Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Oliver Wendell Holmes, a 19th-century American poet, made a great point when he said, “ The human mind once stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimension.” . Some ideas are game-changers—creating a whole industry, product line, or new production methods. But all change, whether big or small, starts with an idea. .

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Between my research and that experience, I’ve developed some insights into what makes a venture a success or a failure. People who prefer to use the information to come up with ideas (generators and conceptualizers) are on the right side of the vertical axis. The results are presented in a four-quadrant model.

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Lead from Within

JULY 4, 2023

Poor listening skills are one of the main causes of poor communication in leadership, and it can have negative impacts on teamwork, idea generation and trust. Here are 8 tips to improve your leadership listening: Stop the internal chatter. Your internal monologue can be a distraction when trying to listen to others.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 17, 2013

Yet, in spite of the fact that being forward-looking is the quality that most separates leaders from individual contributors, it’s something that too few fully appreciate, and too many devote almost no time to developing. And how does a new leader develop the capacity to be forward-looking?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Finding innovators in the life sciences industry The importance of innovative leadership cannot be overstated. Organizations can gain a competitive advantage by identifying and attracting these innovators, accelerating research and development efforts, and ultimately driving their businesses forward in an increasingly competitive landscape.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 10, 2012

Sort of – there are 365 short snippets of encouragement, admonishment, support and idea generation. This is a book that defies categorization. Is it a book of tweets? Is it a devotional? Kinda – you could read one snippet each day as a part of your reflection and learning. It is a picture book? Yes [.].

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2013

You contribute by organizing the new projects and developing efficient systems that ensure the work or product is completed with precision and accuracy. Bottom line; the more an organization incorporates both types of innovators - idea generation and idea implementation - the better the solutions.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 2, 2013

How can you ensure that people’s ideas are heard and respected? Corporate Team Building Creativity Innovation Leadership Leadership Coaching Management Organization Development Problem Solving Solution-Focused bad manager coaching executive coaching idea generation Managerial Leadership'

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Management Excellence

MARCH 27, 2022

There's little doubt creativity is vital in the workplace, and that idea generation is the enabler of creative problem solving and innovation. The better our teams and colleagues are at generating ideas, the better the odds of surviving and thriving in our topsy-turvy world.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 5, 2020

You have developed a quick form or documented process to capture what is working to increase and what is not working to decrease while the work of your team(s) is getting done. You, or your organization, have defined its 2 to 4 priorities to focus on during this time.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

John Cage once said, “ I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. This notion kind of struck me while I was watching a movie about Charles Darwin who had, and developed, one of the world’s biggest ideas, one that, even now, creates much spirited conversation. I’m frightened of the old ones”.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 20, 2012

6% : Managers develop people’s capabilities by coaching them to become better at what they do. That means our experiences around leadership, control, problem solving, idea-generation, diversity etc. In what way can I champion a positive and collaborative leadership model? It’s a big question. Why is it important?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 27, 2014

6%: Managers develop people’s capabilities by coaching them to become better at what they do. That means our experiences around leadership, control, problem solving, idea-generation, diversity etc. In what way can I champion a positive and collaborative leadership model? It’s a big question. Why is it important?

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Eberhardt: Honest, purposeful, and respectful communication is one of the most effective leadership skills, yet CEOs who promote a culture of candor are still uncommon in business today. At best, this approach can be confusing, leaving your employee focused only on the positives and missing the areas to be developed altogether.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Therefore, collaboration involving lots of idea generation from multiple sources does not work for many projects. Develop all employees to be self leaders. The leadership team had done their best to generate solutions to our situation. At the end of the day, each table turned in their best ideas.

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Steve Farber

MARCH 12, 2014

That’s why I’ve asked him to be our official Master Mind facilitator at The Extreme Leadership Summit ). They understand that the effectiveness of brainstorming depends on a creative process where each idea generated allows for new ideas to branch off in new directions.” Come join us: REGISTER HERE.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

With knowledge workers , you can’t develop and maintain an exceptional, consistently high-performing team without focusing first on what drives the team’s behaviors and actions at the root level,” says Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, CEO of Herrmann International. John Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership Amy C. Leadership is Already Inside You.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2016

At 3M, they have an Entrepreneurial Policy which allows employees to spend up to 15 percent of their time at work developing their own creative ideas for the betterment of the company and the creation of new products or services. Actions You Can Take to Develop Creativity Among Your Team.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

John Cage once said, “ I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. This notion kind of struck me while I was watching a movie about Charles Darwin who had, and developed, one of the world’s biggest ideas, one that, even now, creates much spirited conversation. I’m frightened of the old ones”.

