Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

There are too many ideas generated and no criteria for culling out the ones that need further input. But before a group is convened to “brainstorm”, consider these reasons why many “ brainstorms” fail: The people doing the brainstorming are there by mandate – not by desire. Send out an open invitation. Those who care most will show up.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Finding innovators in the life sciences industry The importance of innovative leadership cannot be overstated. The following sections dive deeper into how well-equipped executive search firms can support the life sciences industry and the critical challenges in recruiting invaluable leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Oliver Wendell Holmes, a 19th-century American poet, made a great point when he said, “ The human mind once stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimension.” . Some ideas are game-changers—creating a whole industry, product line, or new production methods. But all change, whether big or small, starts with an idea. .

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Accountability is closely tied to employee engagement. If we want employees to be sustainably engaged they must be able to experience themselves as the real, pulsating, thinking, idea-generating, responsibility-taking assets.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Idea Generation: Struggling to come up with ideas for a team activity, product innovation, or rewards? Idea Generation Example 2. Brainstorming New Product Ideas: Generate creative product ideas or enhancements based on industry trends or customer needs. Ask AI for a list of suggestions.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The supervisors from each team were asked to evaluate the usefulness and novelty of ideas generated by their teams, while the team members were also asked how ethical their leaders were. The researchers quizzed 327 employees from across 55 different teams in South Korea. The organization regards creativity as crucial to its success.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 8, 2023

One of my favorite things to say in an idea-generation meeting is, “ Let’s invent now. Check out my leadership podcast where we discuss leadership nuggetsin a practical way. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts. We can always tweak later.” Start today heading in a new direction.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

People who prefer to use the information to come up with ideas (generators and conceptualizers) are on the right side of the vertical axis. These individuals are comfortable with ideas, ambiguity, and keeping their options open. This instrument measures one’s preferences for engaging the innovation process.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 22, 2017

I think the best leaders expand their influence and leadership potential by continuing to learn and grow in experience. In my experience, however, my leadership influence grows the fastest when it grows through the people I’m supposed to be leading. Here are 5 ways I expand my leadership potential? Recruit other ideas.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 9, 2022

A mentor of mine always reminds me, “ Everything rises and falls on leadership ”. Are you leading with the idea that you are setting the bar for the people you are trying to lead? The moral value of the church and staff follows closely behind its senior leadership. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 27, 2014

For me, it begs the question: What must we do to change the record… to make sure upcoming generations of organizational leaders have the opportunity to think differently about the work of leadership and management long before they even get their first job? In what way can I champion a positive and collaborative leadership model?

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Management Excellence

MARCH 21, 2012

After a brief hiatus, the Leadership Caffeine podcast is back! I'm excited to be on the air again and I'm excited about the great line-up of experts, authors and executives ready to share their big ideas! Speaking of big ideas, there's no one better to kick us off for this round of podcasts than G.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I think the best leaders expand their influence and leadership potential by continuing to learn and grow in experience. In my experience, however, my leadership influence grows the fastest when it grows through the people I’m supposed to be leading. Here are 5 ways I expand my leadership potential? Let me explain.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Years ago, I read that an idea is two or more known pieces of information assembled in a new way. The more information I absorb, the more contexts I explore, the more fodder I have for idea generation. If my eyes are glued to a phone, I’m missing out.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 20, 2012

For me, it begs the question: What must we do to change the record… to make sure upcoming generations of organizational leaders have the opportunity to think differently about the work of leadership and management long before they even get their first job? In what way can I champion a positive and collaborative leadership model?

Leadership 76

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Mike Cardus

JULY 2, 2013

How can you ensure that people’s ideas are heard and respected? Corporate Team Building Creativity Innovation Leadership Leadership Coaching Management Organization Development Problem Solving Solution-Focused bad manager coaching executive coaching idea generation Managerial Leadership'

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 10, 2012

Sort of – there are 365 short snippets of encouragement, admonishment, support and idea generation. This is a book that defies categorization. Is it a book of tweets? Is it a devotional? Kinda – you could read one snippet each day as a part of your reflection and learning. It is a picture book? Yes [.].

