Leadership

11 May

Ten-Tips-to-Make-You-and-Your-Team-More-Creative Being creative is essential to business: it provides the edge to beat the competition. In an increasingly competitive market, creative thinking is no longer solely the function of departments like advertising and product development; it is now necessary for everyone in the organization. By following these ten tips derived from our creativity workshop, you will increase your creativity and help your company get ahead.
09:15 / Creativity / Leadership / Personal Development
27 Apr

Breaking down silos can spark innovation in unexpected ways. Gillian Tett, The Silo Effect You’ve seen it before: team members thinking about themselves more than the team; Every man and woman for themselves; a business composed of silos rather than being a cohesive organization. Silos create inefficiency, waste...

10:49 / Inspiration / Leadership
06 Apr

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. Larry King Do you listen or do you just wait for your turn to talk? When you listen, you have to be...

11:15 / Inspiration / Leadership
23 Mar

Recently, I was consulting a CEO on strategic presentation skills, they tended to keep talking without stopping and needed some work to better connect with the people in the room. We talked about the importance of pausing during the presentation and asking a question to...

12:10 / Inspiration / Leadership
09 Mar

Big ideas, when they stick, can guide an organization to an extraordinary future. It helps you determine when to move and where. It provides a shared vision that creates cohesion within your organization, which can lead to superior execution over time. To discover or refine your...

12:04 / Inspiration / Leadership
16 Feb

“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” Jon Kabat-Zinn The truth is that many of us spend most of our time in the office. Think about how...

12:06 / Inspiration / Leadership
02 Feb

Your new product or service is great. You want to tell people. Why not shout it as loudly as you can to as many many people as you can? Because, until you have an audience, you have to work exponentially harder to make your message matter....

18:20 / Leadership / Marketing
19 Jan

The letter BlackRock’s Larry Fink sent CEOs highlights ideas that are familiar to our readers. Here’s the insight: “Society is demanding that companies, both public and private, serve a social purpose. To prosper over time, every company must not only deliver financial performance but also show...

09:39 / Leadership / Personal Development