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How Uncommon Partners May Be the Secret to Breakthrough Innovation

Kyle Nel, Nathan Furr and Thomas Zoega Ramsoy, Authors, Leading Transformation: How to Take Charge of Your Company’s Future Guiding an organization through transformation is one of the hardest things that leaders are called on to do. Among many variables, transformation requires both seeing new business opportunities, and then taking meaningful steps to capture them. But […]

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Certainty is no longer enough

Leadership

Chris Lewis, Co-author, The Leadership Lab:  Understanding Leadership In The 21st Century There are some things every CEO is certain about. That’s what we get paid for. For instance, we’re certain that customers are more demanding now than they’ve ever been before. We’re certain that there are more things that can affect our business than ever before. We know

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Are You About to Hire the Wrong Job Applicant? 8 Signs

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business

Piles of applications and résumés represent time to sort through applicants, attempting to match a position with a person’s expertise and skills. It would be so much faster if the unsuitable job applicants walked in with a label on their forehead: “Reject.” Then you could spend time with the best qualified candidates. The top candidates

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6 Signs That You’re a Micromanager

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business

Nobody I know proudly brags about being a micromanager. Frankly, most vehemently deny the label. Yet the workplace overflows with them. Here’s how to spot them on your team before you give them even bigger opportunities to frustrate the people who work with them. And if deep down you fear you may be falling into

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The Door is Always Open – or is it?

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Across the corporate world these days, many companies have the walls of their respective locations plastered with various positive statements regarding how upstanding their values are, that their employees matter, etc. In particular, many companies now claim to have an “Open Door” policy when it comes to issue resolution and/or the presentation of ideas. However,

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6 Measures of Emotional Maturity as a Leader

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Sales, Small Business

On the good days as leader, you feel like a winning coach at the Super Bowl. On the bad days, you feel as though you’re skiing just a few feet ahead of an avalanche. Most days fall somewhere in between. To increase your chances of more good days than bad, check your leadership aptitudes and

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Finding Your Voice As a Leader

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business

Many great corporate and political leaders will tell you that they watched and admired a parent, older sibling, or another family member or friend speak their mind and take charge of difficult situations. In other words, they saw first-hand the impact of leadership communication to calm a storm or controversy. Speaking out about issues and

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5 Leader Mistakes That Cripple Teams

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business

As a leader, you create the culture that either helps your teams thrive––or barely survive. Obviously, no leader intentionally stalls or stymies a team. But even the best leaders occasionally make mistakes that freeze their people rather than free them to excel. Here’s how that happens: Avoid These 5 Mistakes Leaders Make That Cripple Teams

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3 Tips to Communication Change That Aren’t Common Practice

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business

In a world where someone can walk into a restaurant, shopping mall, or school and open fire on hundreds of innocent people, where jobs disappear overnight, where cancer appears suddenly on a scan, people grasp for order, stability, and control. They demand the same from communication coming to them––the email, instruction, or announcement should make

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3 Strategies to Connect as a Leader

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business, Strategy

Clark, my client, stopped by our office unexpected: “I have good news and bad news. The good news first. . . . A couple of partners and I just bought a small telecom—a spinoff of the division I managed before we all got laid off.” “Sounds like great news,” I said. “Maybe. If we can

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