Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It encompasses the leader’s capacity to navigate social complexities, remain calm under pressure, and inspire and motivate teams through understanding and empathy. Moreover, emotional intelligence helps leaders to build and sustain a workplace culture that aligns with the organization’s values and goals.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Recognizing Workplace Morale The vitality of your team’s spirit can be the driving force behind your organization’s success. By identifying signs of low morale and understanding its impact on productivity, you can begin the journey of transforming a potentially toxic workplace culture into a high-performing, collaborative team.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

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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Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

As organizations recognize the value of emotionally intelligent leaders, the focus on integrating emotional intelligence into leadership development has intensified. Leaders with high emotional intelligence are adept at understanding and managing their own emotions, which in turn allows them to inspire and influence their teams positively.

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CMOE

APRIL 27, 2021

Top 10 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams. Team Mentality. Outstanding business teams possess positive attributes that enable them to perform at a high level—and sustain that level of performance over years. Why Is Decisiveness Found in High-Performing Teams? Decisiveness. Alignment of Values. Confidence.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By fostering an atmosphere where innovation thrives, you’re not only investing in your company’s future but also in the professional growth of your team. Through a comprehensive evaluation, you can gain insights into the current state of your culture, identify areas of strength, and pinpoint opportunities for development.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This involves not only verbal encouragement but also the implementation of tangible policies and practices that empower your team to think differently and take risks. Effective leaders provide resources, create cross-functional teams, and ensure that innovation is aligned with business strategy.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

You might notice a lack of enthusiasm among your team, increased absenteeism, and a decline in productivity and quality of work. If you observe these signs, it’s crucial to act promptly to prevent further erosion of your team’s well-being and performance. Explore further on building a positive work culture.

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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. Change Adaptation Leaders with strong EQ can smoothly guide teams through transitions.

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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. It’s an opportunity for you and your executive team to step back, assess the business landscape, and align on the vision and direction of the company.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Leaders with high emotional intelligence are adept at navigating the social complexities of the workplace, leading and motivating teams, and fostering an environment that is conducive to high performance. More on nurturing self-awareness can be found in our article on leadership and self-awareness.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Here are some indicators that your work environment may be toxic: High Turnover Rates : Frequent voluntary exits from the team can signal deep-rooted issues. Low Employee Morale : If your team seems disengaged or lacks enthusiasm, it can be a sign of a negative atmosphere.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By facilitating strategic planning offsites, executives can harness the collective expertise of their team to forge a path toward sustained success. Benefits of Facilitating Strategic Planning Offsites Facilitating strategic planning offsites offers a multitude of benefits, from enhancing team cohesion to driving organizational alignment.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

For guidance on developing strategic thinking within your leadership team, you may find value in 10 ways to get your leadership team thinking strategically and building the best business strategies. To foster innovation: Implement systems for employees to submit and develop new ideas.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 3, 2017

To facilitate you going deeper into thinking about how these activities function within a strategic planning process workshop, here are articles in each of the six areas. Interacting (Networking, meeting, team building). 3 Keys to Team Building Exercises that Create Impact. Preparing Mini-Plans for Uncertainty.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Common indicators include: High employee turnover rates Frequent conflicts or cliques Lack of communication or transparency Low engagement and morale among staff Fear-based management tactics You may notice these symptoms through direct observation or through feedback from your team. Here are some ways to initiate this transformative process.

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CMOE

MAY 7, 2021

When a team leader delegates responsibilities to individual contributors, it illustrates the leader’s belief in their potential—this can save nearly 79 percent of team members from quitting. As your organization and team grow, so do your responsibilities. As your organization and team grow, so do your responsibilities.

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Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The first article discussed the pros and cons of different UX team structures. For companies that depend on user experience for business success, a strong internal team is essential. They can be fantastic partners who drive real change, but their needs are very different from a product team.

