and reflective numbers that look at the quality of relationships.
Lead from Within
MARCH 24, 2020
What are the most important qualities for great leadership? Across the board, every leader I asked said that having high moral standards—a code of conduct—and leading with character were the most important qualities in leadership. The One Quality Every Leader Needs To Succee d.
Joseph Lalonde
JULY 22, 2015
I f you ask any leader of a non-profit or church what one of the hardest things to do is, you’ll most likely hear they have trouble finding quality volunteers to help out. The end result is finding quality volunteers is hard. Image via Creative Commons. But there’s actions you can take as a leader to find quality volunteers that will stick with your organization for years to come. Give them a clear vision of how you see quality volunteers.
QAspire
JANUARY 8, 2012
Creativity is at the core of building quality in design. This led me to think more about creativity – the act of doing something in an unconventional way, the act of creating something meaningful that changes you and hence the world. Traditionally (in an industrial world), only artists were meant to be creative – painters, dancers, poets and so on. Here are a few: Ego is the enemy of creativity. Creativity is a paradox. Creativity is an inner game.
QAspire
JANUARY 12, 2011
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality? I was casually discussing quality and excellence with one of my old friends. We were exchanging our ideas on these topics, when I realized that he used the words quality and excellence interchangeably. This led to some more thinking and here’s what I realized: Quality is generally extrinsic. Excellence is a ‘people’ game, and the one that pushes quality one step forward.
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 25, 2015
But as much as each of those items can impact your event, they are not the MOST important or the greatest qualities of an effective event facilitator. Stimulate Creativity & Improved Awareness – People have two fears when it comes to group dynamics – the fear of rejection and fear of embarrassment. There are many qualities that an effective facilitator must have to make your event worthwhile and memorable, but those five are certainly at the top of the list.
Michael Lee Stallard
MARCH 19, 2016
Definition of Creativity. Creativity is thinking of novel and productive ways to conceptualize and do things. Why Creativity Matters. Creativity is essential for innovation. Exercising creativity to continuously improve by finding new and better ways of serving clients is something we must always strive to do. Exercising creativity is essential to this task. Unfortunately, we don’t drift toward creativity and innovation.
QAspire
JUNE 26, 2011
You don’t need to be a Manager/VP/Director of Quality to be a quality leader, because quality leadership is not about title/experience, but more about mindset/attitude. Irrespective of your title, seniority or position in the hierarchy, you are a quality leader when you: 1) Are passionate about your work… 2) …And know how to balance creativity
Lead from Within
MAY 8, 2018
Among the most important is one that surprisingly is rarely mentioned: curiosity, the secret gift of creative people and successful leaders. Curiosity leads to creativity, innovation and transformation. Lead from within: Curiosity is the unexpected quality that makes the difference between a good leader and a great leader. The One Quality Every Leader Needs To Succee d. The post The Unexpected Quality Every Successful Leader Needs appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
Leadership Freak
MAY 29, 2012
Change Courage Decisions Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Optimism Personal Growth creativity Culture Growth Leadership Leadership Development QuestionsYou can’t lead when you know too much. Education establishes barriers to thinking. Everything that comes your way is instantly judged by what you know. In some cases the less you know the more open you are. People with knowledge say things like, “We can’t do that because…” Another reason you can’t lead is too [.].
Leadership Freak
JULY 7, 2016
The really great leaders display contrasting, even conflicting qualities. Others bring creativity and execution together. Some are curious and decisive. Being tender and tenacious is another surprising combination. Radically improve your leadership by bringing… Continue reading → Leading
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Michael Lee Stallard
MARCH 5, 2018
Many “programs” over the years have focused on tasks but overlook the important role that relationships play in achieving high levels of quality and safety. Here are four steps to improve quality and safety by being intentional about achieving both task excellence and relationship excellence. Teams must work together to maximize quality and safety. These areas of sub-optimal performance sabotage quality and safety.
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Fear not, for we have devised a great list of creative ways to market your business. Everywhere you look, businesses are using social media as one of the main ways to connect with their audiences and truly allows you to be creative in what you post.
Mike Cardus
OCTOBER 2, 2013
ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference. October 15 Quality Conference. October 16 Quality Seminars. I will be presenting 2 workshops at the ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference – October 15 & 16. Creative thinking is a critical skill required by all people within their roles at work. ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference. October 15 Quality Conference. October 16 Quality Seminars. At the Millennium Hotel – Buffalo NY. Registration [link].
QAspire
JULY 27, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality & Improvement: From “Experience” to “Advocacy” Consider the following scenario: You go to a new restaurant for the first time. You evaluate quality of food and quality of service. You recommend their food, service, ambience and overall quality. The moment there is someone else who is better and delivers a higher quality experience, a customer is lost!
