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Building Stronger Teams: Unveiling the Top Motivational Speakers for Team-Building

Leapfrogging

Choosing the Right Motivational Speaker When the goal is to forge a high-performing team, a motivational speaker can be a pivotal element in your strategy. The right speaker can ignite a spark within your team, instilling enthusiasm and a renewed sense of purpose. Their focused knowledge will be invaluable.

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Emotional Intelligence: The Game-Changer in Leadership Development

Leapfrogging

Components of Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence is generally broken down into four or five core components, each playing a distinct role in leadership development: Self-Awareness: The ability to recognize and understand one’s own emotions and how they affect thoughts and behavior.

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Book Review: A.L.I.E.N. Thinking

Jeffrey Phillips

As you may know, as a noted (ahem) blogger and voracious reader, I am sometimes asked to review books on strategy and innovation. Even after choosing some books to review, I often find myself asking - did the book actually meet my criteria? All this in advance of a book I want to like, but struggle to review, entitled A.L.I.E.N.

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The basket of bad ideas scenario

Jeffrey Phillips

This is what you get when you scour the back catalogues of comic books, looking for ways to extend the franchise just a bit more. A good movie, The Big Short, noted that this same philosophy, mixing up a number of bad loans into a new package, is what caused the sub-prime lending disaster. But I'm sure there's more coming.

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Crafting the Path to Success: Designing Leadership Team Offsites for Strategic Planning Triumph

Leapfrogging

Setting the Stage for Success Importance of Leadership Team Offsites Leadership team offsites play a pivotal role in shaping the future of an organization. By stepping away from daily operations, you and your team can focus on long-term goals, engage in deep discussions, and forge stronger bonds.

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Experts can often be Sceptics and Wrong

Destination Innovation

In 1931 a book was published entitled, Hundred Authors against Einstein. The prevailing belief was that diseases were caused by miasma or “bad air.” The theory of plate tectonics, developed in the 1960s, provided the mechanism that explained continental drift, leading to its acceptance.

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Development Opportunities for Supervisors: Top 12 Resources & Tools

CMOE

The good news is, there are development opportunities for supervisors that can help you succeed in your role. With the right tools and resources by your side, you will feel more confident in driving your team forward. Supervisors are the linchpin that keeps team members—key contributors of an organization—on track.