Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Spent time with University of Rochester Simon Graduate School of Business PMBA class. Thank you University of Rochester Simon Graduate School of Business Executive PMBA Class. Team Building & Leadership Development. developing a foundation of team work. communication and commitment to the work. 7 Steps to High Performance Teams.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek (Portfolo, 2019) Do you know how to play the game you’re in? Often, as a leader, manager, doctor, teacher, or coach, it's central to your job. Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. Properly understood, bad can be put to perfectly good use. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 12, 2013

Facilitated the orientation program for the incoming MBA class of Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester. During my Simon School orientation, I had the opportunity to build my communication skills through small group activities. Thank you University of Rochester Simon Graduate School of Business.

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Team Building Leadership Development Simon Development 114

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The most obvious way is to start by defining the Why of the organization (Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle ) and in a dialog with your team members to determine what the team’s Why is. A team member in an innovative environment will by the very nature of the task need to take calculated risks. Learning, in turn, stimulates mastery.

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Network Organization Simon Motivation Short-term 186

Chart Your Course

MAY 7, 2019

Conflicting personalities can cause tension that even the most accommodating manager can’t deal with, and it isn’t always easy to create a cohesive work environment with a variety of characters. The Pioneer – Pioneers are the innovators. They value emotional connection and intelligence. Arranging The Office To Maximize Strengths.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 23, 2013

Davenport and Jinho Kim Digital State: How the Internet is Changing Everything Simon Pont, Editor and one of several contributors […]. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics Thomas H.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

How do we create a culture where people can innovate? Even while people are learning on old habits, they have to attend to new cues and new options, and start to manage and process information within a new, broader context.” This is the thrust of innovation. Jazz has always been a good metaphor for the art of leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2018

We’ve sped up technology and innovation but remain trapped in models, processes and working norms that were built in the early twentieth century. Manage Your Energy For the past twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about working to strengths but not enough time thinking about how we manage energy. Work is exhausting.

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Self-aware Energy Simon Download 161

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted The ABC Problem Solving Strategy. Jane Perdue of the Braithwaite Innovation Group contributed How To Involve The Right People In The Right Way. Joel Garfinkle of Career Advancement Blog contributed Seven Ways To Sell Your Ideas to Management.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Simon 150

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 23, 2023

A stressful environment In De-Stress at Work , ESADE’s Simon Dolan explores the role leaders with low self-esteem play in passing on stress to their teams. A leader needs to be able to proactively manage their emotions well enough to project calm and rational to their teams.”

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Stress Emotional Intelligence Simon Environment 84

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 11, 2011

Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal Robert Simons Harvard Business School Press (1994) I read this book when it was first published in 1994 and recently re-read it, curious to see how well it has held up. My conclusion? Very well indeed.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Here is where you can gain a great competitive edge that is sustainable and also leads to more innovative and effective ways of getting things done. The status quo and old ways of thinking are the enemy of higher order processing, innovation and increased performance. See Simon Sinek’s Start with Why TED Talk.)

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Another is a semi-recent start-up with an innovative concept. The other became a second job to actively manage. Purpose ought to be the first conversation, as Simon Sinek shared in his bestseller Start with Why. One is a time-tested and respected brand and product. But the differences didn’t end there.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2011

From a series of Team Development and Leadership workshops I led for the Simon School, University of Rochester. From a workshop on TRIZ Innovation that I led for Syracuse University. I thought this idea was rather innovative and did solve the problem we were facing. A crushed Marshmallow Tower.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

You may have the best materials, the newest innovations, the most creative product –but those resources are meaningless without the core of your business: your employees. “In technology it’s about the people: getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.”

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Start with Why by Simon Sinek. Five Reasons to Make Discomfort Your Friend How to Get Lazy People to Work Ten Decisions Leaders Make Everyday Ten Ways to Make a Great First Impression Five Minutes - a Key to Successful Time Management Kevin Eikenberry: Thanks Dave!Kevin Here is my original recommendation.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Simon McGill/Getty Images. Businesses understand the power of digital innovations to reshape industries and markets. Yet, time and again, they have struggled to innovate with new and disruptive technologies. Investors affect innovation investments. In practice, we find important differences. for BMW versus -2.7B

