Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Good character development is evident in Call Sign Chaos. Although Mattis resigned halfway through his appointment as Secretary of Defense at the end of 2018, he writes, “I’m old-fashioned: I don’t write about sitting presidents.” “Old-fashioned” Old-fashioned” is often another way of saying character.

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Fashion Learning-by-Doing Operations Hotels 192

Mills Scofield

JUNE 5, 2013

This as well as our want to provide an opportunity for people, like you, to better the world we live in developed into the driving force behind Mrked. Mrked is a tech accessories company that not only offers quality, fashionable products, but also a chance for you to “Leave a Mrk” on the world.

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Fashion Education Library Quality 194

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 3, 2012

How much time are you spending on activities that lead to your goals versus those that are urgent and unexpected? If I had a nickel for every time a leader said to me “I told the company our (project, goal, etc), yet two weeks later they have totally forgotten the conversation”, I’d be a very wealthy person. And it is a trap.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. He provides practical tools to “unleash” the hidden creativity in all of us.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

MAY 29, 2013

These scientists and engineers develop innovative products and breakthrough ideas. Quiet time allows innovative ideas to percolate and emerge. Quiet time allows you to better understand yourself and others by getting clear about your own motivations, goals and values before you step into a situation. 5. Keep it fresh.

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Influence Executive Coaching Fashion Energy 262

Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

When it comes to tradition, the challenge today is how to motivate the next generation to work in old-fashioned (read: unsocial as in media and societal interactions) work cultures. Yes it is — if you learn how to leverage this new talent by focusing Gen Y behaviors on business goals and setting metrics for results. Paul, Minn.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It’s the critical foundation for creating an environment where your team members can flourish, be engaged, and exercise their creativity and innovation to achieve their goals and those of the organization. For leaders, trust is a must. But trust is under attack. Above all, trustworthy leaders are honest and act with integrity.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. Developing effective conflict resolution skill sets are an essential component of a building a sustainable business model. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Blog Fashion Brand Self-aware 419

Mills Scofield

JUNE 5, 2013

This as well as our want to provide an opportunity for people, like you, to better the world we live in developed into the driving force behind Mrked. Mrked is a tech accessories company that not only offers quality, fashionable products, but also a chance for you to “Leave a Mrk” on the world.

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Fashion Education Library Quality 87

Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

Self-awareness is something that people can develop by honestly assessing their own strengths, talking to other people about the qualities that they see them exhibit, both good and bad, and taking the time to reflect, often daily, on personal successes and failures and what caused each to occur.

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Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Leadership Quality 120

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. My suspicion is your best memories are of those teachers who inspired you, encouraged you, brought out your passion, and challenged you in a positive fashion. The boss will never go for that.&#

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Loyalty Blog Leadership Brand 417

The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 4, 2014

Despite what many leaders believe, strategic thinking is NOT quantitative analysis – eg, generating sales forecasts – nor quantitative goals – eg, $100 million in revenues. For most companies, strategic planning focuses on breaking down a goal into action steps and connecting those steps to resources, timelines and budgets.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Professors of business and corporate strategy (which includes me) research and lecture about the goal of long-term “sustained” competitive advantage, driven by grand plans that mesmerize and seduce the most seasoned leaders and leadership teams. The most significant hurdle by far is resistance to change from within. Let me explain.

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Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 52

HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

Set clear goals and objectives, leaving no room for ambiguity. These virtual watering holes provide a central gathering place for ideation, task tracking, and good old-fashioned digital bonding. Empathy is the key–understand their unique challenges and be flexible, focusing on outputs rather than micromanaging their every move.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 17, 2022

In true movie fashion, George joyfully returns to his real life, and grateful friends and family resolve the financial crisis. That’s when Arthur realized that despite meeting or exceeding all his professional goals, “I wasn’t particularly satisfied or happy.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I’ve addressed this topic before, but perhaps not in this fashion…True leadership is dedication to something beyond self. While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great. What do you think? Should leaders be more open with their feelings? Alex Good One!

