The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 4, 2024

In their search for innovative solutions, businesses actively seek a variety of unique ideas. After getting many suggestions, the company decided to implement an idea related to monitoring the inventory of spray products. million contributors to understand how organizations unknowingly influence the ideas they receive.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 7, 2020

In those moments it’s especially important that leaders work to keep everyone focused and productive while coping with ambiguity and uncertainty. Model good self-care habits for them and encourage discussion of innovative ways to stay healthy. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. How to Succeed as A New Leader.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Creating world-class products and services is a discipline that some organizations seem to master, and others struggle to achieve. Radhika Dutt presents a different approach in her book Radical Product Thinking. Radhika’s experience building products in numerous industries is evident in every chapter. Radhika Dutt.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 21, 2023

It can be overwhelming for your team and manager when you share too many innovative ideas at work all at once. With higher engagement and a results-oriented approach to innovation? Where your employees speak up, share their ideas, and drive quality performance and productivity? Get ready for leadership development that sticks.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 9, 2017

As a leader, they’re looking to you to be an innovative leader. The big question is: How do I become an innovative leader? We’re going to see where innovation comes from and how you can use innovation in your leadership. What Is Innovation? How To Become An Innovative Leader.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 14, 2023

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. A recent exploration of the German economy by the University of Maastricht showed just how big a problem this is, with productivity growth of just 0.3%

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

A seeming no-win scenario is also a chance to distinguish yourself, earn people’s trust, and innovate. Recently, we had one of our global leadership development participants ask how we would lead through a no-win scenario. He faced a challenging product request that he believed would either overtax his team or disappoint the client.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2020

You may also be wrestling with the challenges of blurred lines between company time and personal time, and how to effectively collaborate with colleagues who are no longer down the hall. Early on, these office-turned-remote workers may have put in longer hours and worked hard to show they were being productive in the changing environment.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

What makes a courageous question useful and how to craft your own). Sample Courageous Questions (Specific courageous questions you can ask your team), How to “Respond With Regard” to what you’ve heard. How would you recommend we do that more consistently? Courageous Questions to Improve Productivity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2021

How to Scale Your Leadership For Lasting Results. How do you balance responsiveness with productivity? How do you distinguish the truly urgent and important from the noise? Teach your team how to think. If you want to scale your leadership, teach your team how to think. Teach your team how to think.

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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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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

What we were taught in high school science, F = MA , force = mass times acceleration, also describes the physics of innovation. The laws of innovation may be an entirely different application than Newton intended, but tracking through on the metaphor yields pragmatic tips for innovators.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 28, 2020

Innovation, change, the ability to notice patterns, and try unique or novel approaches will continue to be a differentiator in your organization , team, and self. In a recent webinar on change and innovation , I shared processes and ways to support innovation in your work : . Innovation and Overcoming Organizational Stuckness.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 21, 2023

The ability to foster collaboration among and across departments can significantly enhance productivity, innovation, and overall organizational performance. For your team to be truly productive, collaboration is crucial. According to a study by Forbes , collaboration drives workplace performance and innovation.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 20, 2023

Lack of innovation : When a leader believes it is their job to do all the thinking when it comes to innovation, they cause stagnation. Additionally, their actions of being stuck in the nitty-gritty result in the company lacking in innovation. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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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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HR Digest

JUNE 8, 2023

Unlocking the secrets to success, Netflix has rewritten the script on how to build a thriving company. With an unwavering commitment to innovation and a trailblazing HR strategy, they have achieved remarkable feats. This freedom to fail not only sparks innovation but also cultivates resilience and a growth mindset within the workforce.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

James Burstsall, the CEO of Argonon, an independent production group, offers what he calls The Flexible Method. Have the confidence to innovate, think, and experiment. Caring for yourself can boost your productivity, memory, focus, creativity, empathy, and decision-making—in other words, your overall effectiveness as a leader.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2023

It’s certainly possible that Sue is avoiding accountability conversations, or doesn’t know how to have them well. See Also: How to Be Okay When It’s Time to Fire a Poor Performer. If you’re an executive or manager of managers, how do you help your team strengthen accountability? What would you add?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 13, 2020

To scale best practices, focus on how they work in different contexts Has this ever happened to you? Your top-performing team seems to have discovered the secret to transforming their productivity, customer relationships, or sales. And then you think, “It’s time to […].

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 25, 2021

For all the narrative around the disruptive nature of innovation, it’s fairly rare for innovators to fully capture the value of their invention. It has long been argued that this mismatch disincentivizes innovation, which in itself creates a mismatch between the potential benefits we could see from an innovation and the reality.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 30, 2021

How to reclaim your creativity, conquer busyness, do your best work, and be your best self. It’s like oxygen for a fire – without that sort of time, the fire of your productivity and creativity will go out. 7:52 – The challenges and negative side-effects of all the productivity short-cuts you might take.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

A recent study shows that 90% of HR professionals don’t think performance appraisals are accurate or effective in improving productivity. Set aside an hour to listen in as David discusses why accepted management practices don’t work—and how innovative companies are changing the rules. Are annual performance reviews necessary?

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2024

Julie Charlestein is the author of the book, How To Lead Your Family Business: Excelling Through Unexpected Crises, Choices, and Challenges. Premier Dental is a global provider of innovative dental products used by dentists in 75 countries.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 21, 2023

A dash of unpredictability can invigorate your team, inspire innovative ideas, and drive enhanced productivity. Being unpredictable in this area means knowing how to delegate not just tasks but responsibilities. The Power of Unpredictability Unpredictability, when channeled appropriately, can become a powerful tool.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Embracing innovative tools and technologies is no longer optional; it’s a strategic imperative. AI tools can analyze customer data, sentiment, and behavior to help you tailor your products, services, and marketing efforts. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation. Optimizing innovation: Improving the past.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

But in volatile situations, our ingrained reactions cause us to miss opportunities to learn and grow in more productive ways. Dual Awareness is having an “awareness of both our external and internal environments and how they impact each other.” Mostly this seems to work for us. It seems to protect us and our core identity.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

This happened over and over again during the production of “Jaws,” with Spielberg and his crew forced to alter – or completely abandon – the director’s original vision to adapt to conditions on the ground. In business, we tend to mythologize innovative leaders as those who have a revolutionary vision and stick with it, no matter what.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Uptime : A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing by Laura Mae Martin Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balance.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 26, 2023

Here are seven strategies for getting your employees to work better together: Build diverse teams: By bringing together people with a range of experiences, skills, and perspectives, you can create a team that is more innovative and adaptable. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 21, 2014

In today’s increasingly competitive, global market, it’s understandable why so many leaders are trying to figure out how to foster innovation in their organizations. So how is it that some organizations seem to thrive on the cutting edge while others can barely get their innovative initiatives off the ground?

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 9, 2023

Julie Charlestein is the author of the new book, How To Lead Your Family Business: Excelling Through Unexpected Crises, Choices, and Challenges. Premier Dental is a global provider of innovative dental products used by dentists in 75 countries.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This is fascinating, as there has been considerable concern in recent times that our innovative output has been slowing down. Indeed, the researchers believe that we need around 20 times as many researchers today to produce the same amount of research productivity growth seen 80 years ago. So how does remote collaboration help matters?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Instead, by adopting this simple framework, they have been experiencing a significant increase in team engagement and productivity over the last few months. So let’s unpack this 4 step framework and show you how you can use it in your business. . Sharing these insights amplifies the value and productivity of any meeting.

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