Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

These leaders show you who they are as human beings, rather than hiding behind a mantle of power. They feel motivated to work with others, to innovate, and to strive for extraordinary results. Humans are hardwired to learn through storytelling. This authenticity helps create trust with others. Crafting a genuine personal story.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Intent workshops are powerful tools where diverse stakeholders from both sides co-create a shared roadmap for collective action. Leadership Commitment: Setting the Example Remember, tools and strategies are powerful, but leadership commitment is the true north star. Define the behaviors and incentives that bridge the cultural gap.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Five Reasons Stories are a Powerful Communication Tool by Kevin Eikenberry on October 11, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Communication , Learning We all grow up with stories. Stories make it memorable.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2019

Boost Your Leadership with the Power of Perspective by @WScottCochrane If you can fix it with money, that is not a big problem. Leadership at Scale the @McKinsey Way #LeadershipAtScale Before you begin your next leadership development program, read this. Taking time to consider culture fit when a new CEO joins an organization is vital.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Michael Lee Stallard presents Develop the Heart of a Champion posted at Michael Lee Stallard. posted at Business Wisdom: Words to Manage By , saying, "Part of executive development is recognizing the development that has already occurred.".

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Experience to Lead

MAY 19, 2022

We asked our WDHB team about their favorite Learning & Development books of the year so that we could sharing these bold, thought-provoking publications with you. We hope these reports will open your mind to innovative development strategies, just like the books listed below. Robert Kohls.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Remember, tools and strategies are powerful, but leadership commitment to communicating a destination and sharing updates on progress drives performance! Develops collaborative behaviors through facilitated exercises and challenges, fostering trust and open communication.

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Lead from Within

JULY 27, 2023

Be a storyteller: People often respond better to stories and examples than to dry statistics or facts. By creating a culture of open communication, you’ll foster a more collaborative and innovative team. As a leader, sharing stories and anecdotes can help to engage your team and make your message more memorable.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2017 that you might have missed: How Exceptional People Developers Beat Bad Systems by @Julie_WG. Is it Time to Innovate? The Power of the Pattern Interrupt by @KevinEikenberry. John Le Carre: Storytelling Lessons For Managers from @JohnBaldoni. by @TalentCulture Shawn Murphy.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? What has emerged from these conversations is that while everyone’s experiences under pressure are unique, pressure follows patterns and develops in predictable ways. Blog Post ).

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 10, 2020

Innovation is broadly portrayed as a positive thing, but the very act of disruption can often create as many losers as winners, especially in the immediate aftermath of the disruption where the winners gain a larger share of the pie, and the losers see dwindling returns. An innovation premium. When the researchers assessed the U.K.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

To help you find the best resources amidst the endless maze of information, here are our top podcasts focusing on leadership strategy and development. Whether you’re an experienced leader or an aspiring one, there’s always room for growth and development by embracing more innovative management styles.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 3, 2022

“Productivity and innovation soar when employees are inspired by a purpose that aligns with their own values.” The first is directional : Purpose acts as a kind of North Star to help guide strategy and innovation. “Purpose acts as a kind of North Star to help guide strategy and innovation.”

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 28, 2020

For each of these three shows, the exposure to immigration-related storylines was hugely influential, with viewers developing more inclusive attitudes towards immigrants. “This new data shows how the power of storytelling can engage audiences, shift mindsets, and move people into action,” the researchers say.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

My Writing at QAspire Blog Excellence: Lessons From Anupam Kher The ‘Invisibles’ in Business Performance Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Metrics: Are They Mapped With Your Business Objectives? (You can also visit monthly round ups of Jan 2010 , Feb 2010 , Mar 2010 , April 2010 , May 2010 , June 2010 and July 2010 ).

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Michael Lee Stallard presents Develop the Heart of a Champion posted at Michael Lee Stallard. posted at Business Wisdom: Words to Manage By , saying, “Part of executive development is recognizing the development that has already occurred.” William Matthies presents Instead, How About. ”

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HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

Whether you’re mapping out a new project or doodling the next big idea, these tools are the digital equivalent of a campfire storytelling session. The true power lies in how you wield them to foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of camaraderie within your remote tribe. Still wondering how to manage remote teams?

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

As they continue their “freedom versus security” discussion, Hazel comes to a powerful realization: “Although they were glad to talk to him and welcomed his visit because it brought a little excitement and change into their monotonous life, it was not within their capacity to take a decision and act on it. Great leaders are storytellers.

