Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2024

Strategic fitness is a leader’s ability to learn from and adapt to their environment to set direction and create a competitive advantage. A study of 77 C-suite executives over four years found that strategically fit leaders excel in four disciplines : 1) Strategic fitness, or setting clear direction and calibrating when necessary; 2) Leadership fitness, or refining their style to meet the moment; 3) Organizational fitness, or investing in thinking about the future state of the business; and 4) C

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Exercises Leadership Study Competition 144

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 18, 2024

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton You are a natural-born problem solver. From the moment you were born, you’ve solved problems. Hungry? Start crying. Learning to walk? Stand up, take a step, fall over, repeat. Want to grow your business? Fall in love with a problem, then solve it more delightfully than anyone else.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2024

Building a relationship with a new boss can feel daunting, and it can be especially difficult if you feel like you’re being micromanaged. In this article, the writer talks with two experts about what to do in this demotivating situation. The first step is to figure out what’s behind your boss’s micromanaging tendencies. Maybe they’re genuinely trying to help, but their methods and cadence don’t match your work style or expectations.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

JUNE 18, 2024

The time to evaluate Business Partner Ecosystems Many business organizations have already attracted and worked with various ecosystem partners to solve immediate and longer-term issues. Those who work within Partner Ecosystems recognize the value and benefits of overcoming many immediate operational issues. When you view Partner Ecosystems as far more strategic to your business, you require another completely different level of collaborative work to solve challenges and complex issues that can b

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Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

Innovation

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2024

New research reveals the surprising power of “referral contagion,” where referred customers not only buy more but also refer 30-57% more new customers than others. This phenomenon, observed across industries, is driven by social factors like the perception of referring as appropriate and the tendency to befriend similar people. A simple experiment, reminding referred customers of their referral origin, increased successful referrals by 21%, highlighting the potential for leveraging referral psyc

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Sopheon

JUNE 18, 2024

Stay with me — I promise this will make sense. Finding the right innovation management software can resemble purchasing a racing bike. Some people are swept up in the excitement of diving into racing and look for a bike with an “I want it now” mindset. But anyone who’s ever bought such a bike knows that there are limitless variables to consider: your level of biking experience, your body type, the terrain you’ll be riding on, etc.

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Software Review Technical Review Innovation Management Tools 59

Innovators Alliance

JUNE 18, 2024

With close to half of the IA membership working in the manufacturing industry, it was only a matter of time before we brought members from the sector together in a more formal way. Now, with our first meeting under our belt, we are pleased to share that we have officially launched the IA Manufacturing Sector Group with manufacturing expert and serial entrepreneur Paul Hogendoorn leading the group as Chair.

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Groups Innovation Meeting Industry 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2024

A conversation with IMD Business School’s Ginka Toegel on creating more positive team dynamics.

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Change Management Engagement 93

CMOE

JUNE 18, 2024

In today’s dynamic workplace, the ability to navigate complex emotions and relationships is becoming increasingly important for leaders. Emotional Intelligence (EI) stands out as a crucial skill set that can make or break leadership success. Let’s explore why EI is essential in leadership development and how it can impact organizational performance.

Leadership 52

Leadership Collaboration Training Culture 52

Brunner

JUNE 18, 2024

When your company buys goods or services from other brands, what’s the top influence on your decision? Features and benefits? Price and value proposition? Reviews and testimonials? Or maybe it’s the brand’s identify and reputation? Research shows a brand’s values increasingly drive purchase decisions, especially as millennials and GenZers move up the ranks as business buyers: 77% of millennial and GenZ B2B buyers said brand is a significant factor in their purchase decisions, compared to 55% of

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Marketing Underperforming Technical Team Report Engagement 52

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

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Gregg Fraley

JUNE 18, 2024

Why is Creativity So Desired? 75% of people wish to maximize their creative abilities and believe they are not living up to their creative potential. People have different reasons for seeking more creativity. Here’s my list: They desire the results achieved by implementing creative ideas. They desire the feeling that occurs when creativity is flowing within them.

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