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The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

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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Cultivating a Thriving Culture for Innovation: A Practical Leadership Approach

Cris Beswick

Additionally, cultural change efforts should be inextricably linked to specific business outcomes and aligned with the company’s overarching strategy. A prime example of this principle in action is the transformation that took place at Home Depot under the leadership of Robert Nardelli in the early 2000s.

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Top 5: How to plan your 2023 innovation activities and events for maximum success

Idea to Value

2023 could turn out to be one of the hardest for innovation and leadership teams in decades… … or, with the right focused effort, it could be one of the best. Innovation projects often fail because innovation teams, management, leadership and operations are not aligned on what success actually looks like.

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Ten pitfalls inventors face and tips for avoiding them

Idea to Value

IP strategy. IP strategy. Starting to develop an invention without having an intellectual property strategy in place is just as dangerous as starting a business without a business plan. Never start-up without having your intellectual property strategy in place. Not starting. Mock-ups and prototypes. Partners and team.

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Working in, Working on, Working for the business

Jeffrey Phillips

In a previous blog post, I wrote about the differences between working "in" the business for strategy and innovation versus working "on" the business for strategy and innovation. Doing work on the business is stepping back and examining how the business actually operates, and trying to define future opportunities or new strategies.

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We All Need To Learn The Change Lifecycle

Digital Tonto

The problem is that managers don’t study change the same way they study finance, or marketing, or strategy. The “Trigger” Strategy For Driving Radical, Transformational Change. There are natural laws that govern change and these laws can be learned and applied by anyone. Business schools don’t teach it as a discipline.

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The 5 Most-Needed Qualities for Leadership in Healthcare

CMOE

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. In addition to patient care, healthcare leaders have bottom-line finances to think about. Who Fills the Leadership Role in Healthcare? Competing demands.