Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases In the modern business landscape, we often hear the argument that leaders should be hired from within the same industry to be effective. Here, we make a case for the top five universal leadership skills, which are, arguably, more critical than industry-specific experience.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Benefits of Facilitating Strategic Planning Offsites Facilitating strategic planning offsites offers a multitude of benefits, from enhancing team cohesion to driving organizational alignment. Improved Focus : With day-to-day distractions left behind, your team can concentrate fully on strategic issues and high-level thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 15, 2021

as a conversation between us, where we emphasise the important linkage between innovation and strategy. We need to resolve that issue within any innovation activity, it needs a “tight” linkage to strategy. Making that real alignment of strategy and innovation provides a good base.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the daily operations, you and your leadership team can focus on long-term goals, team building, and innovative thinking. These gatherings are critical for aligning leadership on company vision, strengthening interpersonal relationships, and making decisions that will steer the company’s future.

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CMOE

APRIL 28, 2021

In a recent survey, 97% of 10,000 senior leaders surveyed said that being strategic was the leadership behavior most important to their organization’s success—but another study indicated that fully 96% of leaders say they lack the time for strategic thinking.*. They firmly believe that strategy is everyone’s job.

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CMOE

JULY 29, 2021

Being a great leader requires the ability to adapt to change. Unfortunately, not enough leaders are equipped with the right training or knowledge to effectively lead their team members through change; almost two-thirds of employers noted that a lack of change-management expertise was a problem during their recent initiatives.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

We see seven keys to creating an innovative workplace culture where individuals are able to meaningfully contribute to the organization’s innovation strategy. It’s vital to point your innovation strategy in a direction. That doesn’t mean leadership should spell out everything. 4 Encourages Change. Try these 6 Steps.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Fostering Innovation in Leadership Defining Innovation Culture An innovation culture refers to the values, behaviors, and norms that ensure an organization not only generates new ideas but also executes them to achieve positive outcomes.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 15, 2017

We mentioned how frequently we’re being asked to incorporate uncertainty into Brainzooming creativity and strategic thinking presentations. Considering that, I added new strategic thinking content on flexibility into my presentation at The Leadership Institute.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Instead, a more holistic approach to leadership intelligence is required—one that includes Experiential Intelligence (XQ). The Importance of Innovation in Executive Leadership Innovation is the lifeblood of any successful organization. The integration of XQ into executive functions is a potent tool for driving innovation.

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CMOE

JULY 19, 2022

Yet: 58% of workforce members haven’t received leadership training. 77% feel there is a leadership gap at their company. workforce) express that their leadership skills are not fully developed. There is a lack of leadership, and this situation needs to change. What Are Leadership Skills? Change management.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

Fanatics introduced disruptive innovation to its marketplace with an agile strategy. It also uses its agile strategy to market apparel for niche opportunities where it might sell as few as ten t-shirts. We thought the list was intriguing, so we secured the go ahead to share the strategic thinking questions with you here.

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CMOE

DECEMBER 1, 2022

If you want to be a proactive leader and create a winning team and strategy, now is the time to start focusing on a forward-looking direction and identifying strategic priorities. A Bloomberg study found that the time spent on planning ahead or strategizing has declined to single digits – 9%. Carve Out Some Time.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 26, 2021

David Bowie sang a song about change called Changes. He spoke about the need to change - to "face the strange" - and find a new reality. Another band - Rush - talked about change as well. In their song Tom Sawyer, they wrote that "changes aren't permanent, but change is". What change are we anticipating?

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2017

Most organizations are seeking solutions to the necessary connections between Strategy and Innovation. Often it is within the strategies that should be outlined, lies the potential new spaces to play for innovation’s design. Often we are inherently resisting to exploring change as it becomes risky and far more demanding.

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Idea Drop

JULY 20, 2017

If the conditions are right, meaningful change can evolve from the smallest seed of inspiration; an observation, a discussion, or even just an interesting question. There are two distinct (though complementary) ways to work through a problem and develop a solution: we might label them ‘creative thinking’ and ‘strategic thinking’.

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CMOE

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When crises arise, strategic plans are often affected dramatically. As they respond to the situation at hand, leaders understand that they have to keep the overarching business strategy in mind to ensure continued success—in the day-to-day work and in the future. Instead, the creation of strategy must be ongoing.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

This week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” from the Armada Executive Intelligence Brief newsletter highlighted two Wall Street Journal articles examining leadership strategy in light of how involved a teacher or coach should be in the details of teaching and learning. . Encourage a unique, personal path.

