How Mike Pearson Should Manage His Remaining Time As CEO Of Valeant

Interim leaders should lead differently from permanent leaders. And leaders in different interim situations should lead differently from one another. Some interim leaders may become the permanent leaders themselves. Others,…

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Why You Should Eliminate Your Chief Innovation Officer

The whole premise behind a Chief Innovation Officer goes beyond useless to completely and utterly counter-productive.

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Why Adding Constraints Increases Innovation

The more limited you are, the more creative you have to be

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How To Tap The Only Three Types Of Creativity
How To Tap The Only Three Types Of Creativity

There are three and only three ways to create. They come from connective, component and blank page creativity. That’s it.

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Why Raising The Yellow Flag For Help Is A Sign Of A Strong Team

Stronger teams are made up of people ready, willing and able to help each other – people worth calling.

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Accountability: The Essential Link Between Empowerment And Engagement

If you want people to take accountability, you have to let them do so.

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What To Learn From Eli Manning’s Leadership Eyes

Looking ahead is often a prerequisite to heading off issues and paving the way for future celebrations

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What To Do When Onboarding Goes Bad

Triage the situation to figure out if the issues are minor, major or not savable. Diagnose the context and issues. Change the balance of consequences. Follow through.

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How To Avoid Yahoo’s Performance Management System Rigging Debacle

Yahoo is getting sued for rigging its performance management system to fire too many poor performers at the same time. There’s so much wrong with that sentence is hard to…

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