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Whether you need a leadership and management expert for yourself or your team, you’ll find someone great below. Innovation Advocate. Contact: caduhigg@gmail 9 43,800 5,107 9,706 Clayton Christensen Innovation, Leadership Professor at Harvard Business School. Maybe you need a leadership development expert or public speaker.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

According to author and thought leader Simon Sinek, people buy the “why.” In this TED video , Sinek explains what he believes to be the reason for Apple’s constant innovations and their repeated successes. By Maribeth Kuzmeski Why do people do business with you? Is it because of WHAT you do or is it because of WHY you do it?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Culture Is the Way : How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and Excellence by Matt Mayberry (Wiley, 2023) Former NFL Pro, world-renowned keynote speaker, and management consultant Matt Mayberry delivers an incisive and hands-on blueprint to employee engagement and peak productivity. But you're ambitious.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Try to join as many steering committees as possible, but avoid taking on responsibility as a sponsor or project manager. His first book Strategy Execution Heroes reached the Amazon bestseller list in 5 countries and was nominated for Management Book of the Year 2012 in the Netherlands. The Emerging Strategy of Innovative Service.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Simon Sinek refers to this as well when he describes his “golden circle” concept, telling us that working and leading from “why” (the reason an organization exists) is deeply rooted in our biology, as it connects deep within people’s brains – their limbic systems – the seat of basic human emotion. Leadership and Management. References.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

What is the number #1 book you recommend for learning how to become a better leader (boss/manager or leading self)? Not only does it provide tools and resources for those transitioning into a leadership role, it also includes development strategies for management teams who are overseeing the growth of new leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

That fear drives their companies to invest millions into coming up with breakthrough innovations. If innovation projects are going to succeed, they’ll need to survive a handoff from an innovation team to an execution team. These labels also nicely describe the phases of innovation: Explore, Scale, and Optimize.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

If you want to create a really transformational innovation, you'd better be in an organization that's designed to support, not merely tolerate, someone as challenging as Steve Jobs. Collegiality may make the process more pleasant and more fun, but that's a recipe for becoming an innovation also-ran. Otherwise forget it. "No

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2017

Family firms aren’t typically thought of as particularly innovative. However, many family-owned businesses are among the most innovative in their industries. There are countless other examples of family firms that have brought innovations to market. The level of innovation is higher in family firms.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2011

The daily deal industry, still dominated by Groupon, is in the midst of rapid-fire innovation, presenting new opportunities — and some significant risks — for merchants. But merchants should be cautious and skeptical about these innovations. Dholakia is the William S. Mackey, Jr. and Verne F.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 15, 2011

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Their unique views enable them to come up with new products and innovations that leave the rest of us envious. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Good designers see the world differently. Here are [.].

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I developed the concept of integrating Pop Culture Wisdom with management training and business planning over the last 40 years. I emceed concerts with stars like Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick and Andre Previn.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 16, 2012

David Marquet The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution Charles R. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Turn the Ship Around!: How to Create Leadership at Every Level L. Morris Selling to China: A Guide to Doing Business in China [.].

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This new (and alarming) data comes from pricing consulting giant Simon-Kucher & Partners, which conducts its survey every other year with the Professional Pricing Society, a professional association. The 2014 survey polled approximately 1,600 executives and managers from over 40 countries and across a range of industries.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2018

They need to develop managers and executives who lead with three core mental qualities: mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion. Martin's Press, 2018) So much of leadership is managing tensions. Dear Founder : Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business by Maynard Webb with Carlye Adler (St.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Five Highlights from the 2023 CMI President's Dinner Words CMI Insights / Photography Amanda Forman The evidence about good and bad management; the new CMI president; and all the 2023 award-winners. Bad management harms society: fact “Bad management is bad – on every level,” said CMI’s chief executive Ann Francke OBE in her opening comments.

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Women in the LEAD

JANUARY 25, 2010

  Business, professionals, academics, innovators, entrepreneurs, governments and public bodies alike have to care and have to take up these challenges practically. We need to find different models for social and economic progress or face repercussions and continued cyclical economic time bombs. 

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. They’re starting totally virtual companies, using the cloud for solutions and developing innovative ways to manage staff, time, family and work. Her husband left his real estate firm to run her office and manage the company.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

We tend to see situations in one of two ways: either events are certain and can, therefore, be managed by planning, investment, and reliable budgets; or they are uncertain, and we cannot manage them. Our instinct for determinism may well have been an evolutionary innovation. Here is a simple explanation of it.

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