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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

Let's Grow Leaders

Set during the US Civil War, Colonel Shaw, played by Matthew Broderick, is asked to lead one of the first regiments of African American soldiers. Shaw’s commanding officer, who mistreats, disrespects, and even shoots his own men, tells Shaw that he can either follow the order or protest it through normal channels.

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The Creative Mindset: Classic Insights

First Friday Book Synopsis

George Bernard Shaw Leonardo Da Vinci Linus Pauling Marcel Proust Margaret Mead Max Planck Michelangelo Pablo Picasso The Creative Mindset: Classic Insights Thomas Edison Vladimir Nabokov' Bob''s blog entries Andre Gide Edgar Degas Eugene Delacroix Galileo Galilei Jonas Salk.

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2014

Leading Blog

Creativity, Inc. Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April. Accelerate : Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John P. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace. Cairo and Cade Cowan. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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Blueprints Aren’t Just For Buildings

Lead Change Blog

For a summary of Teresa Amabile’s work on incremental progress I highly recommend: The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work , by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer. *For Locke’s original study on the power of goal setting, see Locke, E. M., & Latham, G. Psychological bulletin, 90(1), 125.

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Important Ideas on Change and Transitions: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

” - George Bernard Shaw. Frank Sonnenberg of Frank Sonnenberg Online brings us 13 Ways to Destroy Creativity and Innovation. Here are 13 ways that people destroy creativity and innovation every day. Follow Brian @BrianSooy. Overcoming Resistance to Change. Alli Polin of Break the Frame shares Want Someone to Change?

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Are you a pioneer?

My Own Coach

George Bernard Shaw had a great perspective on success. Shaw believed that all human progress depends on the unreasonable people. creativity leadership' He said that there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are reasonable ones and unreasonable ones. Or are you an unreasonable leader?

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Why You Want Mavericks In Your Team (And How To Manage Them)

The Horizons Tracker

George Bernard Shaw famously said that progress only ever comes as a result of unreasonable people bending the world to their will, and yet in an organizational context such mavericks are often pretty unpopular. The best leaders are able to gauge the multiple perspectives of this stakeholder ecosystem and unify them behind a common vision.

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