Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In business, leaders can prepare their teams to face daunting challenges by developing scenarios, role-playing, and setting clear expectations. Adversity is inevitable, but teams that have developed grit are better equipped to overcome setbacks.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on October 28, 2010 02:58 pm under connection culture , employee engagement , knowledge flow A participant in a recent session Jason Pankau and I were teaching on Connection Cultures and employee engagement shared that she connects with her sons by talking about sports. why is everyone smiling?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s that sense of meaning that inspires us to think of new, innovative ways to do the work. These leaders continually remind everyone — from the janitors to the developers at the company — of how their company is making a positive impact on the world and the role each individual plays in that impact.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

Innovation is key to sustainability. This inability to source deals from outside the four walls, and to do so quickly, is one of the main reasons why innovation in so many companies is stifled. By bringing multiple people with a new mindset in, you can kickstart innovation. Innovation is a team sport indeed.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 16, 2013

I jotted down a lot of notes during the day, and I wanted to share what I thought were the 15 best nuggets of wisdom from the event: “Pay attention (to everything)” – Eric Winquist , CEO of Jama Software , who is delivering enterprise-grade software solutions to product development challenges.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

No matter what industry or organizational structure—business, politics, nonprofit, religious, entertainment or sports—examples abound where leaders have violated their trusted role and experienced a public downfall. Often leaders are described by action words such as “results-oriented, innovative, driven and visionary”.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Clearly the difference possessed by all great leaders is that they refine, develop and build from their foundation – they don’t ignore it or take it for granted. In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

It was a fitting tribute to the man who personified invention and innovation. So, let’s take a moment and consider four things about innovation that you can learn from Thomas Edison. Innovation Is A Team Sport. Edison knew that when it came to innovation, lots of minds and skillsets were better than one.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Many years later, French mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace developed Bayes’s idea into a powerful theory, which we now know as the Bayes Theorem. Bayes is relevant to modern leaders because it can help them develop an approach to uncertainty that is less deterministic and more probabilistic. Here is a simple explanation of it.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. Developing effective conflict resolution skill sets are an essential component of a building a sustainable business model. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Formula 1 racing is an industry built on speed, innovation, and teamwork. F1 racing has historically been a male-dominated sport, but that is changing rapidly. Currently, no rules prevent women from competing in the sport, but the current grid of drivers is exclusively male.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2019

It might be your family, a high school sports team, volunteer organization, or a work team. ERIC CORYELL dedicates his time to helping organizations engage their employees through strategic alignment, leadership development, and the creation of functional and accountable teams.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 28, 2017

T HE AMERICA'S CUP is the world’s oldest international sporting trophy, first contested in 1851 when the schooner America crossed the Atlantic and beat 15 British yachts. Great Teams Innovate. As a result, their innovations were a large part of their success. What made their victory possible was a new team with a new approach.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

At best, leadership development is a fun day out, at worst it is a gut wrenching, annoying exercise that leaves you cringing as someone teaches you to suck eggs. And it is managers’ ability to innovate, collaborate and adapt to a constantly changing environment that are the leadership skills we most need to develop.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Welcome to the October 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. With football season well underway as well as the upcoming World Series (along with many other sports), it’s a great month for sports analogies! Read over these outstanding leadership posts this month and I think you’ll agree each one is a home run!

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Producers guide the vision and overall progress, while the creative team develops ideas through frequent meetings and interactions using an open culture of collaboration. To maintain longevity in their industry, producers and creative teams need to continuously produce new and innovative ideas.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

It is about investing in the development of other people. As the most trusted mental coach in the world of sports, Trevor Moawad has worked with many of the most dominant athletes and the savviest coaches. The Innovation Ultimatum : Six strategic technologies that will reshape every business in the 2020s by Steve Brown.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 24, 2025

But beyond these definitions, we know that character is manifested in leadership, innovation, resilience, change, courage, loyalty, breaking barriers, and more, explains Robert (Bob), Character drives the best traits in our society, such as honesty, integrity, leadership, and transparency, and it drives others to exhibit those qualities.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2019

But people who perform better and are more engaged deserve to be treated better and have their strengths developed. A culture of trust and psychological safety reduces the magnitude of mistakes and fosters innovation. So, if we are treating them the same, that isn’t fair. Standards apply equally to everyone. Leadership Is Not A Choice.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Sure it would…Likewise, if I drove up in a new Bentley, wearing a $3,000 custom tailored suit, sporting a fresh manicure, a GQ hair-cut, and with an attitude of arrogance, wouldn’t that also color your opinion of my ability? While I have a few swiss watches, my Timex Ironman is still my favorite. I Think Not.

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Leading Blog

JULY 18, 2012

How do you transform a losing climate into one that fosters collaboration, innovation, and productivity? Stage VI is about bracing for those times by developing a winning culture that is both lasting and enduring. At stage VI an organization “needs to concentrate on continual learning and innovation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 16, 2017

Employers underestimate the importance of personal and career development on employee retention, vastly overestimating the importance of salary and benefits. As Christopher Bishop, head of Herman Miller’s Innovation lab has said, "The war for talent is over, talent has won."

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

How to Create a Culture of Innovation from @Ex2Lead. The Rise of Importance of Personal Development Education in Higher Education via @pulitzercenter. The Decline of Teamwork in Sports by @patricklencioni. See more on Twitter. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] In thinking of your example of sports teams, for example, is it possible that leaders can emerge at different times, for different purposes or tasks? What say you??? 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

Through innovative strategies, he successfully transformed the culture, propelling his submarine's ranking and retention from last place to first place in the Pacific Fleet within a remarkable two-year period. When he assumed command of the USS Texas, the ship ranked at the bottom of its squadron and faced recurring safety issues.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. When black & white becomes permanently blurred so that everything reads as shades of grey, things can become dicey. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress? We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : Leadership is a contact sport and it’s often messy. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

If you’re not familiar with it, stand-up paddle (SUP) boarding is one of the fasting growing sports around. Failure supports innovation and improvement. She consults with organizations to develop and deploy innovative instructional designs and training programs. The Outdoor Industry Association reports that 1.24

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 15, 2010

This applies to groups of all sizes including classrooms and schools, families, business and government organizations, hospitals, sports teams and the social sector. Strong relationships are key for any group to achieve the benefits enumerated above. why is everyone smiling?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 20, 2013

Similar to the principles used to foster greater creativity and innovation in an organization, Jackson used a system known as the triangle offense. Basketball is an action sport, and most people involved in it are high-energy individuals who love to do something—anything—to solve problems. The Road to Freedom is a Beautiful System.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

The solution is machine learning —computers automatically discovering patterns and developing new knowledge by furiously feeding on modern society's greatest and most potent unnatural resource : data. Local crime increases after public sporting events. Student essay grade prediction has been developed for automatic grading.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 9, 2023

Building confidence “A key part of what we’re trying to do is build confidence among people that this is something that is accessible to them and that they can take advantage of,” Michael King, Sports Development and Education Manager at Everton in the Community, told me.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Our ability (and willingness) to learn impacts our personal and business growth, operational excellence, and our capacity to innovate. Because we have difficulty seeing ourselves and examining our own assumptions, “ learning is a team sport.” More than ever, it truly is learn or die. Being smart is really about knowing how to learn.

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