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quickpoint: The Long Tail of Talent

Leading Blog

And these more informal organizations are much less constrained by geography; talented people can live anywhere and shouldn’t have to move to contribute." Chris Anderson describes it this way in Makers: The New Industrial Revolution : "The Web allows people to show what they can do, regardless of their education and credentials.

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Best Leadership Books of 2010

Leading Blog

Leading Outside the Lines : How to Mobilize the Informal Organization, Energize Your Team, and Get Better Results by Jon R. Driven to Lead : Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership by Paul R. Serve to Lead : Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System by James M Strock. Katzenbach and Zia Khan.

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What is Your Innovation Style?

Great Leadership By Dan

With this information organizations can harness different personalities to innovate in a dynamic and effective manner. Team conflict can be minimized by allowing the style best suited for each project state to lead the way, then having them step aside when that stage is completed.

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Leading a Culture of Innovation

LDRLB

Processes – How growth strategies and innovation are executed internally and externally including functional and cross-functional processes, customer engagement, information sharing, product and service development, and other activities.

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Cascades: 6 Principles for Creating Transformational Change

Leading Blog

As Niall Ferguson observed in The Square and the Tower , “Often the biggest changes in history are the achievements of thinly documented, informally organized groups of people.”. Networks are key to understanding how to create transformational change.

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Enhancing Board Performance: Strategies for Effective Board Evaluations

N2Growth Blog

Additionally, organizations can identify barriers hindering equal representation and equitable decision-making by utilizing metrics that measure board inclusivity, such as participation rates and board dynamics.

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What Every Successful Leader Needs To Know 

Lead from Within

They maintain preparation and stay well informed on every issue so they’re ready to make even difficult decisions on the fly. To be a great decision maker requires building consistent sources of good information, organizing that information in a way that allows you to access what you need to know and connecting the dots where you need to.