Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, productivity, team building, and more. Jim Taggert of Changing Winds provided Leading for Success: How to Create a Culture of Innovation by Following 10 Leadership Behaviours.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2015

Wrong People : You get a 1% (or less) conversion rate because your missive connects with only those whose email addresses you have and, even if they might eventually be part of a Buying Decision Team, who consider it spam. Content marketing can help prospective buyers dispense suitable information 1. at the time they need it while 3.

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HR Digest

MAY 11, 2024

Considering that non-compete clauses are going out of fashion both socially and legally, garden leave regulations are a useful alternative for businesses that see the need to safeguard company secrets when an employee leaves. HRDive believes that these policies could see great value as noncompete alternatives and we’re inclined to agree.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The Good Fight : Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track by Liane Davey (Page Two, 2019) Liane Davey shows you how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done. Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

He went on to explain that this kind of feedback was confrontational and would only be accepted and processed by the recipient if it was delivered in an extremely caring fashion. Team members started cooperating and collaborating at a level that got them, and me, noticed. He called it carefrontation. And it was contagious.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Be Innovative and engaging, not flat and uninspired – countless management consultants employ the same old, tired planning processes that generate little interest or energy. Management teams want automated and integrated techniques that enable analytics and scenario testing.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

“This kind of troll does not need to hide in the dark web or a black market; this troll is employed in the politician’s in-house team, or a PR firm or a digital marketing company.” ” Trolling business models. “This has enabled them to downplay the political and moral consequences of what they do.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 7, 2018

Any, even minor, mistake you – or others on your teams – make, can create instant, major blow-back. In 2007, I found the answer in an unlikely place – the fashion magazine W – and from an unlikely source: Robert Downey, Jr. For new products and services for your market? How could it not? What else did they need?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Popular business axioms and management theories are thrown around in such cavalier fashion these days that they can actually result in flawed decisioning. Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors? And what are your strategic goals?

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The conversation around Gen Z in the workplace receives a lot of negative attention whether we’re in discussion about their work fashion or their work ethic. Just as older workers are best placed to teach the younglings about the market, the various job assignments, the ins and outs of working with specific clients, etc.,

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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. That’s what one manager recently shared with me about how much time she spends getting new Gen Y team members on board. They’re so high maintenance!”

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

How do organizations achieve longevity, the kind of longevity that survives long past the founder or any particular leader or leadership team? It is fashionable today to have management committees, at various organizational levels, working as teams. Let me explain. Resistance from the Supplier.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

And finally, business model innovation is getting the recognition it deserves. That’s why I was thrilled when my friend and one of business model innovation’s gurus, Saul Kaplan , wrote a must read book sharing his real world experiences - The Business Model Innovation Factory. For many, this is frightening.

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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.

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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. By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Any leader is only as good as his or her team’s desire to be led by them. Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish. Successful leaders focus on customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

Here are examples of five different leadership styles that have all proven successful in various ways: Transformational This type of leader is one who is able to continually inspire his or her teams and influence subordinates to improve and/or change. Leaders like this are usually visionaries with boundless enthusiasm.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 30, 2009

This question was answered in a very interesting fashion on a on a podcast where Dr. Paul interviews Dayna Steele , a lively author and former rock-n-roll disk jockey in Houston. In the interview Dayna talks about meeting and associating with rock stars like Jon Bon Jovi, Sammy Hagar and other rock legends.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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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. If conflict does flare up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

When you have a team looking up to you for guidance and instruction, it’s important to remain consistent in the way you lead. But even if you don’t have a team of direct reports, we are all leaders who come from different walks of life with varied experiences that shape our core values. I work as a part of the team.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. It means your vision is not understood, your team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par. While inherently obvious, it should not go unnoticed that the use of the word no is 100% negative.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Great leaders lead all people under their care, not just those who agree with them. As much as some don’t want to hear this, there is an “I&# in team because teams are comprised of individuals. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. only to fail in miserable fashion. They're the ones on behalf of the team who step up and do a faceplant with an oncoming tomato. They are the ones who have earned the trust, loyalty and respect of their co-workers. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Tom.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is it more imagination or innovation? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. Create with the customer, not just for the customer.

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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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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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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. It is emphathy that enables leaders to understand both their teams and their customers, and foster an atmosphere of greater creativity and problem-solving. Lori Meyer Thank you so much for this post.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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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.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence? Now a small team of Bettcher employees is venturing into clean rooms and observing the “work” that is performed.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2012

Nowadays, almost every company claims to be innovative, if only to attract top talent, please investors, and strengthen its brand. Some companies are innovative, but many are not. Is the innovation effort only inducing fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the market, or is the company really walking the talk?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It’s so unusual that customers will set the meeting, and then talk about how innovative it was. Talk fashion. Ask for his or her favorite – quote, book, movie, team, player. But Jeffrey,” you whine, “What do I talk about during the meeting?”. ANYTHING BUT BUSINESS AT THE START OF THE MEETING. Talk family. Talk hobbies.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

Digital disruption has clearly been one of the major catalysts for this change, but less has been said about how the transformation is a prime example of open innovation , a focus of my research for many years. What it takes to make the successful shift to open innovation is always an important theme in our discussions.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Instead, he suggests to you, in an extraordinarily inarticulate fashion, what you want to do yourself.”. So outside ears, and eyes, are important for concert-caliber musicians, winning sports teams and Olympic-level athletes. Self-improvement has always found a ready market; it's teaching with a trendier name.

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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. Given the skills and span of responsibility required, this function should sit in the marketing department. The New Marketing Organization.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

Unlike other countries in Latin America, such as Mexico, Peruvians have learnt to innovate on shoestring budgets. Working with several doctors, the city set up a hospital, Hospital de Solidaridad, in a very different fashion. Medical teams drive to the poorest places in Lima, starting at 8 a.m.,

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