Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 18, 2022

Or I hear about a team in distress and their concerns sound so familiar. My mind rushes to the dozens (or more) times I’ve worked with teams facing similar challenges. Fred was absolutely beaming about all the progress his team had made. And I am PROUD of all the team has accomplished. Let’s call him Fred.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. Others were included because they help us to think differently, opening us up to potential we might not have considered. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. Leaders are dealers in hope. Blog Post ).

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 20, 2015

Instead of going about their business as usual, as people at other companies would do, 25,000 employees at Market Basket (they call themselves associates) protested in the streets for six weeks to get Demoulas back. and other members of the executive teams remind associates constantly that everyone is needed in order to achieve that goal.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Meeting room 2 with a team that is talking fast and loud and in an enthusiastic tone of voice while they energetically fill the whiteboard with drawings and ideas. Whitney Johnson’s new book Disrupt Yourself got me thinking about the developmental phases of people and organizations, as well as organizational culture because that’s my field.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

But it only intensifies something we were already seeing in the world of work: organizations need to adapt constantly to keep up with market dynamics. This kind of workplace demands a different kind of leader: people who follow their inner convictions and passions, and who engage with others in an authentic and open way.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We will instead show the market what we’re made of.”. By attending to the here-and-now and neglecting the longer view or bigger picture, organizational leaders and their teams may do well enough for a while. How can you differentiate and elevate your organization to gain advantage and increase market share? Assess the market.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 5, 2020

March 10 brings the new book, Create The Future: Tactics For Disruptive Thinking, by J eremy Gutsche , CEO of Trend Hunter. Gutsche shares that, Create The Future , "is a book about Disruptive Thinking, so it makes sense that it shouldn't follow conventional norms. It's the ideal guide to turn your big idea into a reality.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s a chance to reset, redefine goals, and introduce positive actions that can significantly impact your business, your team, and most importantly, yourself. Explore new markets or demographics for your products or services. Positive Actions for Your Team Prioritize team building to foster a stronger, more cohesive unit.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 26, 2016

Innovation occurs when boundaries, roadblocks and Naysayers are pushed to the side. A book, ORBIT-SHIFTING INNOVATION , explores both the creative process behind innovation, as well as the execution. How to now make the big idea work in the market is the dominant question in their mind.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Innovation occurs when boundaries, roadblocks and Naysayers are pushed to the side. A new book, ORBIT-SHIFTING INNOVATION , explores both the creative process behind innovation, as well as the execution. How to now make the big idea work in the market is the dominant question in their mind. Innovation Execution.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Rather than seeing it as an obstacle to overcome, integrate it into your strategic approach to invigorate your high-growth potential and outperform competition under any market condition,” explains Rebecca Homkes , author of the new book, Survive, Reset, Thrive. Yet, resetting and leaning into change is essential. “If

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Decker Communication

APRIL 5, 2023

A few years (and roles) ago, I spoke up to disagree with a member of my company’s leadership team. The response I was met with was open and curious. The team left that meeting shifting course in a more aligned direction, and I left that meeting feeling confident, engaged, and useful. I was respectful but direct. Especially now.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

The company clearly had problems with low engagement, faltering customer service, rising costs from inefficient processes and quality problems, and low innovation. The senior management team declined. ” He argued for “not thinking in traditional ways” and “finding innovative ways to get the job done.”

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Radhika Dutt presents a different approach in her book Radical Product Thinking. In a growing economy where credit was plentiful, the tech industry has repeatedly chanted the innovation mantra “Fail fast, learn fast.” Methodologies such Lean Startup and Agile have taught us to innovate faster by harnessing the power of iteration.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. A new product emerges, which eventually opens up a new market.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

Get on board - start by reading the book (use the code FRIENDS for free shipping), listening to Victor’s TEDxWindyCity talk and checking out his new “school”, The Experience Institute. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Victor has hacked his MBA and learned more than he would have in school.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Earlier this year brought the book, Create The Future: Tactics For Disruptive Thinking , by J eremy Gutsche , CEO of Trend Hunter. Gutsche shares that, Create The Future , "is a book about Disruptive Thinking, so it makes sense that it shouldn't follow conventional norms. It's the ideal guide to turn your big idea into a reality.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2015

How is 'conversion' defined – opening the email? Wrong Time : Content is useful only at the time it's needed and won't be opened otherwise, even if your solution is needed later. Content marketing can help prospective buyers dispense suitable information 1. I get anywhere from 40-51% conversion with my content marketing.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Innovation has always been culturally synonymous with ‘the latest and greatest’, the ‘next big thing’, and on the surface this true. Companies like to rollout their innovations at trade shows and industry events to garner attention and praise for their good work. Be purposeful in defining value creation for your innovation practice.

