Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

And now he’s written, Going on the Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation. Most companies pray for one innovation to skyrocket their growth. Dr. Behnam Tabrizi Tabrizi has whittled those qualities down into eight main drivers of perpetual innovation : Setting an Existential Purpose: Why Does Your Company Matter?

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 4, 2024

In their search for innovative solutions, businesses actively seek a variety of unique ideas. However, they often end up with quite similar suggestions, whether from their own team or external contributors. They start by wanting a wide range of ideas but end up with very similar ones. Why does this happen?

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 25, 2022

To be a leader, you need to have followers. Leaders inspire trust from others and provide people with value to continue to follow and stay loyal to them. Many musicians had to find other innovative techniques to continue to share their music, and without the support of fans or a following, they could not have sustained their careers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Our September Festival is all about Bold and Innovative Leadership. No one has the words “Bold” or “Innovative” printed on their business cards; but Bill Benoist of Leadership Heart Coaching shares that when you look, these leaders are all around us. Follow Bill. Follow Bernie. . Follow Ryan.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 25, 2019

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. We’ve never spent more on innovation, yet as many CEOs are starting to notice, the returns are diminishing, and the trend is down, not up.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Image Source: unsplash The Power of Questioning in Leadership Effective leadership involves harnessing the power of questioning. This approach not only empowers employees but also promotes innovation and growth. Leaders can set the tone by actively promoting curiosity and creating opportunities for employees to ask questions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 8, 2024

Episode 247: In this episode, Tanya Luna discusses the principles of power with and how to a build better team. She emphasizes the importance of following a purpose rather than a person, relying on context instead of control, being a cultivator rather than a collector, and building a community rather than a crowd.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 23, 2018

The following is a guest piece by Jaime Anderson and Gabor George Burt. So to get the most out of innovation processes such as design thinking, truly creative leaders also need to master the social dynamics of… [wait for the punchline}…humor! The purpose is to reduce power-distance. And it was good.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

In Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There , Tali Sharot and Cass Sunstein ask what if you could, to some extent, dishabituate ? But we tend to stick with the status quo—the old and familiar—when we should be mixing it up, “even when it is possible and better to try something different.”

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HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2024

Leaders hold a position of power in the workplace—this we know, understand, and accept on most days. We treat authority with some reverence and listen to those who hold different forms of power at work in order to function within the organization. Image: Freepik How do We Define Power in the Workplace?

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool with a lot to offer business and servant leaders. So, if you’re new to AI and want a great way to get started, we have 19 powerful, beginner AI prompts for business and servant leaders. Sample Prompt: Translate the following text into French, German, and Spanish.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Karl Moore takes a practical and down-to-earth approach to understanding what drives millennials and generation Z and how the education system they were brought up in has informed their worldview. Beyond Disruption : Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs by W. What if we had that job?

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Lead from Within

APRIL 24, 2024

When it comes to harnessing the potential of AI, companies must follow a strategic process that encompasses experimentation, productivity enhancement, transformative experiences, and innovation. Productivity Through AI: AI is a powerful tool for boosting productivity. Innovate by integrating AI into your core offerings.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

D ISRUPTION is happening in even the most stalwart industries, leading business leaders scrambling to create a culture of innovation in their organizations. Coming up with amazingly novel ideas isn’t an innate ability but can be a learned skill that leaders and their teams can develop. Steer clear of the word “No.”.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

When leaders expressed empathy for their team, it increased a team’s innovation and engagement, improved customer service, and helped them balance their home and work life. Because the need for empathy and human connection has increased in our chaotic world, the power of everyday empathic leadership has grown.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

People don’t have to follow you, don’t have to show up, and don’t have to bring their creativity or initiative. Even your direct reports don’t have to follow your leadership. How they will show up. Person: Sometimes a simple, straightforward, “I appreciate you” are the most powerful words you can say.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Organizations often voice lofty ideals as a part of their branding efforts, but tangible progress comes when concrete measures are followed. Leaders must understand that the fight for equality isn’t just about powerful speeches and company-wide emails but involves policy reviews, procedural updates, and individual assessments.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Innovative service is different from business as usual—it never follows the current of the latest fad, gimmick, or “me too” tactic. Innovative service is the kind of refreshing experience that is so remarkable it creates customer attraction and ensures customer advocacy. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it,” wrote W.

