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Leadership Skills for More Teamwork and Better Problem Solving

Let's Grow Leaders

Are you ready to discover how self-mastery can transform your teams performance and spark creativity? Techniques to frame problems creatively and unlock your teams collective genius. 37:29] – Walking Around the Problem Lisa discusses how stepping back and viewing problems from multiple angles leads to systemic solutions.

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Assumption Busters: 7 Questions to Propel Your Team’s Strategic Thinking

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How to help your team challenge assumptions for better creativity and problem-solving In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” How would our competitors approach this problem?

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Creativity from Constraints with Patricia Stokes

Scott Barry Kaufman

Today I’m delighted to speak with Patricia Stokes, an adjunct professor at Barnard College who studies problem solving and creativity/innovation. In this episode, we cover: – How Patricia went from art and advertising to creativity researcher. – The importance of constraints and variability for creativity.

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How to Get Better at Delegating the Right Decisions (With Video)

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Strategic empowerment removes the guesswork and helps people focus their creativity and problem-solving where it will make the most difference. Clarity about how and when to innovate and creatively solve problems leads to more focus on established processes and more innovative solutions where they are most needed.

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Speak-up Culture: How to Encourage More (and Better) Ideas

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Even if you’re a rock star human-centered leader, doing all the right things to encourage micro-innovation and problem solving, it’s also likely that you have a few team members who still have best practices and ideas they’re holding back. To address this, start with the problem, not the solution.

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Intimidating Questions: How Bad Questions Shut People Down

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Avoid These Intimidating Questions That Can Silence Innovation and Problem Solving When someone on your team screws up or has one of those “what were they thinking” moments, particularly when the stakes are high. This shift from interrogation to exploration builds trust and encourages problem-solving.

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Lead Remote Meetings that Get Results and Build Relationships

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You’ve seen what can be done, despite constraints, as you worked to find creative, sometimes even Herculean solutions to serve your customers while keeping everyone safe. Join us for a free IDEA Inspiration Rally to unleash your team’s best ideas for a better, bolder future.