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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

Its market cap is over $2 trillion. Inside the company, morale was at an all-time low. In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. By 2019, Microsoft’s market capitalization edged past the $1 trillion mark, making it the world’s most valuable company.

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Beyond Disruption: Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive

Leading Blog

In contrast, nondisruptive innovation is “achieved without disrupting a preexisting market and its associated companies and jobs.” The authors highlight a wide variety of examples of nondisruptive-market-creating innovations to help expand our view of innovation. Look beyond the existing market and environment. There are three.

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101 Things I Learned in Business School

Leading Blog

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. Lesson: Learn an organization’s culture before working with or for it. Lesson: Moral Hazard.

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Why So Many Managers Tolerate Poor Performance (and what to do instead)

Let's Grow Leaders

Do You Tolerate Poor Performance or Let the Slackers Slide? In this article, we address the common reasons so many managers tolerate poor performance, and what to do instead. In this article, we address the common reasons so many managers tolerate poor performance, and what to do instead. So everybody’s frustrated.

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The New Age of Operations: Modern COO Search Strategies by N2Growth

N2Growth Blog

The potential to engage and inspire team members while understanding their unique perspectives greatly enhances the productivity and morale of the workforce. Moreover, the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning technology has dramatically refined the COO recruitment process by introducing predictive analytics.

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From Misunderstanding to Mastery: Four Dimensions to Transform Your Cross Cultural Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

We’ve had many leaders, managers and clients around the world approach us with different cross cultural leadership challenges including: “In my culture, we need sound and music to do our best, but my office is silent as a graveyard. This erosion of trust undermines team cohesion and can significantly affect morale and productivity.

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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

Let’s take a look at the anatomy of character, how it establishes itself, and what leaders can do about it. In terms of psychological safety, how safe do employees feel when their leaders are bullies, abrasive, dogmatic, and toxic? Her research on leader character, organizational learning, and strategic renewal is widely published.