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Does your company have I+ blood? Does innovation run in your bloodstream? Innovation can be critical to business success. It differentiates, sells, impresses, and sparks future innovation. Innovation is no accident. In order for innovation to be evident in a workplace, it must be part of the organization's DNA. In this article, I will pass...

I+ Blood: Innvoation in the Bloodstream

What constitutes corporate, business, or executive coaching is fuzzily defined. Certainly, there is a move afoot to standardize and regulate this industry. It will be interesting to see how this changes the complexion of what people call corporatecoaching. Meanwhile, it may be helpful to get back to the basics of what most us remember coaching...

Coaching: Like You Remember It

The article discusses the impact of effective leadership and a company's commitment to workforce development on the success of a business. Spending time and effort for the development of a workforce of leaders will translate into better retention results and equip employees with the leadership tools and confidence that will help in making them valuable contributors with a broad set of applicable skills. In corporate training, when a commitment to leadership development is combined with measurement, the underpinning of a great employee development program is formed. In fact, these two go hand in hand. Organizations that use a short list of traits, competencies, values, or imperatives to serve as desired leader behaviors seem to see more comprehensive results from their leadership programs. This list, if employed properly, can serve as the focal point for leadership development and as the yardstick for measuring leader and employee performance. There are five leadership traits that are readily recognized, powerfully recalled, and easily employed, namely, vision, organization, integrity, communication, and execution.

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