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Experience to Lead

JUNE 8, 2023

Michael is an author of two best-selling books, a keynote speaker and a thought leader and subject matter adviser. As we sat down with Michael, we learned just how important IDEA is for 21st century leaders, team and organization. It stimulates a system of collaborative teams that are innovative and engaged.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 21, 2021

Understanding how to tap your own entrepreneurial superpowers is the premise of The Entrepreneur’s Faces: How Makers, Visionaries and Outsiders Succeed , a new book by Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp. Jonathan Littman collaborated with IDEO on the bestsellers The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

We need to continue learning long after we’ve tossed our caps into the air and received our diplomas, especially in a world where the speed of innovation has us adopting new technologies, standards, and best practices at breakneck speeds. Alan has spent his learning budget on books about agile development and software team management.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. “Me Too&# companies fight to eek out market share in an attempt to survive, while disruptive companies become category dominant brands insuring sustainability.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 24, 2013

In his book Nice Companies Finish First: Why Cutthroat Management is over—and Collaboration Is In , author Peter Shankman shows how famously nice executives, entrepreneurs, and companies are setting the standard for success in this new world. This book has scores of stories that illustrate how nice people and companies finish first.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

ALIEN THINKING is a book about the importance of thinking differently and questioning your assumptions to come up with breakthrough solutions. Unorthodox thinking is required throughout the innovation process.”. Talk about the findings of a testosterone measurement study and its relationship to innovation.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

He helped to build some of Silicon Valley’s greatest companies including Google, Apple, and Intuit and to create over a trillion dollars in market value. He was simply known as “coach” in part because he was a coach of the Columbia University football team from 1974 to 1979, but mostly for his business mentoring. It’s the People.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 15, 2015

Instead of sending the same tired sales and marketing emails you typically blast to customers, take this week and the following tips to put a new spin on your digital customer communications. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Books typically valued from $14.95 - $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Younger workers bring with them a new ethic of openness, participation, and interactivity and cannot imagine a life without Google and Facebook always within reach. Companies must customize relationships with customers, suppliers and others, detecting and responding to market and environmental shifts. Product and service innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice he argues that the most successful companies are those who are able to understand why customers make the choices they do. Unfortunately, to use the vernacular of Stephen Haeckel , many innovators adopt a make and sell approach rather than sense and respond.

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LDRLB

MARCH 24, 2014

Put them in an open plan office and they will hide behind the dividers. Yet for some innovation tasks, being in the same room is the best solution. Oobeya is the Japanese word for a big open space. It is not a permanent residence for team members. In the typical company, project teams spend very little time together.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 19, 2016

When Daniel Goleman released “Emotional Intelligence” in 1995, did anyone think that this best-selling book would transform the role of leadership? But, is it possible to create emotionally intelligent teams? Here are the seven things you can do to foster these three conditions that constitute emotionally intelligent teams: 1.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 28, 2023

Compassionate Leadership The world today is in dire need of positive, empathetic, and compassionate leadership, and this need is beautifully addressed in the book, Don’t Wait for Someone Else to Fix It. The book explores eight key principles that form the foundation of empathetic leadership. Compassion is empathy in action.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

It demands meticulous planning, strategic execution, and a team of dedicated individuals working towards a common objective. Bob Lisser, author and business strategist, unveils the secrets to unlocking this growth advantage in his book aptly titled The Growth Advantage. Why is it that most people don’t know their company’s main goals?

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LDRLB

MARCH 1, 2013

[Editor's Note: This post is adapted from Max's book The Truth About Innovation.]. Such turning points force a choice between inertia and innovation. Waiting for a real crisis to drive innovation may not allow enough time or resources for new ideas to save the company. How do new discoveries challenge your markets?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 3, 2020

There is a constant emergence of many tools to facilitate functions like accounting, branding, marketing, etc. The other side offers raging competition as the internet opens up the market to international players through innovation and technology that is hard to keep up with. Always Play by the Book.

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