Posts Tagged ‘institute for leadership fitness’
Creativity + Innovation
When I train leaders on how to increase the creative potential of their teams, we often get into a discussion around the differences between creativity and innovation. To some, the lines between being creative and being innovative are very blurred and these two processes are viewed as essentially the same. To others, there are real,… Continue Reading Creativity + Innovation
Read MoreThe Advantages of Disadvantages (and the Disadvantages of Advantages)
This past weekend I dove into Malcolm Gladwell’s newest book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and The Art of Battling Giants. Gladwell, a writer for the New Yorker magazine and author of Outliers and Blink, tells story after story recounting the advantages of disadvantages (and the disadvantages of advantages). Starting with what really happened between… Continue Reading The Advantages of Disadvantages (and the Disadvantages of Advantages)
Read MoreGreat Conversations, Anyone?
When was the last time you had a really great conversation? If you spent much of your time talking about yourself, odds are the conversation could have gone better. According to Jean de La Bruyere, a great conversation focuses much more on bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of… Continue Reading Great Conversations, Anyone?
Read MoreReactionary Workflow
How are you managing your day-to-day routines to avoid reactionary workflow? Instead of being proactive, and spending our time on what matters most, it is all too easy to become increasingly reactive by paying more attention to the latest text or tweet that comes our way. While serving others is an important part of most… Continue Reading Reactionary Workflow
Read MoreWhat's Your WOMBAT?
As we approach the halfway mark this year, what’s your level of satisfaction with where you are at this point in the game? What progress are you making executing on your plan, and how many of your objectives for the year have been met or are on their way to being achieved? I have been… Continue Reading What's Your WOMBAT?
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