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Organization Idea Generation Diversity Environment 77

Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

One key area of leadership skill involves coaching. Another problem that makes people skills hard to acquire is that the learning isn’t well supported by books, videos and courses. I’ve read dozens of books on people skills, and the best of these focus on only a handful of key skills.

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Management Excellence

MARCH 9, 2011

This Management Excellence Toolkit Series will help you recognize the challenges and pitfalls of individual and group decision-making and offer ideas on improving performance for you and your co-workers.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Other successful companies build upon social interaction to develop innovative concepts leading to disruptive product and service developments. In truth, success depends on two factors-what a person knows, his or her human capital, and the network of relationships he or she has developed, the person''s social capital.".

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The increased communication and collaboration required of Beta organizations demand a new style of leadership and career planning. Organizations need to have dozens, maybe hundreds, of individual experts, fully capable of idea generation and innovative thought. Leadership actions that are not an option for leaders.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Business development. Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles. Creative new ideas generated. He conducts company evaluations, creates the big ideas and anchors the enterprise to its next tier. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Business development. Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles. Creative new ideas generated. Human resources development.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. The study examined the management and development preferences of America’s young and rising corporate leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

What actually concerns me — and I hope you as well — is that in his canon of leadership books there are no women's voices, at least not in the top 11 that he relies on and that inspire him to greatness. To become a complete man or woman, each must develop both sides of the psyche. So does leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I have had more than a few engagements that have come about as a result of the need to repair the carnage and devastation that occurred from the implementation of advice put forth, or the ideas generated by a well intentioned yet unqualified “coach”. Thanks for adding to the conversation. Results matter.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

By connecting the unconnected — 360 leadership assessments and help wanted ads — Symanowitz forged an online business that sprouted in Africa and now grows globally. For example, try the Idea Generator app, which randomly combines three words together when you shake your smart phone. Shake it up.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2017

It would therefore make sense for organizations to increase diversity in teams that are focused on exploration or idea generation, and use more-homogeneous teams to curate and implement those ideas. Good leadership helps. This is hardly surprising: leadership is a fundamental resource for groups and organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even though this (or any) sort of accommodation was rare at this firm, his supervisor agreed, acknowledging that my friend was responsible, talented, and perceived to have great potential for top leadership. However, many managers are stuck in thinking that their employees need to be in their offices to be fully productive.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Brian specialized in open-source software development and he quickly became a champion within the company for various initiatives focused on end users. In our view, Brian’s work is an excellent demonstration of strategic leadership. But Brian’s accomplishment challenges conventional definitions of strategic leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Over the last few years, its big new product lines — including a healthy Veg Pot and its This Water line — have both come from ideas conceived and developed by mid-level employees. None of them involve idea-generation schemes. Rather, they are all about translating ideas into action.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2017

These forces not only rob employees of time to concentrate on completing complex tasks or for idea generation, they also crunch the downtime that is necessary for restoration. Here’s how leaders can address them. Excessive collaboration. Weak time-management disciplines.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Some examples: how many employees have been trained in “lean startup” methodology, or how many new product ideas are currently being researched. Two-thirds of our respondents, for instance, said that they were tracking the number of projects in their development pipeline. Number of ideas generated.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2013

You have to take your idea public, which means entering the "ideaplex" — that glamorous, treacherous place where videos go viral, TED stardom beckons, a thousand new authors publish each day, and think shops like IDEO make a business of idea generation. Communication Informal leadership Leadership'

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Genetic studies suggest that genes determine only 10% of the variability in creative potential, so there is a lot of room for development. ” 4) Help employees develop expertise. Here are the main factors to consider when attempting to coach creativity: You and Your Team. Get better at helping your employees stretch and grow.

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