Creative Leadership

One of the nation's leading psychologists asks why today's corporate leaders desire but reject creative solutions - and finds some surprising conclusions.

Do you believe negotiating is one of the most important skills for greater success in business and life and that you could be better at it? Do you let your ego, anger, fear, insecurity, or other emotions get in the way of achieving your negotiating objectives? If so, dig beneath the surface, stop looking for the quick tip or best tactic, do the required hard work, and follow the roadmap Corey Kupfer provides in Authentic Negotiating. This audiobook will lead you to authentic success in negotiating, in business, and in life.

Lethal Leadership is a collection of three books which will help you improve your leadership skills so you can better interact with people and create significant changes in your external environment. The world needs more leaders, and this collection will help you tackle the subject of persuasion and power from multiple angles. This bundle includes The Modern-Day Polymath, The Art and Science of Storytelling, and Street Smarts. The field of leadership is constantly changing; the upcoming leader should be dynamic and capable of adapting to the environment.

Robert Iger se convirtió en CEO de la Walt Disney Company en 2005 durante un momento difícil para la empresa. La moral se había deteriorado, la competencia era intensa y la tecnología estaba cambiando más rápido que en cualquier otro momento de la historia. Su proyecto de futuro se basaba en tres ideas muy claras: renovar el compromiso con la importancia de la calidad, integrar la tecnología en lugar de luchar contra ella y pensar con ambición y con una visión global para convertir a Disney en una marca más fuerte en los mercados internacionales.

We all want to be a part of a thriving community. But, few of us know how to meaningfully contribute to the places where we live, work, learn, and play. Whether you dream of launching a community innovation center, want to enhance your town with colorful murals, or are simply looking to strengthen relationships with your neighbors, Designing Creative Communities is the guide for you. Award-winning community builder, Spud Marshall, coaches emerging leaders and community members alike through a simple process for how to transform your town into a creative place to call home.

Written by the former Executive Creative Director of Creations at Cirque du Soleil, this audiobook shows you how to step up your game, flex your creativity, and make big things happen. Whether you work independently or as part of a team, whether you're self-employed or part of an organization, and even if you think creativity isn't a part of the work that you do - this book gives you the perspective, courage, and kick-start you need to think differently about the things you do every day.

In Creative Conflict, negotiation experts Bill Sanders and Frank Mobus use a dynamic, dialectical approach to show how negotiations are driven by competition and cooperation at the same time. They believe that when we tiptoe around conflict, we negotiate in a halfhearted way that limits our results. By contrast, creative negotiators probe and push until they hit a wall of disagreement, and then they figure out how to get past it.

Think of your to-do list at work. Chances are the most important tasks require you to work with others - and the success of those endeavors depends on the effectiveness of your collaboration. According to management expert Leigh Thompson, collaboration that is conscious, planned, and focused on generating new ideas builds excitement and produces what she calls a "creative conspiracy". Teams that conspire to organize themselves, motivate one another, and combine their talents to meet creative challenges are the hallmark of the most successful organizations.

This book uniquely identifies the five key emotions that prevent clients from reaching their full creative potential and provides coaches tools to help them overcome them, boosting their productivity as well as their ability to complete and promote their work and personal development. Accessible and personable, Rahti Gorfien interweaves stories from her personal life and private practice to alleviate the burden of blockages creatives generated by their own divergent thinking, unconscious conditioning, and memory.

Knowledge workers are the innovators, designers and marketers of your company's products and services. They are the highly paid strategists, executives, and IT specialists whose ideas and expertise fuel your success. But are they delivering their best performance?

Una recopilación exhaustiva sobre las claves del liderazgo creativo y la innovación, esa es la tónica del último libro de los académicos -y expertos en coaching- Eduardo Águila y Marcelino Garay, quienes desarrollaron una completa guía escrita e ilustrada sobre la cultura organizacional de hoy. Con el objetivo de contribuir al conocimiento, especializado y amplio, los autores de la publicación explican que la gestión de las organizaciones cuenta desde hace algunas décadas con el desarrollo académico y empresarial de tres grandes impulsores de la adaptabilidad organizacional: estas son la creatividad, la innovación y el liderazgo compartido.

Traditional business structures love stability and predictability. Yet many organizations believe the two essential ingredients for long-term success are creativity and innovation. Kirsten May and Alex Varricchio, founders of the marketing agency UpHouse, call the relationship between these two opposing expectations the Proximity Paradox - the belief that those who are closest to a subject are best-qualified to innovate for it, when, in reality, intense proximity limits creativity.

Tanto si estás diseñando un nuevo producto como mejorando los procesos de tu empresa, aprovechar la creatividad de tu equipo puede ayudarte a resolver los problemas más complicados. La Serie Management en 20 Minutos de HBR te permitirá ponerte rápidamente al día sobre las habilidades de gestión más esenciales. Ya sea que necesites un curso intensivo o un breve repaso, cada audiolibro de la serie es un manual conciso y práctico que te ayudará a repasar un tema clave de management.

Whether it's the great American novel or a groundbreaking new app, many people want to create a Big Thing, but finding the motivation to get started, let alone complete the work, can be daunting. In The Big Thing, New York Times business writer and editor Phyllis Korkki combines real-life stories, science, and insights from her own experience to illuminate the factors that drive people to complete big creative projects - and the obstacles that threaten to derail success.

The Affinity Principle™ presents a formula for business success through a people-centric, mindful leadership approach. Its basis, the AFFINITY Formula, is simple: mindful leadership creates an incredible team performance, which leads to an exceptional customer experience, which yields great financial results. The Affinity Principle explores 12 Pillars and Levers of Leadership and Engagement designed to help leaders attract, retain, and optimize talent, and achieve AFFINITY within their organization.

While writers, designers, editors, and other creative professionals spend years learning and refining creative craft skills, those skills do nothing to prepare us for the human, organizational, and operational challenges that come with promotions to leadership. And as your responsibility grows, it’s those organizational and leadership skills that will hold you and your team back.

You have the formal education, the experience and maybe even the title. Yet, you crave additional development of your leadership skills - not just another business book or workshop, but something practical, actionable and real-world. The Complete Leader is for you. Randy Lisk and Ron Price combine experiences and tools gleaned from decades working with leaders from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses to present twenty-five modules in The Complete Leader.

Ever wondered where big breakthrough ideas come from? How do innovators manage to spot the opportunities for industry revolution that everyone else seems to miss? Contrary to popular belief, innovation is not some mystical art that's forbidden to mere mortals. The Four Lenses of Innovation thoroughly debunks this pervasive myth by delivering what we've long been hoping for: the news that innovation is systematic, it's methodical, and we can all achieve it.

Nancy Lyons started her career not fitting in anywhere. She was a loudmouth, shared her ideas too much, and brought big energy. But there wasn't room for that in a traditional office. Nowhere did she ever feel empowered as an employee and valued for what she brought to work. So when she became a CEO and business owner herself, she set out to cultivate a work culture unlike anything she'd experienced before, starting with her mindset. In Work Like a Boss, she teaches everyone boss or not how to do it, too.

Each chapter builds on common terms and transformational strategies. The aim is to turn you into a savvy leader who is respected and can offer your client or business challenge the confidence to deliver. Let us also not forget that there are lots of real-world examples of proof that this approach will work.