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For leaders in today’s unpredictable world this quote of Abraham Lincoln is very relevant. Let’s take a closer look at what it means. When the British still had an Empire (ruled by Queen Victoria) and a weak China was forced…
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Benjamin Franklin’s example shows how self-cultivation can be a smart strategy for leaders determined to survive and thrive in disruptive times. Looking back on a recent trip to Philadelphia (费城), the city where the USA was born, two things made…
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Category: Business Transformation, Latest on LeadershipWatch, Leadership
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Discipline, Executive Coaching, Expert Series, Focus, Leadership Skills, Leadership Stories, Leading Change, Self Improvement, Skills of the Future
What are the key skills for the future? In our special multi-part series, experts share valuable and surprising insights we can use to build tomorrow’s world. In this part Harvard professor Michael Puett explains the skill of breaking patterns and…
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Category: Latest on LeadershipWatch, People Skills
Tags: AI, Big Data, Books, Chinese culture, Confucius, Cross-Cultural Communication, Expert Series, Google, Harvard, Harvard Business Review, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Michael Puett, Patterns, Skills of the Future, The School of Life
Curiosity is more than just a nice to have in today’s business context. It is essential to successfully navigate the rapid technological changes coming our way. For instance for my current client, a large retail company, which is facing significant…
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Category: Business Transformation, Latest on LeadershipWatch, Leadership Skills
Tags: Accountability, Cross-Team Collaboration, Innovation, Leading Change, MITSloan, Multinational Corporation, Organizational Change, Skills of the Future, Strategy Execution
People confronted with the fast changes in our sometimes chaotic and uncertain world can have the reflex to close themselves off to the unknown. Consciously or subconsciously they adopt a closed mind. When we do it collectively this closeness can…
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Category: Business Transformation, Culture Change, Latest on LeadershipWatch, Leadership Skills, People Skills
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, China, Cultural Differences, Elon Musk, Innovation, Leading Change, Leading Innovation, Lego, Nelson Mandela, Openness, Skills of the Future
Our success, our feeling of accomplishment and our happiness, in our personal lives, as leaders, in our teams and in our businesses, it very much comes down to whether we ‘play to win’ or ‘play not to lose’. Are we…
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By 2020, creativity will be one of the top 3 skills anyone who wants to be successful in the economy of the future will need, according to the Future of Jobs report. We looked for the best expert advice on creativity – and found it.
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Category: Leadership Skills, People Skills
Tags: Business, Creativity, Daan Roosegaarde, Economy, Elizabeth Gilbert, Innovation, Leading Change, Leading Innovation, Organization Development, Skills of the Future, World Economic Forum
How to Boost Your Cross-Cultural Leadership Skills.
Learning to understand and getting comfortable with the deeper level of a culture that is not your own requires a certain mindset. A mindset that can significantly improve your effectiveness in cross-cultural settings.
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Category: Business Transformation, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills, People Skills
Tags: Business, Cross-Cultural Compass, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Cross-Team Collaboration, Education and Training, iPad, iPhone, Skills of the Future