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Beyond The Brainstorming Process
by FutureThink Founder Lisa Bodell for Strategy + Business Magazine: The notion that the best ideas come from organized brainstorms is an outdated fallacy. Ask leaders how they come up with their groundbreaking ideas and you’ll hear everything from “in the shower” or “at the gym” to “looking totally outside of our industry” and “getting
How to Develop a Personal Career Strategy
by the Smeal MBA Career Management and Corporate Relations Team While entire books have been written on the topics of career development and career management, the SMCS team has developed this abbreviated version to assist you in developing a personally-defined career management strategy and plan. We will begin with an overview of the widely accepted
- Published in Articles, Awareness, Community, Competency, Fulfillment, Opportunism, Planning, Purpose, Tools
What’s the Difference Between Management and Leadership?
Adapted from “The Wall Street Journal Guide to Management” by Alan Murray. Published by Harper Business. Leadership and management must go hand in hand. They are not the same thing. But they are necessarily linked, and complementary. Any effort to separate the two is likely to cause more problems than it solves. learn more here
How to Clone Your Best Decision Makers/Harvard Business Review
from Bain and Company and the Harvard Business Review: We know from extensive research that decisions matter. Companies and individuals that make better decisions, make them faster, and implement them effectively turn in better financial performance than rivals and peers. Focused application of analytic tools can help companies make better, quicker decisions — particularly in
Finding Calm in the Midst of Major Life Changes
from the Live Your Legend blog: Eight years ago, Leo was deeply in debt, 70 pounds overweight, keeping a terrible diet and smoking a pack a day, all while trying to support his family of 6 (now 8) in Guam while working a job he hated. Over the next few years he systematically transformed every
- Published in Articles, Assertiveness, Community, Fulfillment, Health, Meaning, Motivation, Personal Satisfaction, Purpose, Rethink Strategy, Self-Actualization, Vision
Key Internal Requirements for becoming a Change Agent
from Tim Kelley’s famous True Purpose Institute – a detailed assessment of what it really takes. Great read! The “inner game” of becoming a powerful change agent is of paramount importance. In its ordinary configuration, the ego is not properly tuned and optimized to be able to stay on course in the face of limiting