Unleash your people to unleash innovation
December 2, 2024
11:49 pm
Not every idea will be a good idea, but consider opening your door to more of them rather than creating policies that keep them out.
Not every idea will be a good idea, but consider opening your door to more of them rather than creating policies that keep them out.
Prima donnas take more time and attention, but the alternative of losing high performers can be worse. Don’t ever forget the superstars who produce are proven commodities.
Creating a framework that aligns your team around a shared vision, identifies and solves issues early, and ensures that you have the right people in place, you can unlock new levels of success.
The odds of a startup surviving 10 years is less than 50 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fortunately, thanks to the support of our investors, our terrific advisory board and talented Citymark colleagues, we have beaten those odds.
Resourceful workers and forward-thinking workplaces are sharing accommodations that give employees time to recharge and consider what is most important to their well-being.
The early stages of your leadership journey are the gathering phase. After 10 or so years of gathering tools, you will begin to apply them more frequently and more artfully, and you will start to see your leadership as a form of creative expression.
Slow and steady does not garner headlines, but it is more survivable.
Any time is a great time to explore the benefits of human capital management — after all, there’s nothing better to invest in than others.
The goal is not to turn for-profit businesses into nonprofits or philanthropies. It’s to make them smarter by approaching social, health and environmental issues as opportunities to create additional value, rather than only as constraints that incur costs.
Sometimes we can come to rely too much on our immediate circle.
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