LDRLB
AUGUST 28, 2011
Creativity starts with humility. The resulting journey to find that answer most times results in creative solutions. Creativity stops when we think we know everything and no longer become sojourners on a journey of inquisitiveness. Jaussi, Stefanovich & Devlin (2008) argue that there are four categories of effective followership for creativity and innovation. Creative Skeptics – Challenge and prod new ideas through bold questions that challenge assumptions.
Mike Cardus
MAY 10, 2011
Please share thoughts and what quality tools you use in the comments. Interested in learning how to use quality tools to solve problems and increase innovative planning within workplaces? Processing Speaking Engagement Team Building creativity innovation problem solving creativity training buffalo ny innovation training nine windows quality tools team building & leadership buffalo ny TRIZ
QAspire
OCTOBER 24, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Establishing Forums to Build a Quality Oriented Culture Total Quality Management (TQM) says that quality is everybody’s job. Each individual’s approach to work, understanding of quality and personal standards of excellence are crucial for delivering quality. One of the biggest challenges for a lot of organizations today is to involve each and every team member in the quality game.
LDRLB
AUGUST 29, 2011
Creativity starts with humility. It starts with saying “I don’t know the answer” The resulting journey to find that answer most times results in creative solutions. Creativity stops when we think we know everything and no longer become sojourners on a journey of inquisitiveness. Jaussi, Stefanovich & Devlin (2008) argue that there are four categories of effective followership for creativity and innovation.
QAspire
AUGUST 10, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Pursuit Of “Customer Delight”: Getting The Basics Right A lot of companies have the phrase “delighting our customers” in their well-crafted mission statements and quality policies. I see “customer delight” as a cherry, with the cake being “solving their problems and meeting the expectations” – so when we say “cherry on top of the cake”, the cake has to be right.
Great Leadership By Dan
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Guest post from Christy Whitman : Above all other qualities, vision is the most essential to extraordinary leadership. And while it is very compelling to give our attention, our focus, and therefore our powerful, magnetic creative energy to those things that are not right now as we would like them to be, directing the precious gift of our attention in this manner nails our creative feet to the floor and keeps us from cooperating with our own desires.
Leadership Freak
MAY 29, 2012
Change Courage Decisions Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Optimism Personal Growth creativity Culture Growth Leadership Leadership Development QuestionsYou can’t lead when you know too much. Education establishes barriers to thinking. Everything that comes your way is instantly judged by what you know. In some cases the less you know the more open you are. People with knowledge say things like, “We can’t do that because…” Another reason you can’t lead is too [.].
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 11, 2018
At the managerial position, leadership qualities are extremely essential because managers are in charge of building and leading a good team. Workplace is a dynamic space, so it’s important that managers are given regular training to enhance their leadership qualities from time to time. Here are some activities which can be conducted to enhance leadership qualities at work. Creativity Workshops. Creativity always makes way for better ideas at work.
Mike Cardus
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Few people in top management in America understand their responsibilities and know that they must serve a life term on quality and productivity from now on, under competent leadership. The organizational structure must be one that releases peoples capacity to be creative, solve problems and exercise their competency. There are NO quick fixes to Management and Quality.
CO2
MAY 14, 2012
When you think of creativity, you often think of ways to promote it! Creativity is the driving force behind many new products, services, and companies around the world, creating solutions to age-old problems and offering new ways to live our daily lives. Yet despite the indispensable nature of innovation, many businesses don’t exactly foster creativity in the workplace, sometimes even actively working against it. ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’ it is said.
QAspire
NOVEMBER 7, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality of Planning = Quality of Execution: 7 Lessons When a project is executed, a plan is established. But the core point is missed – and that is quality of the planning itself. Here are 7 most important lessons I have learned on effective planning: Quality of execution largely depends on quality of planning. Unfortunately, we invest very little effort in verifying the quality of the plan itself. (In
Leading Blog
MAY 15, 2015
“ Curiosity has been the most valuable quality, the most important resource, the central motivation of my life ,” writes Hollywood producer Brian Grazer in A Curious Mind. I particularly like the first point as it provides a starting point—a practical behavior—to develop the thinking and the creativity that drives innovation. As indispensable as they are, “creativity” and “innovation” are hard to measure and almost impossible to teach.
QAspire
JULY 8, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Quotes: Be a Yardstick of Quality I love quotes because they inspire and ignite a thought process. Today, I read this brilliant quote from Steve Jobs: “Be a yardstick of quality. Be a yardstick of quality. Quality is a moving target. So, my takeaway for this Friday (and for the rest of my life) is - Be a yardstick of quality. That’s all about attitude to deliver Quality.
