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3 Ways Humility Can Undermine Your Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Humble leadership is characterized by a willingness to admit a mistake or when you don’t know something, a tendency to share credit for successes, and an appreciation for others’ contributions. This leadership style is built on self-awareness, respect for others, and a focus on collective over individual success.

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Leadership Development Fundamentals

Innovation Excellence

Work Products GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Leadership development is a good idea in principle, but not in practice. Assessing a person against a list of seven standard competencies does not a leadership development plan make. Nor does a Meyers-Briggs assessment or a strengths assessment.

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The Hidden Advantage: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership

Leapfrogging

Introduction to Emotional Intelligence in Leadership In the dynamic landscape of corporate leadership, emotional intelligence (EI) has emerged as a critical component of effective management and strategic vision. This section introduces the concept of emotional intelligence and underscores its significance in leadership roles.

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Ignite Your Leadership Potential: Exploring Effective Development Programs

Leapfrogging

The Intersection of Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Leadership effectiveness is increasingly being linked to the concept of emotional intelligence—a set of skills that allows individuals to recognize, understand, and manage their own emotions, as well as to recognize, understand, and influence the emotions of others.

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. We'll examine the importance of UX and user-centric feature analysis, the adaptation of Agile Methodologies to the creative process, as well as a way to drive successful culture change for setting expectations and winning approvals with cross-functional stakeholders.

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Leadership Beyond Position and Title

Phil McKinney

It urges us to step out from the shadows of passivity and indifference and assume the mantle of leadership, regardless of our position or status in society. But leadership isn't about waiting for others to act. The beauty of this form of leadership is that it's accessible to everyone.

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Mastering the Art of Leadership through Self-Awareness

Leapfrogging

The Intersection of Leadership and Emotional Intelligence In the dynamic landscape of leadership development, emotional intelligence has emerged as a critical factor in effective leadership. This section explores the foundational elements of emotional intelligence and how they intersect with leadership competencies.

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Business Agile: A Roadmap for Transforming Your Management & Adapting to the VUCA Environment

Speaker: Peter Taylor, Speaker/Author, The Lazy Project Manager

Business agile is an approach that gives the right business flexibility and fast decision-making in a volatile environment, providing a great capacity for innovation, adaptation and change. Businesses everywhere are trying to “get business agile”—but it’s not easy to adapt to becoming this adaptive.

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Thinkers360 2022 B2B Thought Leadership Outlook Research

Thinkers360, the world’s premier B2B thought leader and influencer community, has released its 2022 B2B Thought Leadership Outlook Research Report conducted in association with the British Computer Society (BCS). Download this exclusive report to learn key findings related to: Current and Future State of B2B Thought Leadership.

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The Leadership of Open Innovation

Speaker: Paul Sloane, Director, Destination Innovation

Of course, innovation where other parties are involved means a different leadership approach. Paul will provides keys to effective leadership when open innovation is part of our innovation strategy. In this session, you learn: What is Open Innovation and why is it important for your business?

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Bridging the Gap: Implementing CIO Leadership in Project Management

Speaker: Clint Padgett, President & CEO, Project Success Inc.

It’s time for CIOs to unlock their "people potential" and learn the leadership skills that will lead to satisfied project managers and more than satisfactory project results. But if you can’t establish a dynamic, collaborative team with a clear mission, then your project will slip through the cracks.

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Roadmap Personas: The Best Way to Set Expectations for Teams, Clients, and Leadership

Speaker: Johanna Rothman - Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

When was the last time you trusted a roadmap to show you where the product could go and how the teams might get there? Because most roadmaps are at least five years long, teams are frequently unable to see the next set of essential features. Can your customers rely on your roadmaps to find out when new features will be released?

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Navigating the VUCA World With Innovation Coaching

Speaker: Janet Sernack, Founder and CEO of ImagineNation

If you want to read more about how organizations are reacting and preparing for change amidst VUCA, you can do so here !

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Driving Discovery and Experimentation in your Organization

Speaker: Teresa Torres, Product Discovery Coach, Product Talk, David Bland, Founder and CEO, Precoil, and Hope Gurion, Product Coach and Advisor, Fearless Product LLC

How to build leadership support for a culture of experimentation, no matter how mature your organization is. We'll cover: Why discovery and experimentation are important. How to accept and mitigate risk. June 4, 2019 9:30 AM PDT, 12:30 PM EDT, 5:30 PM BST

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Retail Tech: Empower Associates, Optimize CX, and Boost Productivity

Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.

This talk will also explore how retail tech can not only enhance the entire customer experience, but can ultimately lead to reduced associate burnout, powerful and effective leadership, and stronger, more outcome-driven teams.