The Art and Process of Leading Transformational Change
Today’s post is by Maureen Metcalf – a thoughtLEADERS instructor and author of The Innovative Leadership Fieldbook. and the newly-released Innovative Leaders Guide to Transforming Organizations (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Here’s Maureen: Sarah was the Vice President of Marketing for a Fortune 100 company when we met several years ago. She was known throughout [...]
5 Steps for Turning Your Organization into a Thought Factory
Today’s post is by Mats Lindgren, CEO of Kairos Future and author of 21st Century Management – Leadership and Innovation in the Thought Economy (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Here’s Mats… “Mission: Get some ideas.” That was Dagens Media’s (Today’s Media) front-page headline on September 12th 2012. The article in Sweden’s leading trade paper for [...]
Finding Inspiration in the Words of Great Leaders
So many brilliant people have turned such wonderful and inspirational quotes over the years and we would do well as leaders to learn from them. I’ve compiled a few of my all-time favorite quotes in this post and encourage you to share your favorite ones with the members of your team. Heck, go crazy and [...]
Innovation is Easy… When You Know Why
Today’s post is by Dr. Liz Alexander, author of #Thought Leadership Tweet: 140 Prompts for Designing and Executing an Effective Thought Leadership Campaign (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Here’s Liz… When focused on a problem, how quickly do you launch into solution mode? Do you ever consider whether you’re answering the right question first? [...]
How to Deal with Difficult Idea Pitch Panelists
If you’ve ever pitched a business idea in front of a panel, you know there’s always at least one panelist who is a complete pain in the behind. Whether you’re an entrepreneur pitching your new business or a corporate-type pitching a new product idea to an executive committee, you’re always likely to face that one [...]
How to Differentiate Between Experts and Fraudsters
Warning: this post is a bit of a rant (but does have a story and some practical advice). Does it seem like every day there’s a new pile of “experts” cropping up on every subject imaginable? Social media expert. Blogging expert. Communications expert. Strategy expert. Wingdings font expert. It’s enough to make me gag. Sorry [...]
Best of thoughtLEADERS 2012: A 55 Gallon Drum of Awesomesauce
This year is almost over so it’s time for the year in review list of the BEST posts we’ve published in 2012. It’s time for the 2012 edition of The Figgies (here are the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions). This is an annual event here at the thoughtLEADERS Blog. Here’s how it goes: this list [...]
12 Great Leadership Gifts
IT’S CYBER MONDAY PEOPLE! THE WHOLE INTERNET IS ON SALE TODAY FOR 93% OFF! Okay. Maybe not 93% but there are tons of deals to be had. Holiday time is just around the corner and my guess is now that you’ve recovered from your turkey and football-induced food coma, you’re realizing you had better get [...]
5 Answers to 5 Key Entrepreneurial Questions
Entrepreneurs have a ton of questions. Sometimes it’s hard to find straight answers to them. To close that gap, below I’ve shared five of the most common questions I hear from entrepreneurs. I’ve also shared my thoughts on some direct answers to those questions. So whether you’re thinking about starting a business, already run a [...]
How Creativizing Can Unlock Innovation
Today’s guest post is by Jeff DeGraff – author of Innovation You (CLICK HERE to get your copy). You can learn more about him at the end of the post. When I was in second grade, I wanted to be a knight for Halloween. My father, fond of quoting Teddy Roosevelt – “Do what you [...]
