Lead from Within

MARCH 20, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I have firsthand seen the price that companies pay when their leaders become overwhelmed in the details or preoccupied with the specifics that they fail to see the bigger picture. This stagnation not only affects the leader’s own leadership, but also the teams they lead and the entire organization.

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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 from Within

JUNE 7, 2023

It’s equally important for them to listen to and understand the perspectives of their team members. This can lead to a lack of trust and respect among team members. This can lead to a stagnation of innovative thinking. As they may feel that their ideas and opinions are not valued.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. Real Teams Win : What Smart Leaders Need to Know Now About Achieving Peak Performance by Thomas L. If we live to 100, will we ever really stop working? Highly respected Silicon Valley turn-around expert Thomas L.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This emotional shutoff valve could make him callous, but it also made him a risk-seeking innovator. “He First principles and the Idiot Index: As he stewed about the absurd price the Russians wanted to charge, he employed some first-principles thinking, drilling down to the basic physics of the situation and building up from there.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

New research shows that gratitude boosts employee engagement, reduces turnover, and leads team members to express more gratitude to one another—strengthening team bonds. Create the Future + the Innovation Handbook : Tactics for Disruptive Thinking by Jeremy Gutsche. What potential is so close within your grasp?

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Whether you want to pay the price to reach the leadership level of your dreams is the real question you need to sort out. Working with people on other teams, spending time with customers and understanding your markets take a lot of time. Ray Hopkin gives us The Price of Leadership, from Lead on Purpose. Good stuff, as [.]

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

How Innovation Works : And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley. Innovation is crucially different from invention, because it is the turning of inventions into things of practical and affordable use to people. Far from there being too much innovation, we may be on the brink of an innovation famine.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar were the Google and Amazon of their day, setting gold standards in innovation, growth, and profitability. Becoming a courageous culture means building teams of microinnovators, problem solvers, and customer advocates working together.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Research from the University of South Florida shows how leaders can also cultivate this underdog spirit within their organizations to help give teams the confidence to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. To create an underdog identity within a team, the authors argue that the credibility of the leader is crucial.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In The Five Graces of Life and Leadership , CEO of the celebrated consulting firm Korn Ferry delivers a meaningful and thought-provoking exploration of leadership, emphasizing the five kinds of grace that leaders absolutely must have to lead their teams in today’s evolving workscape. Now, Reichheld has raised the bar yet again.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 17, 2024

The team discovered that, on a societal level, there is work needed to reshape public perceptions regarding this imminent technological change. “We Interestingly, as the speed of delivery increased and prices dropped, people became more open to accepting these technologies. However, drones and robots were less favored options.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The Innovator's Book : Rules for Rebels, Mavericks and Innovators (Concise Advice) by Dr Max Mckeown. Both enlightening and entertaining, Dr Max Mckeown delivers concise advice on how to move from original insights to new ideas, and from new ideas to valuable real-world innovation. For bulk orders call 1-626-441-2024.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

Innovating Innovation : Leadership Tools For Moving Your Business Forward and Making Change Happen David Morey. Innovation is broken. Morey will guide you across 11 concrete and pragmatic steps that unlock and drive day-to-day innovation in your business and help you gain a long-term competitive advantage in your marketplace.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

I began working for a student program at a church in the west suburbs of Chicago and for the next five years, I served on a team focused on building a 40,000 sq. But the more I studied for the GMAT and researched programs, the more I wondered if the options and price tags fit. Over time, the idea of an MBA surfaced.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress? That a certain amount of wreckage is the price we have to pay for inventing the future.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2014

Leaders Eat Last : Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don''t by Simon Sinek. Quick and Nimble : Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation by Adam Bryant. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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CO2

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the ROI of Executive Coaching is crucial for organizations committed to fostering growth, innovation, and sustainable success. These can include enhanced leadership skills, better team performance, increased employee engagement, improved productivity, higher employee retention, and overall business growth.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

To begin: In the digital age, competitive advantage is the ability to win the ultimate prize—the consumer’s preference— repeatedly , through continuous innovation on behalf of the consumer, and to create immense value for the shareholders at the same time. Their decision-making is designed for innovation and speed. Its ecosystem does.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 23, 2024

