What drives innovation in organizations? Why are younger companies more likely to be better innovators in the short term? Curiosity and an attitude of openness to possibilities, ideas, experimentation and a sense of excitement tend to be underlying drivers for innovative organizations. Therefore it is not hard to see why youthful organizations would have a higher innovation drive; in general …
The Why and How of a Leader’s Decision Making
Many articles and blogs on leadership effectiveness tend to offer a series of action steps that describe best practices for leadership and decision making. Here is an example of such a list I read recently: Define desired outcomes Identify potential obstacles to those outcomes Design and implement right solutions. Though such a list is perfectly accurate and useful in the …
Curiosity and the Transactional Leader
The most challenging aspect of training up leadership in an organization is in the work of emotional intelligence. A leader’s emotional intelligence is tied directly to their ability to create influence and to build a high functioning culture. In the previous blog we discussed how emotional intelligence is born from developing an inner observer; seven broad steps were suggested to …