Building an Agile and innovative Organization

 Building an Agile and innovative Organization
- By Kathy Harris
[Wall Street journal]
Operational excellence, an innovative spirit and persistent agility are three defining business strategies that will drive organizations during the coming decade.
 
- Surveys show that 80% to 90% of executives say innovation is important to their organizations, yet fewer than half take overt action to formalize [...]

Leadership – Marshall Goldsmith

Mr. Goldsmith is one of the world’s leading CEP coaches.
- He abhors three words: “no”, “but”, “however”. He says “It is a bad habit. The word ‘but’ means disregard everything that came before this.”. It is distracting.
- Somewhere along the way leaders have inclucated bad habits, like winning too much. It is important that we [...]

What makes an effective Leader

Source rediff.com
What makes an effective leader
November 22, 2007 09:39 IST
 
The cult of the heroic leader remains strong.
– Loren Gary, editor
Effective leaders are not born with the gift of knowing how to lead. Rather, they gain experience, they absorb knowledge, they see and listen to the world around them – both inside the organization and beyond. Effective [...]