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Leadership Book Club: How to Read Courageous Cultures With Your Team

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Practical ways to engage your team (or leadership book club) as you read Courageous Cultures together. One of the real joys of being authors is hearing from leadership book clubs and teams who are reading our books together. And, you don’t get better at leadership or building culture just by reading a book.

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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

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Brian Lillie is president of Private Cloud at Rackspace and had previous technology leadership roles at Equinix, Verisign, SGI, and the United States Air Force, so he’s worked hard to define his leadership style. With these values clearly defined, Lillie had a new question: “How do I apply these values to leadership?”

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How culture and strategic partnerships help fuel transformation

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“With that in mind, we have a science-backed vitality platform that helps New Zealanders understand the current state of their health, remove barriers to better health, and create incentives to stay motivated to improve health through exercise and nutrition. I think culture is a big piece of this too. Legacy systems are always there.

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How to create a culture of innovation

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Here, they and others share seven ways to create and nurture a culture of innovation. Company leadership also creates space and time for employees to innovate by dedicating a team of people to explore emerging technologies, run experiments, and identify business applicability, Crowe says. “For Prioritize time for experimentation.

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How to Overcome Negative Perceptions for a Better Leadership Brand

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Overcoming an Outdated Leadership Brand. You’ve worked hard to build your leadership brand, but the negative perceptions linger. You can improve your reputation and your leadership brand with this proactive approach. What is a leadership brand? Imagine a meme or a billboard on the highway describing your leadership.

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Women IT leaders on their climb to the top

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For women who aspire to leadership roles in IT, the climb to the top can be particularly arduous — and lonely. There, however, she fell in love with public service and technology, inheriting a team she describes as “disparate, disgruntled, and unstructured,” with a poor culture and environment for success. Lauderdale City of Ft.

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The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership

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This is exactly why I don’t believe there’s an exercise or technical skill out there that can make you a more emotionally intelligent leader. Introduction to Emotional Intelligence in Leadership What Is Emotional Intelligence? What is the Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership?