There has been a lot of commentary in the wake of ongoing economic woes recently about increasing marketplace regulation and calls for tighter controls on pay, ownership and reporting. However, the debate is now starting to broaden out further into questions about what it is that we can reasonably expect our core economic and social organizations to deliver.
Editors’s note: This is the fifth of a series five articles about leading innovation by Dr. Bacon in Wisepreneur. The understanding that innovation is the competitive frontier is so prevalent today that many organizations just assume it. Leaders know that innovation is critical to the organization’s growth and survival. In fact, with so many organizations innovating, one must wonder how it is possible to effectively Read More »
Being a leader, you have probably realized how valuable it is to have a creative team that thinks collectively and is quite frank with its suggestions and even criticisms. One of the top aspects of leadership coaching is to enable leaders to make their teams open out with their ideas and comments. So, how can you go about making your team a creative, thinking force, Read More »
If there had never been dreams, there would never have had been any achievements. The more outrageous the dreams were, the more humongous the achievements have been. Hence, if you have been given a leadership responsibility, you have to understand that you have also been given the power to dream big. That is something you should consider. Dream on behalf of your entire team. Everyone Read More »
What Is Leadership? Great leaders are creative, decisive, and charismatic. Strong leaders understand what is important to them. They are strong at persuading and communicating the vision, which they want others to have. Great leaders display personal mastery and passion for what they lead. They are creating team learning while keeping everyone moving towards a similar vision. Great leaders are system thinkers. They understand the Read More »
Having a full plate is a wonderful thing. Especially these days when so many businesses are struggling. I’m having the great good fortune to work with organizations in rapid growth mode – and to head an organization in rapid growth mode! Growth has its challenges. For example, the sense that you’ve been cloned and are in seven distinct places right this very minute. The gift Read More »
Who inspires your team? Who develops the ideas, promotes an environment that fosters creative camaraderie, nourishes espirit de corps – and steers the organization toward greatness? In short, who is your Chief Innovation Officer? Every organization that grows by creating new products or services or aspires to out-class the competition needs a Chief Innovation Officer, or CIO. In Robert’s Rules of Innovation, “Inspiration” is the Read More »