Destination Innovation

APRIL 21, 2024

Where was the financial and marketing strategy? Under his leadership, Alcoa streamlined and improved operations. These committees were tasked with identifying safety hazards, developing safety protocols, and promoting a culture of safety awareness. He continued, “I intend to make Alcoa the safest company in America.

Leadership 152

Leadership Culture Training Report 152

Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 1, 2024

I've been reading and thinking a lot lately about what is described as a "culture of innovation". I think a culture of innovation is kind of like a unicorn: it would be cool if it existed, and some people claim to have seen one, but when you get up close it's just a normal animal that happens to be missing a horn.

Culture 252

Culture Culture of Innovation Innovation Disruption 252

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Culture Change Understanding the Stakes: Innovation and Business Growth Culture change within an organization is not just about altering the workplace environment; it is a strategic imperative. Innovation is not simply about new ideas; it’s about transforming those ideas into value-creating strategies.

Culture 130

Culture Change How To Agile 130

Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 26, 2024

Many of us who work in the consulting and strategy space often talk about the difficulties in understanding and more importantly, changing a corporate culture. That is, we want the culture to adapt to market needs and changes that everyone can see but inertia keeps the company from making.

Culture 211

Culture Change Leadership Technical Review 211

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

All too often, leadership development programs don’t adequately account for the culture, norms, and system within which the leader is working. The author shares four strategies that Intuit has used to build a culture that reinforces, rather than inhibits, positive leader growth.

Leadership 89

Leadership Culture Collaboration Groups 89

Cris Beswick

MAY 8, 2024

Companies that embrace innovation as a core capability and foster a culture that nurtures creativity, experimentation, and collaboration are better positioned to navigate the complexities of the global marketplace, anticipate and respond to shifting market dynamics, and ultimately outpace their rivals.

Culture 59

Culture Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 59

Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Thinking Strategic thinking is a critical element in the leadership toolkit, essential for steering organizations towards long-term success. By integrating this approach into your leadership style, you can expect to: Enhance decision-making capabilities, ensuring that every choice aligns with long-term objectives.

Strategic Thinking 100

Strategic Thinking Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Resources 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Thinking Strategic thinking is a critical element in the leadership toolkit, essential for steering organizations towards long-term success. By integrating this approach into your leadership style, you can expect to: Enhance decision-making capabilities, ensuring that every choice aligns with long-term objectives.

Strategic Thinking 100

Strategic Thinking Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Resources 100

Leapfrogging

MAY 8, 2024

Understanding Experiential Intelligence (XQ) The concept of Experiential Intelligence (XQ) is increasingly gaining recognition in the sphere of leadership development. Importance of Experiential Intelligence in Leadership Development In the context of leadership development, XQ plays a vital role in shaping highly effective leaders.

Training 100

Training Leadership Technical Review Agile 100

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.

Culture of Innovation 113

Culture of Innovation Culture Leadership Innovation 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Importance of Keynote Speakers for Team Culture Transformation The journey towards fostering a robust team culture is often marked by the influence of compelling keynote speakers. It can stimulate a shift in team culture, laying the groundwork for sustained innovation and improved team dynamics.

Culture 100

Culture Team Building Case Study Collaboration 100

Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 12, 2024

In my last two blogs, I made the argument that given how fast change is happening, your strategy must incorporate and address external change and the ability to change internally. Otherwise, you are creating strategy that ignores exceptionally powerful forces that are creating change and shifting the competitive markets in real time.

Culture 157

Culture Change Competition Leadership 157

Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership In the context of leadership, emotional intelligence plays a pivotal role. The importance of emotional intelligence in leadership extends to various facets of a leader’s role, including conflict resolution, mentoring, and change management.

Leadership 100

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Case Study Training 100

Leapfrogging

MAY 9, 2024

Importance of Trust in Leadership In the realm of leadership, trust is not just a soft skill—it’s the very foundation upon which successful teams are built. Why Trust is Vital in Leadership Trust in leadership is the cornerstone of team cohesion and effectiveness.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Collaboration Meeting 100

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

That’s because they try to apply processes and structures that don’t fit their business strategies and cultures. They force crowdsourcing into their top-down decision-making cultures. It reminded me how important it is to highlight the ultimate organizational design principle: Structure follows strategy. Solutions Teams.

