Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

Whether you’re in a formal leadership position or are participating on a committee, in a meeting, or on a project team, you have a role to play. 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.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 17, 2016

He had been a frequent visitor to my subconscious throughout my corporate career, always managing to show up at times when I needed him, along with his admittedly peculiar brand of inspiration. Ideas are the lifeblood of any organization, and how they are generated, harvested, and turned into action is critical to continuous improvement.

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2013

Typically most managers do not realize there are different styles even though they divide 50/50 in the populations worldwide. Bottom line; the more an organization incorporates both types of innovators - idea generation and idea implementation - the better the solutions.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

When each person shares their opinion openly, ideas come together and everyone plays an important role in the outcome of the project. Great leadership is done with integrity and honesty. She graduated in Business Administration with a major in Management. One of the key ideas from my perspective is building trust.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 17, 2013

Middle level managers often need to look three to five years into the future. Because being forward-looking is the differentiating leadership quality, you need to spend more time reading about, thinking about, and talking about the long-term view. That’s because the challenge escalates with managerial level.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This is the essence of leadership. And that kind of leadership requires some pretty good managerial skills. There are people who are idea generators. Through others. Get folks organized — effectively. A good worker gets things done. A good leader gets things done through others.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. Step One: Start with the idea generators 1. You’re great at focusing the journey and laying a course, especially when winds are uncertain. So how do you assemble a great team?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 20, 2012

I read an interesting article last week that started me thinking about the messages we send out to our children concerning what it is to be a manager. The Article, written by Hal Gregersen for Businessweek.com is entitled, “ What Do Managers Do at Work? . When asked, “ What do Managers do at work ?” Why is it important?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 27, 2014

Recently, I read an interesting article that started me thinking about the messages we send out to our children concerning what it is to be a manager. The Article, written by Hal Gregersen for Businessweek.com is entitled, “What Do Managers Do at Work? When asked, “What do Managers do at work?” Why is it important?

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 5, 2020

As you check-in with your management, you are reflecting the priorities to them. As you continue to update your management, you will speak to them differently, and they will recognize your new language and pattern of increasing the market viability of the organization.

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Management Excellence

MARCH 9, 2011

Your decisions define you as a leader and a manager, yet we spend very little time in our busy lives finding ways to improve our abilities in this area. In this 3rd Part of an on-going series, we tackle the issue of properly framing issues to improve idea generation and decision development.

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Management Excellence

MARCH 21, 2012

After a brief hiatus, the Leadership Caffeine podcast is back! I'm excited to be on the air again and I'm excited about the great line-up of experts, authors and executives ready to share their big ideas! Speaking of big ideas, there's no one better to kick us off for this round of podcasts than G.

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LDRLB

JULY 17, 2012

In addition to these important idea-generating qualities, other skills are equally important when it comes to navigating the overall innovation process given the high level of ambiguity and uncertainty which is inherent when creating business breakthroughs. Adaptive Planning. To learn more, visit: [link].

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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. As a supervisor, if we try to “manage” other people’s feelings, we are not being effective. Guest post by Nancy K.

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It is still common for most managers to refer to people skills as “soft skills,” because they aren’t specifically about the business of the organization. One key area of leadership skill involves coaching. They aren’t about computers, vehicles, machines and other “hard” equipment. And that's not all.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

How do these different modes of thinking affect team dynamics, process flows, idea generation and problem-solving approaches? • When managed well, cognitive diversity has been proven to pay off,” Herrmann-Nehdi says. “A John Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership Amy C. Leadership is Already Inside You.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Idea Generation: Struggling to come up with ideas for a team activity, product innovation, or rewards? Idea Generation Example 2. Brainstorming New Product Ideas: Generate creative product ideas or enhancements based on industry trends or customer needs. Ask AI for a list of suggestions.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Curation: Increased communication and collaboration demands a new style of leadership, one Ardi calls “curating.” Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Curation: Increased communication and collaboration demands a new style of leadership, one Ardi calls “curating.” Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Presence in the Present" As a branded company whose success depends on change management, Kellogg Company puts a premium on its internal culture. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, Kellogg Company has taken great strides in the field of diversity and inclusion (D&I).

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Most people have learned not to listen to what management says but to pay attention only to what is going on around them on a day-to-day basis. Leadership in a Gladiator Culture. Other successful companies build upon social interaction to develop innovative concepts leading to disruptive product and service developments.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Curation: Increased communication and collaboration demands a new style of leadership, one Ardi calls “curating.” Dana Ardi, Ph.D. Donnelly & Sons and at McGraw-Hill.

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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

APRIL 7, 2019

They all claim they have a problem with generating enough ideas, and they’re all wrong. They already have all the ideas they could even need, and so do you. You see, the problem is never idea generation. Because it isn’t more ideas you need, it’s not killing the ones you already have.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Are budgeting measures used to manage performance? Is the performance management system focused upon outcomes? How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? How do you handle crisis management and preparedness? Supply chain management should be implemented. Collaborate with others.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 26, 2024

One mine manager declared moose season open and went “moose hunting” by keeping a ‘trophy board’ (bulletin board) of moose killed (issues or problems reduced). A particularly bad example happened during a workshop of about fifty supervisors and managers in a large company. I was getting a bad feeling.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

There are times when you are so close to a project that it creates a mental block for idea generation. It could be anything (such as wearing a silly hat) that signals to your brain that it is time to go into idea-generating mode. Get an outsider’s opinion. Bringing in a fresh perspective can make all the difference.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

By taking employee input, creating planning committees, encouraging creativity, introducing team-building initiatives, and allowing spaces for communication and idea generation, employers can significantly contribute to holiday morale. Support local community projects or organize donation drives to give back during the holiday season.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Getting the funds that you need from tight fisted management is an ongoing process. Sell management-clients on acquiring more returns on their investments, not just on making further investments. Reduce management’s risk in doing business with you. Acquire an upper-management mindset. Creative new ideas generated.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

Instead, there was a problem with the process that an idea generator had to go through before they stood in front of senior leadership. You see, before anything made it onto the agenda of the top management's biweekly meeting, it was vetted. The idea generator had to show the idea to their line manager.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Although the ghost of the Great Man still haunts leadership studies, most of us have recognized by now that successful organizations are the product of distributive, collective, and complementary leadership. Some of these try to identify certain recurring behavior patterns considered more or less effective in a leadership context.

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Management Excellence

APRIL 4, 2018

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Management Excellence

MARCH 27, 2022

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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”.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

His original business, GetAGreatBoss.com , lets great managers showcase their skills to attract talent and boost their own careers by conducting a 360 review of the manager by his or her staff, and if the results are favorable, he links the results to job ads that the boss is trying to fill, making these job ads far more appealing.

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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. Why these programs work.

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