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The Flexible Method: How to Survive and Thrive Through the Next Crisis

Leading Blog

But you can be prepared and follow a method to futureproof your business against the next crisis. It is a way through the next crisis you will face. A crisis is a time for deepening your core values, not abandoning them. A crisis is a time for deepening your core values, not abandoning them. Be honest and transparent.

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Leadership and the Innovation Crisis

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Alf Rehn: Some say we live in the golden age of innovation, an age ruled by transformation and revolution. Instead, I would argue that we live in the age of innovation crisis. What crisis, you may ask? What crisis, you may ask? A crisis of imagination, a crisis of ambition, a crisis of vision.

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How to Be Focused and Productive in a Crisis

Lead from Within

In times of crisis, when everyone is anxious and uncertain about the future, it’s understandably hard for people to stay on track. Ask yourself, “As a leader, who am I going to be in this time of crisis?” Model good self-care habits for them and encourage discussion of innovative ways to stay healthy. and lead by example.

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How to Create a Permission Structure for Innovation

Next Level Blog

Most of the organizations I’m talking to and observing during the pandemic recognize the need to up their levels of innovation and agility. It’s a lot of things, actually, but one of the big ones is whether or not the organization has created a permission structure for innovation. What’s the difference between the two groups?

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How to Stay Marketable and Keep Your Job

Lead Change Blog

With the current crisis we are in, so much seems to be rapidly changing, with new information daily causing anxiety. Now, more than ever, there is a strong need to remain relevant and innovative within your career. Now, more than ever, there is a strong need to remain relevant and innovative within your career.

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Innovate Forward

Leading Blog

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. The current crisis requires us all to think and act differently.

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What People Need From Their Leader In A Crisis

Lead from Within

Being a leader always comes with enormous responsibility, but being a leader in crisis adds significance and depth to that responsibility. One successful approach is to focus on the things people look to their leader to provide in a time of crisis. If you normally speak to your people once a month, do it weekly during a crisis.

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