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1). Why Most Leadership Development Efforts Fail
George was seen as an up-and-coming leader in the organization. People the worked for him liked and respected him. And those in Senior Leadership saw his potential, so he was slated to attend the company’s leadership development workshop.
George was ecstatic! He loved the organization and wanted to move up and contribute as much as he could. He saw this opportunity as a positive step in that progression.
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2). A Creative Journey – Using a Magazine to Heighten Creativity and Learning
Read essays, articles, or books on creativity and you will more than once you will read that you can heighten your creativity and create new ideas by reading magazines that you wouldn’t typically read. The suggestion is to go to your local newsstand and pick up magazines you wouldn’t ever read and read them for ideas, connections and trends.
This is an often repeated example of using outside stimulus as a way to jumpstart our creativity.
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3). Consensus - What it is and When to Achieve it
Tom was working hard to change the culture in his organization. He wanted to create greater collaboration, teamwork and empowerment. He envisioned an organization where people loved coming to work each day. He knew that when these things were a part of working life that productivity would sky rocket, and greater business results would flow naturally from this new culture.
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4). A New Way to Look at Your Career
You can pick up any business or news magazine at any time and read articles about the rapid pace of change, the increasing speed at which everything moves, the globalization of industry and commerce, and how technology is changing our world.
Of course all of these things are true. Further reading will lead us to articles about the “new world of work” and how our working lives are changing; that we are changing jobs more frequently, are expected to multi-task, taking less time off and being completely connected all of the time.
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5). Turning Your Ideas into Action
The team faced a significant challenge on the project. After a very successful brainstorming session they felt they had several ideas that would address and alleviate the problems they faced. They were truly energized by some of the ideas they generated. But soon, the glow wore off, because these ideas, in order to help, needed to be implemented, and the project was already behind schedule.
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6). How Leaders Can Achieve More by Doing Less
Every leader I’ve ever talked with has been busy. Some are more stressed by their workload than others, but the reality of work today is that we all (leaders included) have plenty to do. Which should make the title of this article of great interest, I mean, who wouldn’t be interested in better results by doing less?
What are the better results that you’ll see?
If you follow my advice, you’ll soon notice:
• Greater engagement.
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7). You are Too Busy to Move That Fast – Why Go Slower May Get You Far Greater Results
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “go slow to go fast.” I sometimes say it to Clients and participants in training. I remind myself of this truth occasionally too. Why? Because too often we are in such a rush to get the next task done that we end up spending more time doing it – or getting poorer results - than was possible.
In our zeal to finish, we start too soon and too quickly.
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8). After the Uncomfortable Pause - Seven Questions to Immediately Spur Greater Creativity
I’m betting you’ve had the same experience I have in most organizational brainstorming sessions.
You are in a room with beige (or otherwise boring) walls and a conference table. Sometime during the meeting, there is a problem or challenge identified. Someone standing near a flipchart or whiteboard picks up a pen and the brainstorming begins. After a momentary silence, a few ideas are suggested – at first they come almost faster than the person can write them down.
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