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What a Mechanical Shark Can Teach Us About Leadership and Innovation

Leading Blog

The scene is famous for the way it terrified audiences without ever showing the titular shark. After all, this was the scene he needed to “hook” the audience and keep their attention throughout the entire movie. In fact, an original, revolutionary vision isn’t innovation at all (and it certainly isn’t leadership).

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How To Build a Future Others Don’t See

Leading Blog

If you want to push your career and your organization forward, you need to get bold. Success Is a Pitfall Past success kills innovation. To innovate, you need to let go of those things. Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret Innovation means discovering, not inventing. You don’t need to quit your job to innovate.

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Leadership Vulnerability: A Personal Journey Through the Eye of the Storm

Leading Blog

My own confrontation with vulnerability’s raw power came unexpectedly during a pivotal moment in my career. As I shared my insights, weaving through personal anecdotes of loss and resilience, the connection forged with the audience was palpable. Leaders should share their past mistakes and the lessons learned from them.

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Never Say Never: The Importance of Word Choice in Leadership Communication

Leading Blog

As I conduct observation coaching with leaders, I watch for how their words resonate with their audience. This step requires the sender to know their audience and convey their message clearly and concisely to support understanding. L ANGUAGE matters. Does what they say induce fear? Excitement?

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Great Leaders Leverage Great Messaging | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Sadly, the reality is messaging is so impactful that it will often times have a greater impact on your career than your performance. The Market “is&# the Message : This view of messaging values the target audience above all else. Know Your Audience : All messages should be tailored to the audience being addressed.

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2023

Leading Blog

With candor and depth, Rometty shares milestones from her life and career while redefining power as a way to drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few—a concept she calls "good power." They’re better at changing minds, engaging audiences, and driving action.

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Social Media Responsibility | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

But the audience was oh-so quick to grab their phones and tweet/IM/Facebook about what they were watching. In fact, I hope that some in Bill Nye’s audience were attempting to contact emergency services, but I rather suspect that this was not the case for most of them. The audience gasped, and then talked to each other.

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