Posts Tagged ‘leadership’

Ten Great Ways to Crush Creativity

Leaders have more power than they realize. They can patiently create a climate of creativity or they can crush it in a series of subtle comments and gestures. Their actions send powerful signals. Their responses to suggestions and ideas are deciphered by staff as encouragement or rejection. If you want to crush creativity in your organization and eliminate all the unnecessary bother of innovation then here… Continue reading

August 28 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: creativity, culture, idea, innovation, leader, leadership | 21 comments»

Are you Satisfied?

In September of 1960, J.F. Kennedy engaged Richard Nixon in the first presidential candidates’ debate. Kennedy’s opening statement in that debate has now become the famous “I am not satisfied” speech. What Kennedy’s team rightly strategized was that in any competitive environment, political or businesses, sustainable success starts with focusing on your own house. You will not win the race by focusing on the competition. There are a number of reasons for this... Continue reading

June 16 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: branding, business, coaching, competition, customer, entreprenuership, leadership, Management, marketing, success | 6 comments»

You Want Engagement? Then Start Being Clear!

You want engagement. But no one’s buying. If you want something done you have to spell it out in detail, or even give up and get to that ugly “I’ll just do it myself” place of the defeated manager. You feel like every time you turn your back, the wheels come off the bus again. You’ve got zero engagement. So how do you fix that? Continue reading

May 8 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: business, change, clarity, commitment, engagement, entrepreneurship, growth, hopefulness, leadership, organizational development, teamwork, vision | 16 comments»

Ten Top Tips for the Innovative Leader

1. Have a Vision for Change You cannot expect your team to be innovative if they do not know the direction in which they are headed. Innovation has to have a purpose. It is up to the leader to set the course and give a bearing for the future. You need one overarching statement which defines the direction for the business and which people will readily understand and remember… Continue reading

April 15 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: change, collaboration, idea, innovation, leader, leadership, suggestion, vision | 10 comments»

If your business disappeared tomorrow…

If your business disappeared tomorrow, would anybody miss you? We all want to survive and we all want to thrive. But how cool would it be if your customers needed you to survive even more than you did? What would you be prepared to do to be that irreplaceable? Continue reading

March 9 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: business, entreprenuership, leadership, Management, marketing | 8 comments»

Life Lessons of the Dread Pirate Roberts

Once word leaks out that a pirate has gone soft, people begin to disobey you, and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time. Ah, who can resist the call of the pirate’s life. Yo ho, ho yo, right? I was surprised to find recently that, while The Princess Bride'’s Dread Pirate Roberts is clearly a fictional character, there really was a dreaded pirate Roberts who sailed the high… Continue reading

January 27 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: accountability, branding, leadership, pirate, reputation | 18 comments»

Ten Lessons from China’s Olympics Preparations

It looks like much of the gold that was brought to China for this year’s Olympics will remain there after the games' end. Michael Phelps’ legendary 8 gold medals for the US team helped the Americans bring up their count but not nearly enough to keep them in the top spot for winning gold since the fall of the Soviet empire. Even if you discount a few from China for… Continue reading

August 29 2008 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: china, goal, leadership, olympics, planning, preparation, Productivity, strength, teamwork | 14 comments»

How to Lead Change in Your Organization

Change is the biggest constant in today’s business world. Even charities and educational organizations are finding that they need to constantly innovate not only to compete for donation dollars, clients, and members, but to remain relevant to the changing social landscape around them as well. But people hate change. Right? The management literature is loaded with tales of corporate innovation gone awry – product launches flubbed, reorganizations that caused productivity to… Continue reading

July 14 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: change, corporation, innovation, leadership, organization | 17 comments»

Be Accountable

I like to think that I am a very good driver, if not an expert. Even so, once in a while I miss a red light, I speed. and sometimes even make a wrong turn. Does that mean I should quit driving altogether? I don’t think so. I need to be aware of these errors and be careful. Similarly, it is not unusual to miss a project deadline. No… Continue reading

June 17 2008 | By Raj | Tagged: accountability, leadership, responsibility | 8 comments»

Seven Useful Lessons You Can Learn from a Bad Boss

Why you can trust poor leaders to be sound teachers

Macho, insensitive bosses share certain characteristics. Their behavior is arrogant, quick-tempered and controlling. Their motives are typically selfish and manipulative. They show little concern for others and few signs of understanding why others don't trust them. Most of all, they are quite unaware of their failings and the impact they have on their subordinates. No only do they see no… Continue reading

May 23 2008 | By Adrian | Tagged: leadership, learning, Management, personal-development | 6 comments»

The Lifehack Productivity Bookshelf

I just received my copy of Lifehack contributor Pamela Skilling's new book Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams. Pamela's book is a guide for people fed up with the corporate lifestyle -- the lack of creative expression, the lack of spiritual reward, and ultimately the lack of control over the conditions of your own employment -- who are looking… Continue reading

May 19 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: book, leadership, learning, Management, organization, Productivity, reading, thinking | 2 comments»

Lifehack Live for March 31, 2008: Michael Lee Stallard

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This week's guest is Michael Lee Stallard, co-author of Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity, and Productivity (Lifehack Review). You can download Stallard's free e-book "The Connection Culture: A New Source of Competitive Advantage" at ChangeThis.

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March 31 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: connection, leadership, manaement, Podcast | 1 comment»

Welcome Failure

Very often the best way to test an idea is not to analyze it but to try it. The organization that implements lots of ideas will most likely have many failures but the chances are, it will reap some mighty successes too. By trying numerous initiatives we improve our chances that one of them will be a star. As Tom Kelley of IDEO puts it… Continue reading

March 27 2008 | By Paul | Tagged: creativity, failure, imagination, leadership, Management, problem-solving, success, thinking | 13 comments»

How to Lead People for Results

In a recent conversation I was told, "Leadership is about managing time and getting things done." I couldn't disagree more. In my role at the Free Articulator, I manage and lead writers and editors every day. It has been said in the past that trying to manage artists (and all of our writers are) is a very difficult task. I can't honestly disagree with that. The following is a recount… Continue reading

February 27 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: leadership, people, relationship, team | 17 comments»

How to Create Connection in the Workplace: A Review of “Fired up or Burned Out” by Michael Lee Stallard

How do business leaders create a sense of connection and shared passion in their organizations? How can you make your employees (and by extension you r company) more productive and more innovative -- instead of struggling to maintain the status quo? These are the questions that Michael Lee Stallard sets out to answer in his book Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team's Passion, Creativity, and

February 15 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: business, connection, corporation, leadership, Management, relationships | 12 comments»