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Creativity is often critical to business success. It helps engage customers, solve problems and drive innovation. That is common knowledge for many leaders. But what’s not always known: How does one foster such creativity? We have an answer for you — one we can back up with research. Our research te...
Key Takeaways: Leaders have the opportunity to grow during times of crisis. Significant growth comes from our experiences. The best way to leverage these times of growth is to anticipate what we can learn and then reflect on our insights. Leading in times of crisis can be extraordinarily stressful a...
Key Takeaways Trust leads to better performance . However, trust is a two-way street. Building a strong culture can build trust and improve organizational efficiency. The difference between successful and unsuccessful organizations often comes down to the ability to build a successful culture. Doin...
Leaders, quit multitasking and focus more. Multitasking just means you will do a lot of things poorly or inefficiently. It is not a skill leaders should develop. Research actually reveals that the more you try to multitask, the worse you get at it. Focus is an underrated leadership attribute, especi...
Why don’t leaders talk about their personal values more often? Our values are a huge part of who we are as leaders. They are behind every decision we make — causing them to be an important element of our leadership. But if they are so vital, why is it so difficult to talk about them in a public sett...
In today’s competitive job market, attracting and retaining top talent has become a significant challenge for organizations across industries. In this installment of our Talent Management Insights series, we sat down with Ankit Shah , Manager of Culture & Engagement and Corporate Affairs at Advanced...
Key Takeaways Get feedback by analyzing your team’s behavior Getting feedback is scarce, but giving it doesn’t have to be It’s the holiday season and there is no better time to talk about the greatest gift in leadership: feedback. In fact, there is no better gift a leader can either receive or give....
Just over two decades ago, world-renowned psychologist and professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi published his findings on flow – “an almost effortless yet highly focused state of consciousness” [1]. In his work, Csikszentmihalyi described flow to be a state in which the individual is engrossed in the t...
Cynthia Turner, PhD Cynthia W. Turner joined the Department of Accounting and MIS in the autumn of 2013 as a senior lecturer of accounting. Cynthia comes to Fisher having served on the faculty of the Department of Accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for more than 17 years w...
Do you find yourself leading or moderating conversations between individuals or groups? Perhaps you’re not in a formal or appointed role as “facilitator,” but instead a go-to person to provide advice and insight into next steps on a key project. In my work, I am asked to help groups — anyone from un...
