Innovation moves at the speed of strategic clarity. While strategy defines how you will create value, innovation defines what value needs to be created. The clearer your strategy, the easier it is to focus on the problems to be solved, the opportunities to pursue, the customers to serve, and the results that are required. Strategy…
A new CEO might be tempted to start from scratch and scrap a company’s strategy when they first come on board. But even if the strategy seems outdated at first glance, this does not mean you should abandon it completely. There is always opportunity to improve a strategy when deciding whether to start fresh or…
There are many reasons employees choose to move on from their current company. Perhaps they feel unchallenged, their values don’t align, they want to try a new role or industry, or they need a raise to compensate for life changes. When it is one of your star employees, however, their leaving can hurt—especially if you…
In this episode of Ask a Coach, Technology and Innovation Specialist Dr. Evans Baiya advises a new CEO on whether they should use the strategy protocols currently in place with the company or if they should create a new one from scratch. Ask a Coach is a web series powered by The Complete Leader. Have questions…
Overtake your competition using this secret advantage What makes one team more effective than another? This is a question I’ve seen leaders wrestle with across industries, teams of various sizes, and around the globe. A team may have the most talented people on paper, yet their performance and innovation results are suboptimal again and again….
Humanity has always been striving for the next step in automation. Communication has advanced from stone tablets to scrolls to paper to wire transmissions to instant text messages. Travel has advanced from walking to horses and carriages, which advanced to cars. Automation in our current digital age is just a continuation of these evolutions that…
In this episode of “Ask a Coach,” Technology and Innovation Specialist Dr. Evans Baiya advises a leader on how to encourage their team to bring new ideas and solutions to the problems they’re seeing in the company. Ask a Coach is a web series powered by The Complete Leader. Have questions about your career growth,…
Introverts can feel overwhelmed in freewheeling brainstorm sessions. Here are alternative ways to get great ideas from them. Maybe you’ve noticed this during a recent brainstorming session: Certain members of your team are ready to fire ideas off the cuff and bounce potential solutions back and forth as the group works together. Other members, however,…
A structured approach to navigating workplace change We live in a fast-paced world, one with constant change. There is always new technology, new software, new markets, new processes, and new ways of thinking to consider or adopt. Which means there is always change in the workplace. Managing change within an organization—whether it’s a new HR…
To successfully navigate the innovation process, you need more than one type of leader. As the saying goes, you are only as strong as your weakest point. This applies to many aspects of life but is especially visible when your organization is trying to roll out a new innovation initiative. Most companies have a single…
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