Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

There’s increasing pressure on organizations to be more competitive, and leaders need to have the right skills to influence employees’ innovative behavior. Besides helping them better handle workplace-related challenges, leaders evoke innovation and creativity and inspire them to reach their full potential. The answer is both.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

I know my team is not a fan (and quite frankly, neither am I). It’s time to communicate this to my team. ” What’s the best way to communicate this to my team # AskingforaFriend 4 Approaches to Get Your Team Past the Disapointment and Moving Forward Productively As a leader, not every decision you make will be popular.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 11, 2023

Do You Have a Joe on Your Team? Do you have someone on your team who doesn’t speak up in meetings…then shares all their excellent ideas and important perspectives after the fact? “I have this guy on my team, let’s call him Joe. It’s hard to notice his innovative thinking if he stays silent.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 29, 2024

Dan highlights the key elements like fostering community, opening doors for growth, cementing solid connections, and enriching employee experiences. Dan shares actionable advice for leaders aiming to nurture community and connection in their teams.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When you’re navigating change, traditions can help your team maintain their connection with one another and their values. My (David’s) team would celebrate the start of a new year with a small gift of a nice pen that was a symbol of what we would create together. These moments call us back to our values and what matters most.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 19, 2023

However, all too often, teams rush to find solutions without taking the necessary time to define the problem clearly. Here’s a problem-solving process you can follow: Agreeing on the Problem: Before diving into solutions, it is crucial for teams to establish a shared understanding of the problem.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

Getting your team together for a strategic team event, especially in person, isn’t just about getting everyone on the same page. It’s the ROI that comes from curated conversations and spontaneous interactions, those electric moments of innovation that happen when your team is in the same room.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Their employees don't have to waste time and energy playing guessing games about their supervisor because they know from the outset what is important to them, and just as important, they know what contribution they make as the team or company strives toward this purpose. What is your purpose in life? Does it align with your core values?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 1, 2024

Navigating Crisis with Resilience 03:22 Megan introduces her companies pivotal role in the global supply chain, highlighting the company’s commitment to innovation and resilience—a reflection of the human centered approach to business. 05:27 Megan delves into the complexities of managing supply chain crises.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Guest post by Randal Moss : Great leaders consistently talk about the need for their organization to ‘be innovative’ in their thinking. They recognize that innovation is a strategy for growth and that being able to harness that power will drive their organization’s success and their own as well. In some industries that is daunting.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. These four innovation stages aren’t neat and orderly. Make sure it’s balanced with innovation and growth.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

They emphasize the importance of being authentic and vulnerable, and how humor can help leaders connect with their teams and build trust. 03:18 – Childhood Leadership Lessons: A story from Cub Scouts illustrates leadership through action, humorously noting an unexpected twist of playing for the wrong team.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Businesses striving to adapt and thrive amidst these changes must find innovative solutions to the matter of maintaining a robust corporate culture. The Erosion of Traditional Corporate Culture A strong corporate culture will influence how team members interact and conduct business.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 3, 2023

They should encourage open dialogue, generate valuable insights, and lead to mutual understanding and respect. Each question highlights your commitment, interest in growth, and dedication to the team's success while giving you valuable feedback and direction for your professional journey. This shows ambition and forward-thinking.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 5, 2020

Innovation is something organizations the world over are craving as they strive to cope with these most uncertain of times. In his latest book, Humanocracy , London Business School’s Gary Hamel teams up with his Management Lab colleague Michele Zanini to explore how organizations can better structure themselves for the modern age.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Working with event professionals to deliver an entertaining event experience that provides useful content attendees can take back to their team to improve results and retention is something I am passionate about and enjoy tremendously! It’s an honor when clients or friends refer me for a speaking engagement.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Autonomy: They are working to devolve critical decision-making to the individual and team level to cultivate an atmosphere of autonomy and self-directed work. His new book is Open Culture Handbook: Five Questions to Drive Engagement and Innovation (Amplify Publishing, Oct.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2013

Guest post from Shoya Zichy: Innovation is critical to an organization''s growth and competitive advantage. __want clear guidelines OR __want open-ended flexibility. If you chose more items on the left, your inborn styles is that of a "structured" innovator. If you chose more items on the right you are an "adaptable" innovator.

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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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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Assemble diverse teams with complementary skills and a shared vision. Be persistent yet adaptable: open-minded, flexible, and resilient. works with early-stage companies developing innovative, high-impact life science products and services. His new book is Can't Tame a Mongoose: Memoir of a Genomics Entrepreneur.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The HR Digest was fortunate enough to uncover how Olver’s diverse background has influenced her HR philosophy and the ways she implements innovative trends to stay ahead. Olver’s belief in the crucial role of HR to drive company success is evident in her innovative practices at Inspire.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2016

Agile was originally a software technique, meant to shorten software development times and make the development team more accountable to customer needs. Or, think about innovation. Everyone knows innovation is important. But again, if you can innovate successfully, is that enough? Can agile help you win more?

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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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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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HR Digest

JULY 25, 2021

According to the State of Remote Work report , the biggest challenge for remote work, with 20% (a 3% increase from 2019) agreeing, has been on the communication and collaboration fronts and managing a team virtually. Therefore, you must keep everyone in your team well-connected and in the loop. Pictionary. Time – 15 to 20 minutes.

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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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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2020. This book describes how 25 outstanding leaders used emotional intelligence to deal with critical challenges and opportunities. The book distills the leaders' experiences into nine strategies that can help any leader or potential leader to be more effective.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building shared The 3 Most Important Traits Teams Want in a New Manager. Communication. Productivity.

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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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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 19, 2024

Here are the 12 golden rules of effective communication from Paul Falcone , as highlighted in his book, 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals. Solicit ongoing feedback and suggestions form your team in terms of how you could do things differently, thereby stimulating creativity and innovation. Celebrate success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Guest post By John Sweeney: Innovation is foundational to business leadership. We empower individuals across disciplines to evaluate, orchestrate, strategize, create and hire, but most importantly, we empower others to innovate. But for innovation, responsibility begins and remains at the highest levels of leadership.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2021. In this book, General McChrystal offers a battle-tested system for detecting and responding to risk. Open Strategy : Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite by Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephan Friedrich von den Eichen.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2021. Demonstrating a powerful paradigm shift for finding solutions, Herman teaches us to see things differently, using art to challenge our default thinking and open up possibilities otherwise overlooked. With Amy Herman’s Fixed., With Amy Herman’s Fixed.,

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 27, 2017

Every leader has the responsibility to fill his team with players who will take the organization to the next level. Too often, we see leaders fill their teams with yes men or people just like themselves. There’s no diversity to their teams. Having team members who are just like you stifles: Creativity. Discussion.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 16, 2018

The following is an excerpt from Humble Leadership:The Power of Relationships, Openness and Trust by Ed & Peter Schein. It is becoming obvious that keeping pace in this world will require teamwork and collaboration of all sorts based on the higher levels of trust and openness created by more personalized relationships.

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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. Positive Actions for Your Team Prioritize team building to foster a stronger, more cohesive unit. Set clear, achievable goals for each team member.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 25, 2017

Click on the image for more information about Mary’s book. Confidence empowers people to take risks, be innovative, and pushes the team and organization further ahead. Arrogance destroys the valuable, and absolutely essential relationships a leader has with other team members. Winning Well Connection. To everyone.

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