The researchers found that listings with more special features can make the price of a house go up. The researchers also say that when lots of people save a Zillow post (by clicking the heart button), it can make more people want to buy the house and even make the price higher. But sometimes, the information might not be exactly right.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Language Translation: Break down language barriers in global teams with real-time translation. Idea Generation: Struggling to come up with ideas for a team activity, product innovation, or rewards? Sample Prompt: Analyze our team workload data attached. Ask AI for a list of suggestions. <PRODUCT SHEETS> 3.3.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 26, 2020

When you are sitting in your office or working with your team, you often wonder, “How do I beat the competition?” Recently while working through a merger, I was in several meetings with both organizations’ executive teams. Through innovation, you create new positions, service, and quality products.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As the world grapples with waste management challenges, the city of Houston stands as a beacon of innovation. The Price of Neglect While the U.S. Take, for instance, a recent initiative where local hospitals, waste disposal companies, and environmental NGOs teamed up. The era of isolated efforts is over. The future? Their goal?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from Hastings’s own career, No Rules Rules is the fascinating and untold account of the philosophy behind one of the world’s most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

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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. Many innovations were unplanned and unexpected.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2016

The Ideal Team Player : How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues by Patrick M. The Three-Box Solution : A Strategy for Leading Innovation by Vijay Govindarajan. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 100 titles.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 4, 2021

That said, you have to come up with innovative ways to boost your customer service. With an interactive voice response (IVR) system, your customer support team can efficiently handle incoming calls. You can also hire a remote team of agents to provide your contact center services. Offer incentives to your sales team.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 10, 2018

It comes naturally with a small highly motivated team, but it’s increasingly difficult to maintain in the face of size and success. Innovation-driven mindset and actions. Rather you must outsmart the giant with innovative thinking, pivoting on a dime, and impeccable execution. Build it at the start and don’t ever lose it.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

We the Leader : Build a Team of Equals Who All Lead AND Follow to Drive Creativity and Innovation by Jeffrey Spahn. That’s the guiding principle behind Jeffrey Spahn’s approach to creating sustained innovation within organizations. We the Leader provides a solution to this dilemma: Approach leadership as a collective art.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

They need to learn to launch new initiatives, inspire others, and champion innovative approaches. These kinds of leaders make important contributions but rarely leave a mark on the businesses they serve. For those wanting to make a lasting impact, new skills are required. For bulk orders call 1-626-441-2024.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Have you or your team ever come up with a big idea that you thought would be very cool, but didn’t take any action because you thought it would be too risky? He is co-founder of the consulting firm The Innovator’s DNA, and he gives speeches, consults, and conducts training programs in the areas of innovation, change, and strategy.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2020

Guest post from Alain Hunkins : Over the past two decades, I’ve worked with thousands of teams, and tens of thousands of leaders in twenty-five countries around the world. On the surface, each team and company’s situation and issues were unique. Connection comes with a price—the investment of your time and attention.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2020

It unlocks new ideas and solutions, and enhances team performance. Think Outside the Building : How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time by Rosabeth Moss Kanter. And it helps us get the things we need outside the workplace as well. And yet, we rarely give ourselves permission to ask.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

His own special innovation, it's a nonjudg­mental, nonreactive way of coolly assessing problems and analyzing crises, a mode of attack that offers luminous clarity and su­preme calm in the critical moments before taking decisive action. How do you test in online and brick-and-mortar businesses? In B2B and B2C?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

They are built to change and innovate. You Failed to Lead : Businesses don’t fail, products don’t fail, projects don’t fail, and teams don’t fail – leaders fail. If you break trust with those you lead you will pay a very steep price. If you don’t challenge people’s minds, they’ll leave you for someone/someplace that will.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 15, 2023

. “One way of doing that is using menus, where you have the same product but you charge different prices depending on when people are getting in,” they explain. The first few individuals who decide to contribute will get this lower price. Anyone who decides to wait will have to get the same product at a higher price.”

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 13, 2021

These platforms allow consumers to easily and conveniently compare prices and so get quotes on a range of insurance products in one place. This adaptive capability allows the organisation to switch back and forth between different responses as needed to respond to an unfolding disruptive innovation,” the authors explain.

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