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Step One: Start with the idea generators 1. In The Entrepreneur’s Faces , we present ten archetypes. When you build your team, make sure you have a good mix. Here are the top seven types leaders need to know. T he Outsider: This is person who finds novel opportunities in industries and markets you might not normally target.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Challenge ideas not people ~ While this is part of building a safe environment for ideas to be shared, in the heat of a moment, it is easy to slide criticism away from the idea and onto the one who brought it up so I think it bears repeating. I think we all know that. I’m just not sure how many of us provide it.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 5, 2020

As you check-in with your team(s), you are reflecting the priorities back to them in a way that highlights the great work they are doing; recognizing who is excelling and falling behind as the expectations shift; seeing new skills and performance opportunities to develop; you are making needed changes to how the work gets done that support innovation (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This is the essence of leadership. And that kind of leadership requires some pretty good managerial skills. There are people who are idea generators. Through others. Get folks organized — effectively. A good worker gets things done. A good leader gets things done through others.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Eberhardt: Honest, purposeful, and respectful communication is one of the most effective leadership skills, yet CEOs who promote a culture of candor are still uncommon in business today. Guest post by Nancy K.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 17, 2013

Because being forward-looking is the differentiating leadership quality, you need to spend more time reading about, thinking about, and talking about the long-term view. Circulate the ideas generated and discuss the impact of trends on your products, services, technologies, and constituents.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Therefore, collaboration involving lots of idea generation from multiple sources does not work for many projects. The leadership team had done their best to generate solutions to our situation. Then they were asked to argue the ideas and each table come up with their best ideas. We were very concerned.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 7, 2019

They all claim they have a problem with generating enough ideas, and they’re all wrong. They already have all the ideas they could even need, and so do you. You see, the problem is never idea generation. Because it isn’t more ideas you need, it’s not killing the ones you already have.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

. “But… ” “We’ll need to defer any talk about it until our next meeting, since we have too many other things to cover today” “OK then, next topic, controlling costs in the janitorial department…… ” Ah yes, another idea goes to what I call “ idea limbo “ A place where ideas typically (..)

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

By taking employee input, creating planning committees, encouraging creativity, introducing team-building initiatives, and allowing spaces for communication and idea generation, employers can significantly contribute to holiday morale. Support local community projects or organize donation drives to give back during the holiday season.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2013

Bottom line; the more an organization incorporates both types of innovators - idea generation and idea implementation - the better the solutions. Your strengths: Keeping the need to innovate uppermost in people''s minds and dealing the needed midcourse corrections.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

How do these different modes of thinking affect team dynamics, process flows, idea generation and problem-solving approaches? • John Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership Amy C. Leadership is Already Inside You. Team Leadership. Books Leadership Memes Skills Success Work life' Related articles.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

When each person shares their opinion openly, ideas come together and everyone plays an important role in the outcome of the project. Great leadership is done with integrity and honesty. This has been shown to improve innovation among teams. Practice What You Preach. This can create a sense of confusion and quickly drive a team apart.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

A mentor of mine always says, “Everything rises and falls on leadership”. Are you leading with the idea that you are setting the bar for the people you are trying to lead? Character – The moral value of the church and staff follows closely behind its senior leadership. Others will only take it as serious as you do.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

The HR Digest: Under your leadership, Kellogg Company has taken great strides in the field of diversity and inclusion (D&I). The HR Digest: Has it been particularly easy or difficult to advance diversity for leadership roles? Melissa Howell: Diversity & Inclusion is essentially about culture change.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 16, 2019

A mentor of mine always says, “Everything rises and falls on leadership”. Are you leading with the idea that you are setting the bar for the people you are trying to lead? Character – The moral value of the church and staff follows closely behind its senior leadership. Others will only take it as serious as you do.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

I love to encourage big dreams and I want to be a catalyst for idea generation and innovative thought. In spite of that tendency in me to act quickly, I have learned one principle of leadership by personal experience. If you read this blog regularly, surely you have learned that I’m a risk-taker by nature. Talk about risk.

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LDRLB

JULY 17, 2012

In addition to these important idea-generating qualities, other skills are equally important when it comes to navigating the overall innovation process given the high level of ambiguity and uncertainty which is inherent when creating business breakthroughs.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Curation: Increased communication and collaboration demands a new style of leadership, one Ardi calls “curating.” This means assembling employees – all of whom are individual experts capable of idea generation – and encouraging them to think new thoughts in different ways and challenging them to do new things.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2016

It takes courage for your team members to bring up a new idea or a fresh perspective. By making sure that you are open to new ideas, and that you suspend judgment during the idea generation phase, you’ll be encouraging people to think about things a little differently.

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