Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 15, 2025

And lets be honest: If your management style consistently makes people feel belittled or emotionally drained, you might churn out short-term results, but youll never sustain momentum or loyalty. In an era where teams are increasingly diverse, remote, or global, communicating with empathy and maintaining composure is a strategic advantage.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

If you don’t yet have a SynergyStack™, invite team members to brainstorm a habit (be sure it’s practical and observable) and write their habit on an index card. When your team knows where you’re headed, why it matters, and what behaviors will get you there, you’re not just managing projects—you’re building momentum.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 12, 2024

Effective project management is crucial for any team aiming to deliver results efficiently in today's fast-paced business environment. Let's dive into how each step can be applied to manage projects with your team at work better. Goal Setting The first step in effective project management is establishing clear, attainable goals.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Brainstorming sessions are the perfect way to improve your business. Bad brainstorm sessions are more common than you think. Want to know how to improve the brainstorm sessions within your business? Here are 3 tips to help you brainstorm as a professional. Just what you need when brainstorming as a professional.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 18, 2022

Summary: It’s a great tool for brainstorming and encouraging team participation. For our purposes, we will focus on management problems/process issues. Let your team brainstorm each one and don’t interrupt unless they need a little push to get their ideas flowing. Step One: State the problem or ‘effect’ (red oval).

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

If you’re like most managers, you’ve left more than one training program with good intentions, only to fall back into old behaviors. Share the behavior you’re working on and make a commitment to check in with one another once a week to see how things are going and discuss challenges and brainstorm next steps.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2014

We’d been meeting all week, meeting after meeting, a gaggle of senior leadership and marketing team leads, workshopping and brainstorming and collaborating over all that we’ve been, where [.] Leadership Development employee engagement Leadership talent management TalentCulture TChat' Author information Meghan M. Biro Meghan M.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

In a last attempt, Kristy began managing her team with pictures. Career Development Leadership Development brainstorm personal development' Author information Kristy Smith Kristy contributes her first Leadership Aha moment to the day she almost lost her marbles! The transformation was instantaneous.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 26, 2022

Benefits: In many instances, quick, off-the-cuff 'executive' decisions are made to solve endemic problems (upper management is notorious for doing this — they know better than you). Generate a list of problems (issues) — brainstorm with your team as many contributing areas you infer to be the dysfunction.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 12, 2016

Coloring this would be a great relaxation and brainstorming activity. Have fun…managers that win well do! We’d love to see your work, so much so that we’ve created a contest. So head on over to the contest page to learn more. You just might win something special for your team!

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

Scenario: Idea generation During traditional brainstorming exercises, it is common for those with the most positional authority or passion for the topic to dominate the conversation. I think we’ve got an opportunity here to level up our brainstorming, would you be open to use it?”

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

E-learning Platforms: Utilizing online courses and learning management systems (LMS) makes learning accessible and flexible. To spark creativity, keep in mind: Brainstorming Sessions: Regularly scheduled sessions can help generate fresh ideas.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2017

According to the 2015 Employee Trends Report by Quantum Workplace, one of the biggest areas of concern for team members is that there is often not open and honest communication with managers. Take for example if a manager needs to have a difficult conversation with team members, say about their performance. So why is this?

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 7, 2023

GUEST POST from Diana Porumboiu Brainstorming is one of those hyped terms that these days has a reputation of its own because of the controversy surrounding it. Is it just a shallow activity, organizations do when they are stuck in a rut? Or is there an efficient way to go about it without wasting time? […]

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 15, 2014

During the warm-up, we created a brainstorming tree that was taped to the ground, a play on the “choose your own story adventure” stories that are popular with kids. My digital signature says “Project Manager” I think about the work I do and what is required to get ahead. I work on projects during the day.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In my experience as a leadership executive coach, I have seen how emotionally intelligent leaders are consistently more effective in managing and resolving conflicts. This awareness allows them to manage conflicts with a balanced perspective, ensuring the discussion stays focused on resolution rather than emotional outbursts.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 27, 2010

(My WSJ Article) Interviewed by the Wall Street Journal this morning on dealing with falling into a ‘slump’ at work: “Some workers can pull out of a slump by asking for new responsibilities or challenges on the job, or brainstorming new ideas to streamline or improve their work, says Rich Gee, a Stamford, Conn.,

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

If you’re wrestling with imposter syndrome, you can even take five minutes to brainstorm your “Why I’m the most qualified to talk about this” list. Interestingly, the question many managers find the most difficult when presenting to executives is, “What do you need from us?” Know your ask.

