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Creating your Leadership Community

Posted by Megan Price on Jul 17, 2020 10:52:37 AM

Anyone who has been a leader knows it can be a very lonely job. It’s challenging to find people you can trust to share ideas with or vent frustrations before solving problems, and you certainly can’t share your thoughts with those you lead.

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Tags: Women In Business, StartUp | ScaleUP, Innovative Mindsets, Culture, HR CNNX

To Change or Not To Change

Posted by Megan Price on Jul 15, 2020 2:30:24 PM

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Tags: Women In Business, Innovative Mindsets, Professional Development, SBX NOW & NXT, Productivity

Find Your Voice, Change Your Life

Posted by Megan Price on Jul 15, 2020 2:30:19 PM

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What Are You Expecting?

Posted by Megan Price on Jul 15, 2020 2:30:16 PM

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Tags: Women In Business, Innovative Mindsets, Uncategorized, Professional Development, Productivity

What Employees Need Most from Leaders, Now

Posted by Megan Price on Jul 12, 2020 10:35:20 AM

During the dark days of the Second World War, Winston Churchill made numerous speeches that would come to define his stature as a war time leader. While we are not currently at war, we are experiencing a global crisis, and the same communications strategies Churchill employed to inspire the British public are the exact ones leaders can use today.

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Tags: Innovative Mindsets, Business Implications, Professional Development, Productivity

Empathy: Really Getting It

Posted by jesse on Jun 18, 2020 10:54:04 AM

If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say that good leadership requires empathy, I’d be a rich man. As a buzzword, it’s easy to throw around. However, I find it can be difficult to really understand and even harder to put into practice.

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Tags: Innovative Mindsets, Professional Development, Culture, HR CNNX

Effective Leaders Build Resilience

Posted by Megan Price on Jun 17, 2020 2:00:13 AM

Sociologist and researcher Brene Brown maintains that “Leaders must either invest a reasonable amount of time attending to fears and feelings or squander an unreasonable amount of time trying to manage ineffective and unproductive behavior” (brenebrown.com). Never is that been more true than in times of crisis.

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Tags: Innovative Mindsets, Professional Development, Culture

MAKING A SUCCESSFUL PIVOT THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE CULTURE

Posted by jesse on May 26, 2020 6:49:10 PM

In our recent look at what it takes to make a successful pivot in your business during these uncertain times, we've had some conversations that dig into the mentality and perspective required to have an innovative culture that would allow you to make a successful pivot. We had the opportunity to speak with Trefor Armstrong who operates as an Application Specialist at Innovative Automation. Trefor is at the forefront of their recent successful pivot to producing Ventilators for frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tags: Innovative Mindsets, Business Implications, SBX NOW & NXT

Contingency | Plan For Change + Use It To Evolve

Posted by jesse on May 5, 2020 4:07:34 PM

Contingency by definition is an event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted - so we can plan for disruption but not necessarily for the particulars. That's ok, it sounds like life in general to us!

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Tags: Finance CNNX, Women In Business, Innovative Mindsets, Business Implications, Culture, SBX NOW & NXT

Pivot Your Business Through An Innovative Culture

Posted by jesse on Apr 30, 2020 5:05:17 PM

In our recent look at what it takes to pivot your business during these uncertain times, we've had some conversations that dig into the mentality and perspective required to have an innovative culture that would allow you to make a successful pivot. We had the opportunity to speak with Zac Cutt who operates as a Research & Development Mechanical Engineer & Designer at Innovative Automation. Zac is at the forefront of their recent pivot to producing Face Shields for frontline workers battling the covid-19 epidemic.

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Tags: Innovative Mindsets, Culture, SBX NOW & NXT