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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

Persuasive Powerhouse

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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Leading with Trust

Great Leadership By Dan

As Christopher Bishop, head of Herman Miller’s Innovation lab has said, "The war for talent is over, talent has won." Leaders who fail to invest in skill development for team members implicitly enforce a rigid hierarchy that inhibits innovation. I call investing in both professional and personal growth "whole person" development.

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Ten little “ings” that improve your leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

Sure, leaders may perform the occasional miracle, but for most of you, most of the time, leadership is accomplished by doing a lot of little “ings&# thoughtfully and consistently over time. Creativity and innovation depend on it! Truly, at its core, the best leadership is about giving. Ricky, yes.

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Are We Responsible for Bad Leadership?

Persuasive Powerhouse

In the public arena, we vote for our leaders (this may provide the most obvious connection to our responsibility for bad leadership): In this case, we might ignore bad past behavior before we cast our vote. How can followers possibly be responsible for bad leadership in our organizations? Let’s consider this. We tolerate them.

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Improve and Sustain Your Work Relationships Now

Persuasive Powerhouse

It was in his journey from Superman to being trapped in a body following a tragic accident that we can begin to understand how we, as leaders, might choose to respond to the adverse and trying times that happen in our leadership and our lives. Wouldn’t you also say that leadership is so very human? Your niece sounds very special.

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Giving Away Your Gifts

Persuasive Powerhouse

In a world devoid of positive feedback, you can make a difference. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. When you have the gift of clarity, you must speak up so that others can also see in order to act.

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Take a Look at Your Calendar

Persuasive Powerhouse

As a result a lot of idea sharing and thus opportunity for innovations was potentially lost. This allows for me and my colleagues to get out of our normal routine, and assess the tasks and gain perspective on any positive or negative issues occurring with the project or process. On that note, I am going to asses my calendar right now.

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