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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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How Do You Influence and Inspire People?

Lead Change Blog

Creating innovative frames influences people to consider new ways of looking at what’s possible. Include rational arguments, market research, customer surveys, and case studies. Solicit positive comments from other high-profile people who will speak positively about your idea or proposal. Will you support my proposal?

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How to Build a Team of Innovators

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. The problem?

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William Donaldson on Entrepreneurial Leadership

Leading Blog

That mindset is “about the application of creative thinking and prudent risk-taking to build innovative, long-lasting organizations in any sector of the economy.” Of course, an entrepreneurial leader needs to know about subjects like financial management, competitive strategy, market analysis, and the like.

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Is Your ‘But’ Getting In The Way Of Your Team’s Success?

Tanveer Naseer

Have you ever had an employee come to you with an idea or proposal to address a particular situation to which you answered with one of the following replies? And yet, notice how the use of “but” in each reply serves to effectively stop any further discussion or deeper examination of the proposal beyond this initial encounter.

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Danelle Morrow | Profile in Servant Leadership for Sales & Marketing

Modern Servant Leader

That’s what Danelle Morrow is doing for proposal response teams of all shapes and sizes. Most large businesses have a department dedicated to developing responses to Request for Proposals (RFPs). Accordingly, the departments are often titled, “Proposal Management” or “Sales Response” teams.

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How Can Innovation Be Better Disseminated?

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. This is emphasized by the fact that only 12% of respondents reported to having achieved an outstanding result using innovative dissemination channels.”