Culture 130

Culture Strategy Strategy Technical Review 130

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 18, 2021

I do believe the value of working the seven domains of this framework, named the Leadership Alignment Workmat has significant value within and across any organization. Benefits of applying the Leadership Alignment Work Mat. The Leadership Alignment Work Mat resolves the litmus test.

Leadership 280

Leadership Engagement Innovation Strategy 280

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the values, beliefs, and behaviors that determine how your company’s employees interact and handle business transactions.

Culture 100

Culture Change Management Agile 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Unpacking Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the collective values, beliefs, and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Agile Leadership 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Leadership Skills and Emotional Intelligence The interplay between leadership skills and emotional intelligence is a dynamic force that can significantly impact the effectiveness of leaders in the corporate world. The significance of emotional intelligence in leadership cannot be overstated.

Leadership 100

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Training Engagement 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Identifying Toxic Workplace Culture Recognizing a toxic workplace culture is the first step in transforming an unhealthy work environment into a thriving one. As someone in a leadership position, you have the power to address and amend these challenges.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Policies Collaboration 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Unveiling Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI) has emerged as a pivotal factor in leadership effectiveness, with an increasing number of organizations recognizing its value. EI is crucial in leadership as it helps leaders to navigate social complexities, influence others, and maintain positive relationships within the workplace.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Training Exercises 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Introduction to Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Emotional intelligence has become a cornerstone in the realm of leadership development, recognized for its pivotal role in enhancing a leader’s effectiveness. Conflict Management Effective leaders use EQ to resolve disputes constructively.

Leadership 100

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Case Study Exercises 100

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Training Exercises 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Recognizing Toxic Work Environments To initiate the journey towards building a positive work culture, it’s imperative to recognize the current state of your work environment. Signs of a Toxic Work Culture Toxic work cultures can manifest in various ways, and being aware of the signs is crucial for any manager or leader.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Collaboration Leadership 100

Cris Beswick

MARCH 14, 2024

As I highlight throughout my book, ‘ Building a Culture of Innovation ‘, companies that fail to make Innovation integral to their cultures risk losing relevance, ceding ground to disruptive start-ups, and struggling to attract and retain top talent.

Culture 59

Culture Tips Leadership Innovation 59

Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Thinking In the ever-evolving business landscape, the ability to anticipate changes and craft effective strategies is invaluable. As someone responsible for organizing corporate events and leadership programs, you know that developing a strategic mindset in leaders is not just an advantage—it’s a necessity.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Leadership 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Thinking In the ever-evolving business landscape, the ability to anticipate changes and craft effective strategies is invaluable. As someone responsible for organizing corporate events and leadership programs, you know that developing a strategic mindset in leaders is not just an advantage—it’s a necessity.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Leadership 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

To delve deeper into how to effectively promote team collaboration, explore the array of team collaboration strategies and team collaboration practices that can transform a group of individuals into a cohesive, high-functioning team. Leaders set the tone for the organization and can either encourage a culture of collaboration or stifle it.

Collaboration 113

Collaboration Strategy Strategy Guidelines 113

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This shows the gap between what you expect, according to your strategy, and what you tolerate. And the size of this tolerance gap will be affected by your culture. However, the danger is not to create a culture where people feel that anything will be tolerated. This is one of the fundamental pillars of the company culture.

Culture 226

Culture Policies Leadership Creativity 226

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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.

Leadership 100

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Training Analysis 100

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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.

Leadership 100

Leadership Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Case Study 100

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Defining Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI) is the capacity to recognize, control, and assess emotions in oneself and others. Emotional Intelligence: The Key to Effective Leadership In the realm of leadership, emotional intelligence is paramount.

Training 100

Training Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Exercises 100

Innovation Excellence

MAY 28, 2024

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton You’ve heard the adage that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Well, AI is the fruit bowl on the side of your Denny’s Grand Slam Strategy, and culture is eating that, too. 1 tool + 2 companies = 2 strategies On an Innovation Leader call about AI, two people from two […]

Strategy 94

Strategy Strategy Culture Tools 94

Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

How To Define A Strategy For Innovation In 2023. “A And Rita and Alexa have no doubts: corporates can’t survive nor protect and increase their competitive advantage unless they sharpen the ability to innovate and integrate strategy with innovation. So, how to define a successful strategy for innovation at the dawn of the new year?

Strategy 105

Strategy Strategy Innovation Management Leadership 105