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Archive for September, 2008

Lessons on Innovation from Richard Bransson

Posted in Innovation, tagged , , , on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The possibility driven organization must drive innovation from the top. Your organization may be structured and the culture indoctrinated so that innovation is more challenging than in other organizations. Leadership drives culture and innovation requires leadership. Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have…It’s not about money. It’s about the people [...]

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Principle Centered Leadership

Posted in Leadership, Lists, Success Factors, tagged , on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Doing some research for a whitepaper on Innovative Leadership I came across this site and list of points for Leadership. From http://www.businessballs.com/leadership.htm Always, when leaders say that the people are not following, it’s the leaders who are lost, not the people. Leaders get lost because of isolation, delusion, arrogance, plain stupidity, etc., but above all [...]

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Innovative Leadership

Posted in Leadership, tagged , , on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Leadership is the most important characteristic we can cultivate in business and in life. Leadership is about being an exemplar and modeling discipline of balance. That is to balance the short-term gains for the long-term health of self and the business. Leadership is about awareness. Styles Of Leadership As with any activity the type of [...]

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Thoughts on Innovation

Posted in Innovation, tagged , , , on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Definition: a new method, idea, product. The act of innovating. Quotes on Innovation. Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship… the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth. – Peter Drucker Without innovation there is no growth. We must innovate and change the way we do things in order to create [...]

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Stop Motivating and Start Leading

Posted in Leadership, tagged , , on September 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

You can’t motivate anyone. That is an external pressure that simply doesn’t appeal to people, as it usually comes off as control to meet ones own goals and ends. Instead, work to create the conditions under which people will WANT to work, which appeals to their own self-interest and where they will thrive. The first [...]

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Peter Druckers’ Questions for Innovation

Posted in Innovation, tagged , , , on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Peter Drucker said innovation is a discipline, and that neither requires genius. Anyone can innovate and that they must. Everyone knows that failures and unexpected problems scream the loudest. And of course they are opportunities for innovation and individual and organisational learning. Peter Drucker emphasized another circumstance to watch out for, that it held more [...]

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Tackling Your Prima Donnas

Posted in Leadership, tagged , , on September 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Andrew Symonds, the Australian cricketer, is a star player. He has single handedly won games for the team. He is great. He is a prima donna. The question remains if someone is great, brings in the cash, is a rain maker, should we let them get away with bad behavior. Should we give them a [...]

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