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Ankush Chopra

APRIL 26, 2019

A business strategy review is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your potential – your strategic thinking, your grasp of business, and your leadership. But most managers fail to shine in annual strategy reviews and thus stay away from the home plate in the next game. appeared first on Ankush Chopra.

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CMOE

JUNE 22, 2022

For city and county governments across North America, 2022 is halfway through, and many local municipalities are feeling the effects of the new and changing talent pool. Most businesses are well aware of how drastically hiring processes and human resources have changed over the last several years, and municipalities are no different.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

We’ve written a tremendous amount about change and change management strategy since the Brainzooming blog’s inception. Just HOW MUCH have we written on change management strategy? Well, to identify the articles listed here, a search for “change” on the blog yielded eighty-six PAGES of articles.

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BrainZooming

MAY 29, 2020

Dramatic changes in my activities throughout this pandemic took precedence. The New Important – Strategy in a Pandemic-Shaped World. Zane wanted to develop and share content that addressed what business executives need to be thinking about in strategy, innovation, branding, and creative leadership.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2022

“ Strategy is useless without innovation; innovation is directionless without strategy” Below is an extract from “Reinventing Innovation” by John J Kao. Instead of efficiency, we strive for originality, for what will change the game. Strategic planning must co-exist with strategic foresight.

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CMOE

MAY 28, 2021

With the changing needs and demands of clinical care, technology, and spending, leadership in healthcare must stay agile to keep up with the shifting tides. Who Fills the Leadership Role in Healthcare? Many individuals fill leadership roles in healthcare. Here are the five essential qualities for leadership in healthcare.

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CMOE

MARCH 31, 2022

Strategic thinking has become one of the most valued skills in managers, and many organizations know that strategic thinking is integral to their success. Unfortunately, managers often run into challenges that prevent them from engaging in strategic thought and action with consistency and regularity.

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CMOE

AUGUST 8, 2019

Military strategy is thousands of years old but the field of business strategy has only been around for about fifty years. Because this field is so new, there’s still a lot of disagreement about how business strategy and business models should be defined—and often among those who write about these topics the most!

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 24, 2023

Leadership is at the center of every successful organization. Leaders who can think beyond today and set a vision for their organization are more successful in shaping its future. Visionary thinking involves thinking beyond the present and asking yourself what the future could look like. Steve Jobs (Apple Inc.):

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2018

The general manager at an industrial manufacturer wondered about how to effectively engage the hourly workforce as innovation strategy participants ? What about the financial hurdle of engaging hourly employees in innovation strategy? That reasoning changes the business decision. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 8, 2016

One way to deal with a common innovation strategy barrier – fear of change and new ideas – is to disguise new ideas as your team develops and implements them. Innovation Strategy in Disguise. As an innovation leader, pursuing an innovation strategy in disguise requires a different perspective.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

What leadership skills are necessary to successfully champion a collaborative strategy ? A client fully immersed in developing and implementing a collaborative strategy asked that question. When we leave after the plan is completed, however, we’re finding many leaders aren’t prepared to implement a collaborative strategy plan.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

We were facilitating report outs at a strategy planning workshop after multiple teams tackled developing high-level plans to improve various employee challenges in a relatively high-performing company. Four of the five report outs in this strategy planning workshop were delivered by female leaders in the organization. Here Is Help!

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Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

When it comes to innovation, building capabilities and applying the right leadership style give top performing manufacturers the edge over skills-focused peers. 84% of manufacturing executives say they plan to add technology roles in the next 5 years to keep pace with the demands of a rapidly changing industry.

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BrainZooming

JULY 26, 2021

What options are there when assembling a leadership team or board of directors who want to do blue sky thinking for big ideas? Seems simple, although delivering on this objective requires deft design to enable a collaboration with a chance of producing big thinking. Framing the Thinking Perspectives.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2017

Last week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence picked out highlights on leadership skills from Fast Company magazine. There are a number of team development and leadership skills mentioned that fit themes we talk about here. Leadership Practices. A leader should create strategy with a team.

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CMOE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now, more than ever, leaders and individual contributors alike must be able to look beyond short-term needs, gain a strategic perspective, and act on that perspective. What is Strategic Thinking? Strategic Thinking is the ability to anticipate, prepare, and get positioned for the future.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

You can apply these creative thinking questions to trigger your own brand’s strategic thinking on innovation strategy: Strategy. How is our leadership removing distractions to innovation (instead of creating them)? Customer-Focused Innovation Strategy. Which ones would we accelerate? Innovation.

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