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Sales Wolf Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Department of Labor Home Page Tom Peters, The Man, The Myth, The Legend, Change Guru TUTs Adventurers Club: Explore the power of thought & creative visualization to manifest dreams!   This week I've got a powerful series of video clips from one of my favorite business authors: Tom Peters.   Not big on online video?

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The most successful people harness the powers of the various aspects of their lives, bringing them together in the pursuit of what I call “four-way wins”--actions that result over the long haul in things like being better at work, at home, in the community, and for yourself. A great storyteller must be a great listener.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

GE’s best path to organic growth is to continue the world-changing innovation it has always been known for. In marketing, we resolved to fuel that innovation, and also to make our own efforts as creative and valuable as the products coming out of our R&D labs. Go to new places. Shape the market early.

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. Gen Z is already responsible for $29 billion in purchasing power and more than $333 billion in influence. For example, high purpose companies experience: 14.1%

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. Gen Z is already responsible for $29 billion in purchasing power and more than $333 billion in influence. For example, high purpose companies experience: 14.1%

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

GE’s best path to organic growth is to continue the world-changing innovation it has always been known for. In marketing, we resolved to fuel that innovation, and also to make our own efforts as creative and valuable as the products coming out of our R&D labs. Go to new places. Shape the market early.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Most leaders are interested in growing their businesses through innovation, but it's risky business: most innovation efforts fail. After years of helping to make innovation happen as chief communications officer at Steelcase and as a consultant, I have a point of view that I'm willing to bet on. Don't lose sight of the horizon.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 19, 2017

Cathy is an amazing storyteller and story listener– and we enjoyed working with her audience to share our story in a recent webinar. Why are stories so powerful? And that’s how it is with storytelling. You are helping your organizations develop new products and services. You develop cultures that foster innovation.

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Rajesh Setty

JULY 16, 2013

Nothing can replace the power of actual experience but being prepared and equipped will take that experience to a whole new level. Some entrepreneurs quip back citing examples from Alexander Graham Bell to Steve Jobs who could not or did not do market research respectively but went ahead with amazing innovations.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

What does it take to cause something big about a community to change — something that no one individually has much power over, even something as big as a prevailing mindset? Increasingly there is an insistence that these powerful forces must leverage human creativity, not marginalize it. Tim Ellis/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2014

Given how fashionable storytelling is today, you’d think every market-centered company would have a person like this on staff to manage the collective memory of its brand. Artifacts and stories articulate a company’s identity, purpose, and value to customers and communities in a very real, powerful way. What Makes a CMO Powerful.

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ExactHire - Leadership

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The “ Era of Innovation ” is one contender. Which is why you may have had trouble figuring out how to develop your employer brand or even why you need an employer brand in the first place. Or is your mentality stuck in the Great Recession, when prolonged unemployment shifted power to employers? Really fast.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

From targeted online advertising to more precise recommendation engines, consumer markets are bursting with innovation around machine learning and advanced analytics. The science of storytelling and brand performance. The service offers the possibility of enhancing an engineer’s marketability and growth and development.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 31, 2022

At WDHB, we believe that ongoing organizational learning and people development is a big part of that process. However, our research indicates that organizational learning, leadership development and the L&D function have rarely been central to defining or driving purpose in organizations. Granted, purpose is no silver bullet.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

Part of Adidas’ investment in a digital transformation was the brand’s use of extensive consumer research not only to inform its marketing strategy and storytelling, but also to uncover new, efficient ways of working so it could continue to build better experiences and products — faster. Connecting Teams.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Leaders in every industry are no doubt keeping a vigilant eye on such developments, yet one very important aspect of this disruption has been largely overlooked: technology fundamentally changes what makes your brand premium. The science of storytelling and brand performance. Insight Center. Data-Driven Marketing. Sponsored by Google.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

This is something many cancer patients don’t do because they are unaware of the data’s importance or their power to instruct institutions to share it. The best brands use storytelling to amplify the company’s manifesto and mission. Some are not asked to share their data or don’t know how to do so.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 9, 2019

Market research is an essential tool in developing and differentiating brands and services But the research business is rapidly being disrupted by the encroachment of SaaS competitors, emerging methodologies, lower pricing and easier consumer access. Therefore, we need to rethink the paradigm of the 150-slide Power Point data dump.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Marketers have long known that stories capture consumers’ attention and they commonly weave storytelling into their marketing messages. In fact, the quality time consumers spend within a brand experience can increase ROI and develop true engagement , leading to greater brand advocacy and actions over time. Start in the heart.

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