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

In this exclusive interview with The HR Digest, Franklin dives into her unique talent management strategies, and how they’re propelling Moderna to the forefront of medical innovation. Let’s find out how she harnesses the power of every individual to drive strategic decision-making and unlock the full potential of their workforce.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Co-Intelligence : Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could do previously. There is no more powerful leader than a generous leader. It’s time to change that.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 18, 2020

How to Ignite Innovation. Innovation is one subject that each and every one of us should study because its powerful force is available to us if we know how to tap it. It’s no surprise that Tamara Ghandour’s book interested me because I read all I can about innovation and creativity. Everyone is Innovative .

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 9, 2023

That’s not necessarily a sign we’re getting better at conflict, just escaping it— and potentially losing out on the innovation and problem-solving that comes from learning to do conflict well. Closely followed by advice related to speaking up, talking about it, and addressing the problem head-on. “Be Be the bigger person.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But “ just ask” leadership , centered on questioning, inspires greater accountability, surfaces innovative ideas, resolves conflicts, and motivates employees to higher levels of performance. And follow up on execution by inquiring about progress instead of demanding compliance.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Yet, on the other hand, the data shows that following through on this conviction can be elusive. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. Seventy percent of corporate “change programs” fail to achieve their stated goals.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

They deal with anxiety and health issues that weigh heavily, financial and personal matters that keep them up at night, and a host of other problems that make their day more stressful than needed. Marcella Bremer of Positive Culture contributed Leaders and Culture: What’s Your Power Base ? ” Follow Bill on Twitter at @btreasurer.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 23, 2024

It’s the invisible glue that holds teams together, fosters collaboration, and drives innovation. Broken Promises: Not following through on commitments damages credibility. Leaders should own up to their mistakes and work on solutions. Trust is the cornerstone of any successful organization.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

Cross cultural leadership to build better teams Cross cultural leadership is a fantastic chance to broaden your impact and develop teams that excel in performance and innovative problem-solving. Reduced Innovation and Creativity A failure to address cross-cultural leadership challenges stifles the creative potential of a team.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 1, 2015

You and everyone on your team has an “inner innovator,” a creative potential inside that can be unleashed and harnessed. What’s more, you can build an embedded capability for innovation that engages everyone at your organization and leads to game-changing opportunities.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 23, 2014

We’ve all known of organizational cultures where the managers’ use of command and control is a source of power. Although here are still pockets of managers who grasp for power through force and strength, they’ll leave and be replaced with a new type of manager. This manager will be adept at real power.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 31, 2023

If leaders devalue sleep, employees are likely to follow suit in an attempt to meet expectations, potentially leading to a culture of fatigue, burnout, and diminished productivity. Enhanced Creativity and Innovation Sleep is essential for creativity—a trait that’s indispensable for leaders today. ” — Irish Proverb 3.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

So, following a successful program, during a break in the agenda, after leaving the stage and talking with many with conference attendees, I often find myself standing beside the organizer. Mary Kelly – tools, techniques, and tactics to face crises, challenges and change.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The connection took up as if we were finishing a conversation begun only the day before. Until…there’s too much of it, and its dark side surfaces: lack of innovation, narrow-minded thinking, ingrained and unquestioned bias, outdated practices, and failure to grow as a person. Familiarity is so comforting.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 6, 2012

In researching for my book, DARE, I came across great articles about speaking truth to leaders, and the reasons leaders need their followers to challenge them. Leaders and followers are not personality types, but roles we all play in corporations, organizations, and in personal relationships. The Roles We Play. The Courage To Lead.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 10, 2023

Reclaiming Your Time: Strategies for Busy Managers As a manager, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the workday, from leading team meetings and managing projects to resolving conflicts and making crucial decisions. Why Self-Development is Critical Your team looks up to you for guidance, inspiration, and mentorship.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

His new book, Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments , takes you through his research and best practices to show how to experiment and test before acting. If you follow your intuition, you will more often than not err by misclassifying a random event as systematic. By early 2017, about 2.2

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

By combining these elements, businesses can align their operations with their long-term goals and set themselves up for enduring success. What is the growth advantage? Companies that follow proven growth planning and execution strategies typically outpace historic and industry growth averages by a wide margin.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

We are all wired to fear the downsides of uncertainty, but we forget that change, creation, transformation, and innovation rarely show up without some measure of it.”. Regret, anxiety, grief, self-doubt, and even embarrassment can be powerful obstacles to navigating uncertainty as well. Emotional Hygiene · Reality Check ∙ Magic.

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