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How To Help Your Team Think Like an Entrepreneur

Let's Grow Leaders

Back in her Verizon days, one of Karin’s favorite questions to ask a team member whom she was encouraging to think like an entrepreneur was: “If this was your company, would you _ (make this decision, hold this meeting, spend money in this matter, invest in this project)?” ” As you can imagine, the answer was often.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2019

Leading Blog

L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business by Kevin Kruse (Rodale Books, 2019) Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Consultants: Resistance Is Futile

N2Growth Blog

The room erupts with cheers and ACME is once again hired to save the Corporate P&L. The value propositions presented by ACME, all too often dazzles the decision makers with the creation of shareholder value through huge P&L benefits. NIH’s top leadership did neither. Can you hear the creepy organ music?)

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The ROLE of Emotional Intelligence in Effective Leadership Today

The Center For Leadership Studies

In this time of unrest and change, the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in leadership has emerged as the critical skill set for leaders. Having watched the corporate leadership landscape for over 25 years now, I am relieved to see EI getting the attention it deserves! But you can use your leadership to begin the healing process.

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Servant Leadership Summit – Highlights and Quotes to Share

Modern Servant Leader

Becky Robinson and the Weaving Influence team pulled together a great webinar on Servant Leadership. Servant Leadership begins with self-examination. Focus on people before P&L. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Pat retired from IBM following 31 years, leading a broad range of projects.

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Servant Leadership Summit – Highlights and Quotes to Share

Modern Servant Leader

Becky Robinson and the Weaving Influence team pulled together a great webinar on Servant Leadership. Servant Leadership begins with self-examination. Focus on people before P&L. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Pat retired from IBM following 31 years, leading a broad range of projects.

Blanchard 100
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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

By implementing small, cost-effective pilot projects that demonstrate the potential of new ideas, organizations can counteract these clichés with tangible results (Brown, 2018). link] Williams, P. Phrases like ‘Don’t rock the boat’ or ‘It’s not in the budget’ often serve to halt innovation and maintain the status quo. Robinson, H.