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How to Turn Eureka Moments into Big Ideas
Today’s post is by Chris Grivas – co-author of THE INNOVATIVE TEAM: Unleashing Creative Potential For Breakthrough Results (CLICK HERE to get your copy). You can learn more about him at the end of the...
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3 Keys to Business Success from 80s Hair Bands
Today’s post is by Kristin Woodman, author of 24 Hours of Life and Leadership: The Marine Corps Way (CLICK HERE to get your copy). I’ve been everywhere Still I’m standin’ tall I’ve seen a million faces...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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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...
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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...
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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…...
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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...
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3 Simple Steps for Achieving Global Domination
So you want to take over the world, huh? Not quite sure how to get started, you say? Then I have a treat for you Building on our last post about how to think about capturing the huge global...
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The Big Jump: Go From Having Answers to Asking Questions
Do you know the difference between a “worker bee” and a senior executive? Have you ever wondered what it takes to move up in the world to those loftier roles? It’s pretty simple. You need to move from...
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The Best of thoughtLEADERS 2010: The Greatest Posts You’ve Ever Seen
2010 is almost over so as usual it’s time for the year in review list of the BEST posts we’ve published in 2010. We’re now making this an annual event therefore the award needs a name. I proudly...
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Your Thoughts on 2011 – Signs of Optimism
As many of you know, I write the weekly analysis of the SmartPulse poll for SmartBrief on Leadership. If you’re not reading SmartBrief, you HAVE TO (www.smartbrief.com). Great articles. Great...
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New Business Idea? What’s Your Problem?
If you have a new business idea, I’m excited for you. If you ever want to get it off the ground however, be sure you have a problem. A REAL problem. I know that sounds cryptic. Allow me to explain. I...
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Yoda’s Three Steps to Achieving Your Goals
Life goals. Bucket lists. “One day I’ll…” We all have dreams and goals. The biggest difference between people who achieve them and people who don’t is the act of actually DOING. Do you have goals and...
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How to Innovate Like Captain Jack Sparrow
Is your organization struggling to be more “innovative” and create new ideas? There’s an “Innovation Agenda” but all that’s on it are status meetings to review the “idea pipeline” which is nothing more...
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4 Failure Lessons You Should Learn from Google
Today’s guest blogger is Tim Eyre. He’s a loyal reader of the blog and when he teed up a topic for me to write about, I turned the tables and asked him to write about the topic himself! You can read...
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5 Reasons Your Idea Pitch Sucks
I’m fortunate enough to see a lot of cool business ideas – both entrepreneurial and “big corporate” in nature. While the people pitching the idea are passionate, smart, and excited, more often than...
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4 Tips for Letting Facebook Tell You What to Do
Many times in our lives we’re faced with situations where we have trouble making a decision. We noodle it over in our heads but never seem to achieve a conclusion. Or sometimes we quickly reach an...
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