Before you and your team begin the innovation process, you must understand what kind of innovator you are.
If you’ve followed along with The Innovator’s Advantage for a while now, you know one of my favorite things to remind people is that you are all innovators. Each and every person can innovate, but no one innovates in the same way!
By Jalene Case
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” You’ve no doubt heard this popular quote by Woody Allen. But I would add that how you show up matters. Your interactions with others, and even with yourself, can shift from ineffectively blah to purposefully engaged when you’re thoughtful about how you show up. It’s palpable to everyone in the room.
My first coach taught me this strategy for getting the results I wanted from meetings. In addition to setting a clear agenda, she suggested asking, “Who do I want to be?” Think of this as defining how you want to show up, the energy you want bring to the space, the character traits that you want others to see and feel from you. I’ve taught this to many clients over the years, and they’re always surprised by the impact of this seemingly simply preparation step.
Read MoreToday our guest is Steve Morris, who is a leadership consultant, the coauthor of Leadership Simple, and a partner at Choice Works. Steve defines the machine that runs your life, talks about the algorithm that explains everything human beings do, and identifies the three key elements that make up the triangle of choice. He gives us three questions to ask ourselves for increased self-awareness.
A Conversation with Brent Patmos
Brent Patmos is the author of Beyond the Name: Preserving, Love, Legacy and Leadership in Your Family Business, the President of Perpetual Development, Inc. and a TCL faculty member. Brent talks with us about his new book, his passion for working with family businesses, the power of self-awareness, and why purposeful thinking is an undervalued leadership trait. Read More
Today we talk with Ron Price, executive advisor, speaker, author and CEO of Price Associates about the power of self-awareness. Ron tells us why self-awareness is the most important leadership skill, and gives some practical ways to develop self-awareness. He discusses why self-awareness can sometimes be challenging, but how great leaders must understand their strengths and weaknesses in order to have an impact.
By Trish Candler
What two words can elicit fear for most people? Public speaking. Just the thought of having to speak in public terrifies some individuals. Yet, no one seems to have died from the mere act of speaking in public.Read More
As a CEO, director or manager within your organization, what percent of your time each week, month, quarter, even year do you spend dealing with behavioral issues or communication problems?
How often do you drive home from work in a good mood, feeling content with your day? I’d be willing to bet that a satisfying day at work has more to do with the behaviors of those around you than it does with their skills. And the opposite is true when you’ve had a bad day.Read More
By Tom on Leadership
We can judge education and points of wisdom by their impact on long term success.
If you were to go back to 11 of your clients 25 years later, what would you find? How would they remember you? That’s what one coach did, and the results are both educational and uplifting.
I interviewed Whit Mitchell, long time athletic and executive coach, on the commonalities between those two coaching modes and his lessons from interviewing his Class of 1986 Dartmouth Crew champions later in life. Their life successes are remarkable, and even more so is the extent to which they trace that success to their experiences being coached by Whit. To listen to this interview, join our community.