QAspire
JANUARY 12, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality and Quantity – The Conversation Continues On 8th Jan, 2010, I wrote a post on Quality and Quantity – Compliance and Excellence. The gist of my post was: Quality is to first ask “Why are we doing it?”, “Is it worth doing it at-all?”. Quality is to first seek the purpose. They were all blissfully ignorant of qualities.
Aspire-CS
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
His blog is called QAspire , and in his words it “aims to work as a catalyst to improve quality of outcomes for knowledge organizations and businesses” It’s well written and unique. Creativity isn’t always about doing something that no one has done before – but in my view, it is always about executing your ideas with great love, great joy and a deep interest. Was there an element of creativity in the flow for you?
Aspire-CS
JULY 1, 2010
As we organize, we need to keep inquiring into the quality of our relationships. Are you evaluating the quality of the relationships you have and others have at work? Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L.
QAspire
NOVEMBER 17, 2009
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Article Series on Quality – A Round-Up As announced earlier , I am writing a very exciting series of articles on QUALITY over at ActiveGarage.com – it is a 12-part series that touches upon some of the most critical aspects of building a quality-centric organization culture. » #QUALITYtweet – Video Review — January 20, 2010 @ 1:19 pm QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life!
LDRLB
MAY 1, 2013
While this approach may be true in certain circumstances, it’s possible that occasional, well-timed interruptions might actually enhance the quality of our work – especially when that work is creative. A team of researchers led by Sophie Ellwood wanted to examine the effects of a short break on individual creative output. The group given the other creativity test during their break generated 7.6
Anese Cavanaugh
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
What do you consider to be the number 1, most important quality in leadership? If you could have only one quality, take only one quality “with you”, what would it be? top leadership qualities as shared by creative leaders & innovators. Collaboration Creativity from Anese Just Because Organizational CultureNo right or wrong answers here, just curiosity. Whatever is true for you is what makes you…you.
QAspire
AUGUST 1, 2010
Quality and Quantity – Compliance and Excellence Taking a "Project View" of Improvement and Change Initiatives To err is human - Treating people when they make mistakes GIVING is GROWING (Generosity and Leadership) Full of Life 35 Twitter Updates - @tnvora Blogroll All Things Workplace Chris Brogan Confident Writing Copyblogger Daniel Pink Driving Results Through Culture Execupundit.com Fortune Group Blog Great Leadership Life Beyond Code Make It Great!
QAspire
AUGUST 22, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. Innovation in Delivery : Kitchens are specially designed to meet the scale and quality requirements. Focus on Quality : When we went into the office, I could see some well defined checklists.
QAspire
JANUARY 3, 2010
Creativity, Effective Presentations, Pricing, Excellence, Vision, Human Resources, Research, Entrepreneurship are just some of the topics covered in the book. RT @Rflectionldrshp: RT @tnvora Nicholas Bate’s Book ‘Instant MBA’ and Other Great Resources for 2010 [link to post] - Posted using Chat Catcher By UpbeatNow (Rajesh Setty) , January 6, 2010 @ 4:29 am Twitter Comment RT @tnvora QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life!
QAspire
AUGUST 5, 2010
Be creative, leaders, it’s time to “suck our teams into the vortex”! Robin’s Blog Seth s Blog Steve Yastrow’s blog - new article Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching TerryStarbucker.com The Tom Peters Weblog Utpal Writes QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management, Leadership and Improvement is powered by WordPress WordPress Themes
Anese Cavanaugh
OCTOBER 8, 2012
A couple of weeks ago I shared a word cloud that represented responses from a group of senior and executive leaders in one of my LinkedIn groups – “The Design & Innovation Leaders Network: A Private Community Building Creative & Authentic Cultures” The actual query was “What do you consider to be the #1 most important quality in leadership?” Narrowing it down to just ONE quality is virtually impossible so I did allow for up to 3.
Mike Cardus
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
Interested in learning how to use Quality Tools to solve problems and increase the effectiveness of planning within workplaces? creativity innovation problem solving creative problem solving DTC Operator TRIZ triz toolsDimension Time Cost Operator. Dimension Time Cost Operator (DTC) – A TRIZ tool for for seeing problems differently exploring ideas of extremes in size, time and cost. The DTC Operator can work to release Psychological Inertia. The DTC Operator Algorithm.
Miles Anthony Smith
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
31 Great Leadership Qualities, Traits, & Characteristics to Master Good Leadership Qualities & Traits Aren’t Out of Reach, Are They? Click "READ MORE" to unlock the 31 good leadership qualities. READ MORE 5 Bad Leadership Qualities Now that you know what a good leader looks like, you’re probably asking yourself how you go about becoming one. Similarly, be open to taking creative suggestions to problems from your team.
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