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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

Let's Grow Leaders

A seeming no-win scenario is also a chance to distinguish yourself, earn people’s trust, and innovate. Set during the US Civil War, Colonel Shaw, played by Matthew Broderick, is asked to lead one of the first regiments of African American soldiers. Shaw finally chooses to care for his men and orders them to burn the town.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2020

Leading Blog

Companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar were the Google and Amazon of their day, setting gold standards in innovation, growth, and profitability. All In : How Obsessive Leaders Achieve the Extraordinary by Robert Bruce Shaw.

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Colin Shaw on “New Generation of Business: Connecting Employee Loyalty with Customer Loyalty”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is a brief excerpt from Colin Shaw‘s article for LinkedIn. To read the complete article, check out other superb resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Successful companies have loyal employees. They also have loyal customers.

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Innovative Personalities

Coaching Tip

The psychologist Jordan Peterson argues that innovators and revolutionaries tend to have a very particular mix of these traits--particularly the last three: openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness. Innovators have to be open. But crucially, innovators need to be disagreeable. The Innovative Leader "Out Thinks".

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The Benefits of a Chief Transformation Officer for Growth

N2Growth Blog

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw. Only professionals with versatile careers will have the ability to orchestrate such complex projects and steer multiple high-ranking decision-makers in the right direction.

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When the Distancing Ends, How Far Away Will You Be?

Decker Communication

The playwright George Bernard Shaw once observed that “to be in hell is to drift, and to be in heaven is to steer.” Where are the innovations (and innovators) that you should double-down on to change the game? Smart leaders in every industry recognize that they now have unbounded freedom to innovate.

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Important Ideas on Change and Transitions: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Brian Sooy of Lead Change Group offers Positive Communication Leads to a Culture of Innovation. ” - George Bernard Shaw. Frank Sonnenberg of Frank Sonnenberg Online brings us 13 Ways to Destroy Creativity and Innovation. Do you encourage innovation? Follow Brian @BrianSooy. Overcoming Resistance to Change.

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