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Career Advancement

MAY 11, 2020

Lead team brainstorming meetings. Call your team together for a group brainstorming session, asking them all to chime in with ideas for dealing with a specific problem. With a tool like Slack, you can continue the brainstorming exercise after the session is disbanded—good ideas might keep arising after the meeting concludes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 28, 2021

When the pandemic first started, many managers we spoke with shared how much they missed the “time to think” or listen to a podcast. Talk with your manager and co-workers about how you can best leverage the time you do have in the office for deeper collaboration and innovation. Leverage your commute.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Use your time to address challenges, brainstorm solutions, and finalize actions. Focus on Decisions, Not Updates Stop wasting time on information that could have been an email. Meetings should be about making decisions. Your team will appreciate meetings that focus on outcomes rather than sitting through updates that add no value.

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Rapid BI

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Brainstorming - Research from A&M University has shown that what we thought made Brainstorming work may in fact reduce creativity. This research shows how to make brainstorming work most effectively. The post Brainstorming – Making it work in light of new research appeared first on RapidBI.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Although most C-suite executives, mid-level managers, and data practitioners aren’t AI experts — no one is at this pace of change — they shouldn’t implement AI for the sake of implementing AI. I learned this principle when helping clients brainstorm how best to leverage AI within their operations. It’s only a matter of time.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 19, 2016

I ran into a profound message from a Google manager who wrote a simple email to his staff on Time Management. (By Now, think about how you’re managing your time. It’s been said there are two paradigms to scheduling —  the manager and the maker. The post The Perfect Message On Time Management (from a Google Manager).

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Brainstorms are important and an easy way to get everybody together to collaborate, discuss, debate, and ultimately, innovate. But sometimes, you come out of them feeling as if you didn’t get the ideas that you needed, or that the same ideas were being rehashed, or that it was a complete waste of time. So, why.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 13, 2017

” Of course, all this may be true, for you, or for a manager that you’re working to develop. And we need more managers who feel confident in their ability to connect. But working their way down a to-do list feels a heck of a lot more manageable. Now let me get back to work!” People matter. Make a spreadsheet.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Think outside of the box — brainstorm options — you will surprise yourself. It’s not the end of the world and most of the time, people aren’t going to die. So don’t take everything so serious and hard. at 12:54 PM Thanks for the inspiration! Unported License.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Instead of trying to manage 6-10 CD’s, the entire book is neatly stored on my Smartphone or iPod. Brainstorm in the car. I find that I do my best brainstorming, strategizing, and thinking in the shower and in the car. I meant LISTEN to a book. Why downloadable? It’s soooo much cheaper. at 7:45 AM Work from home?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

In certain scenarios, a more authoritative style can be appropriate for time-sensitive strategic pivots, while an inclusive approach might unlock deeper insights during brainstorming sessions. Driving Customer Relationships Ensuring customer-centricity is vital to a commercial organizations staying power.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 25, 2018

A coach serves as a valuable partner by offering a collaborative process in five key areas: brainstorming, awareness, action plans, accountability, and encouragement. Brainstorming. A coach provides a safe place for brainstorming by offering time and space for the leader to think out loud. Encouragement.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 29, 2014

The BIG blind spots in management thinking (and belief) around process and profit improvement. managers getting out of the office and into the field). What’s wrong with benchmarking and brainstorming. The unseen problem with pepperoni (you just have to listen…). Why you should put a price tag on everything.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Understand the Concept of a Project Management Plan. You’re giving them something else: a project management plan. It’s consisted of four main elements: Scope management – it describes the nature of the project and the actions needed for meeting the goals. Start with a brainstorming session. How will you get there?

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Recently I read a great piece in the New York Times written by David Segal that addressed this evolving leadership paradigm entitled “In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm&#. As Patnaik puts it, “We’re in the abstract-expressionist era of management.”. Something similar has happened in corporate America.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This is a tension—between farmer and hunter—that must be managed. Track the amount of change in your market, brainstorm your Super Future , prepare scenarios to disrupt or avoid being disrupted, assume that far-off predictions will happen sooner than you think, compare the present to the past to predict the future. Change is a given.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 25, 2022

While the initial cost is lower, managing the contractor and bringing them up to speed will cost more time and money, plus any extension of the contract would cost more money than the current situation. This final shift is about managing yourself. Sometimes, they’ll even say, “Oh, it’s okay, I was just brainstorming and it can wait.”.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 23, 2020

What is brainstorming? Brainstorming is used as a method to generate ideas to solve a problem. Brainstorming is popular mostly in design teams because they have to think out of the box and in every direction. Brainstorming is popular mostly in design teams because they have to think out of the box and in every direction.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In order to get and stay on the right track to success, there must be a steady flow of communication between team leaders and members to handle any questions or concerns that come up, stay organized on what the team is working on, and brainstorm ideas together. Be sure to hit “reply all” so that you don’t leave anyone out of the loop!

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