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Blog Leadership Brand Reputation 419

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The goal of a leader is not to clone him/herself, but to harness individual strenghts for the greater good of the team and for the overall benefit of the organization. I have always found that rapport is quickly developed when you listen, care, and attempt to help people succeed.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

By any category analysis or analytical standard blogging has obviously developed into a powerful communication medium. Lastly, there are a number of strategies to build engagement and develop a loyal following, and several social media consultants who will be happy to help you. Good content will rise above the noise.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” While inherently obvious, it should not go unnoticed that the use of the word no is 100% negative.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Brand 385

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 21, 2012

How can organizations use the diversity of thought and opinion that so many recognize as being key to our ability to innovate and grow if our employees don’t feel comfortable expressing that diversity? Remember, your goal should not be to please everyone, or even silence your most vocal detractors.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 21, 2012

How can organizations use the diversity of thought and opinion that so many recognize as being key to our ability to innovate and grow if our employees don’t feel comfortable expressing that diversity? Remember, your goal should not be to please everyone, or even silence your most vocal detractors.

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Succession Diversity Globalization Organization 226

Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. Thus, this mindset must be deliberately developed and nurtured by senior leaders – and exemplified in their own behaviors. Would you share an example from an organization doing it right?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In the creative economy, innovation is more important than ever. Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance. Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. We all get it: innovation is the lifeblood of every organization.

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Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

I’m a rising junior at Brown University with a passion for supporting entrepreneurs and understanding how businesses develop. In dormitory fashion, I stayed with 24 women between the ages of 18 and 65 years of age, four of whom were eating breakfast the morning of my first day of work.

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Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Library Mentor 170

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

We know how crucial it is to having talent who love working for us and who will offer discretionary effort and innovation. Including the brain trust on your organizational development team. They’re free to innovate and create market-differentiating, competitive ideas. And introductions to their friends.

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This is the task we received last week in DesignStudio, a class at Brown University where we “imaginatively frame design problems and develop novel strategies for addressing those problems.” In true Brown fashion, we had an astrophysicist, a philosopher, two biomedical engineers, and an international development major (me).

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Establishing a personal brand carries even more weight when you’re responsible for developing and leading others. I have a documented track record of business development, operational planning, and leadership. This will help you fine tune your personal brand, your goals, and how you interact with others moving forward.

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Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

The Gifts You Can Give Let’s explore some of the gifts you may have been given or that you have developed in your time on earth. If that is your gift – leverage email, texts, etc to extend it, but not to replace the ‘old fashioned way’ Nice thought this morning Mary Jo. How could I have forgotten the gift of presence?

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Blog Greenleaf Maslow Open-book 206

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

In our experience, managers tend to focus their innovation efforts on processes that are either large in scale (new products and business models ) or swift in development (hackathons, rapid prototyping, or emerging platforms). But there’s also another type of innovation that is more gradual and smaller in scale.

Innovation 8

Innovation Long-term Trends Budgeting 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Design thinking has been recognized as an important means to innovate in the context of developing new products and technologies. One of the things I so enjoy about my work is that whatever the particular challenge or business problem is, I always take a design approach to developing a solution. Strategic plan as jigsaw puzzle.

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Creativity Strategic Planning Construction Politics 58

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

June's Harvard Business Review features a story by Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Bruce Brown and me on " How P&G Tripled Its Innovation Success Rate." First, some of the ways that P&G reduces risk on individual projects are generally good innovation practices for everyone. What if I don't have that foundation?

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Innovation Chief Technology Officer Business Model Definition 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

When people who share the same ambitious goals come together, they can move mountains. Any company that wants to improve collaboration, break down so-called siloes, or live into its diversity goals will be well-served by pursuing a deeper understanding of each.

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Innovation Diversity Bond Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless.

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QAspire

MAY 13, 2021

The old-fashioned view of mentoring as someone outside the leader’s chain of command it no longer relevant. Not accidentally, the first letters of these four competencies (and steps) spell the word “SAGE”—a helpful mnemonic as well as a symbolic representation of the goal, the power-free facilitation of learning. They mentor!

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