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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

“My way or the highway&# leadership styles don’t play well in today’s world, will result in a fractured culture, and ultimately a non-productive organization. The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing.

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What Marissa Mayer should bring to Yahoo

Women on Business

As a CEO she could have set the tone that happy productive employee is more preferable than burnt out ones. Innovation. The most important thing that I see for this change is the opportunity to create an organization focused on innovation. That’s the only way innovation works, with a sense of freedom. That’s up to Mayer.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Lori Meyer Thank you so much for this post. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Gregory Unruh: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Gregory Unruh is a thought leader dedicated to sustainability innovation for business and the world. An Associate Professor of Sustainability at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, he is a noted writer, speaker and educator in the areas of corporate social responsibility, environmental management and innovation management.

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33 HBR Blog Posts You Should Read Before 2013

Harvard Business Review

We hope you'll find some insights here you may have missed the first time around, and that they'll help you make 2013 a productive and innovative year for your company and yourself. Innovation, Especially the Disruptive Kind, Seemed as Difficult as Ever. Innovation, Especially the Disruptive Kind, Seemed as Difficult as Ever.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups.

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How to Use Uncertainty and Surprise for Breakthroughs

LDRLB

Could we be ignoring the most fundamental tool that anyone can use to create disruptive innovation and change? Creating game changers – whether products, services, or new business models – requires leaders to live with uncertainty, embrace ambiguity, and respond to both good and bad surprises along the way. We’re full every night.”