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The Inovo Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

“The strength of the team is in each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” A large, global company was reconstituting its corporate innovation team after a period of massive and intense reorganization involving all aspects of corporate governance and business unit operations.

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BrainZooming

MAY 6, 2016

At the 2016 Brand Strategy Conference, Antonia Dean, Director – Marketing, Brand Development, & Strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies covered the strategic thinking ideas behind creating an entrepreneurial environment in a large company. Building the Team. Expect turnover in the team. Defining Success.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2016

We know that diverse teams are more creative and productive than homogenous teams, but how do you get individuals who aren’t alike working together smoothly? Army, people from various backgrounds struggle to discover shared interests during the early stages of team building. Take my recruits, for instance.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

During the last five years of my corporate management career, I had a great deal of leadership development. Along with many other executives, I attended talks by noted management authors, I went to (often lengthy) team-building exercises, and I participated in discussions on different leadership styles. More strategic.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

As someone who has been in the business of hiring people and developing people organizations for many years, I’ve noticed two common first-day-on-the-job scenarios. Ken and Gail walk to her desk, where she meets her team and manager. Her first week leaves her feeling invigorated, dedicated, and connected to her team.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Many people fail on their professional development goals for the year because they take on a lot of goals — goals that they feel they “should” do but ultimately don’t energize them. For example, this year, I decided to make writing a book proposal for a new book my primary professional development goal.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

And that means that hiring is one of the most crucial tasks for anyone who manages a team. You and Your Team. How to build a strong team. Top recruitment teams use analytics effectively, learn from data, and create frameworks to make future decisions. Hiring and Firing. Hiring and Firing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Many managers of data science teams become managers because they were great individual contributors and not necessarily because they have the skills or training to lead a team. (I Great data scientists have career options and won’t abide bad managers for very long. Build trust and be candid.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Most team leaders try to build cohesion on their teams. Through team-building exercises and the careful establishment of norms and processes, leaders aim to create a culture of trust, psychological safety, and good feeling. But should enterprise leadership teams also pursue cohesion? Team processes.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2015

Firms spend money on happiness coaches, team-building exercises, gameplays, funsultants, and Chief Happiness Officers (yes, you’ll find one of those at Google ). But even these studies, when considered as a whole, demonstrates a relatively weak correlation. Happiness can be exhausting.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I was the “interviewee” for an “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence about how to plan team building exercises that create impact for work teams. Here’s an edited version of the “Inside the Executive Suite” article. – Mike Brown.

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Rmukesh Gupta

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Hounsfield’s natural talents propelled him to lead the team building the most advanced mainframe computer available in Britain. While on a forced holiday to ponder his future and what he might do for the company, Hounsfield met a physician who complained about the poor quality of X-rays of the brain.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2016

Despite enormous attention placed on improving innovation effectiveness, 80% of participants thought their companies were underperforming on this front. While respondents did note some gaps in leadership effectiveness, they were more likely to highlight opportunities for their team members to improve. Are you unclear on where to focus?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2017

In fact, any data that exists on work in an office reveals that most employees aren’t engaged , waste a lot of time in the office not working , and that employee underperformance persists despite the omnipresence of management. Even worse, the direct costs of maintaining the traditional office-based workplace are high.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Creating a game plan that gels with your leadership team and board of directors spells success. The Importance of Being on the Same Page Getting your leadership team and board of directors singing the same tune is like finding the secret ingredient in a recipe. Peek at our piece on creating executive team and board synergy.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Getting a grip on what stirs up trouble within your team is vital if you’re going to manage conflicts like a pro. Sources of Team Conflict Trouble can pop up from all sorts of places, throwing off the groove your team has got going. Lower Morale Ongoing squabbles can really put a damper on team spirit.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 15, 2025

Delving into a career as an Organizational Development (OD) consultant can be a transformative experience. For a deeper dive into the role and responsibilities, see our detailed post on what is an organizational development (od) consultant. Are you comfortable with facilitating workshops and engaging with different teams?

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