Topic: Communication

Harvard Professor Linda Hill — Leaders must be Game Changers

In this short clip, Harvard Professor Linda Hill explains how great leaders create innovative organizations by adopting a new way of thinking that consists less than in years past on setting the vision, and more on influencing their people to ever-higher levels of productivity and results.

Healthcare leaders driving a coordinated approach to change

Any leader, however strong or charismatic, needs active support for a change initiative to succeed. Identifying and analyzing key stakeholders is the first step in this process. Free tool enclosed.

Use Campaign-Driven Innovation by Stephen Shapiro

Innovation isn’t about the occasional new idea. Companies that are making a mark in today’s business environment make innovation a repeatable, sustainable, and profitable process.

The Power of Idealistic-Realism: How Great Leaders Inspire and Transform

On April 1st, 2011, Doug Conant’s article on The Power of Idealistic-Realism was published on www.HBR.org. “An idealistic vision is what motivates all of us” writes Doug Conant who will be joining us on March 13th for a live broadcast followed by an interactive Q&A session on TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments.

Freedom Can Limit Innovation by Stephen Shapiro

You may be thinking your organization already has an innovation mind-set. But what if everything you’re doing to build a culture of innovation is wrong?

Post Webinar Q&A with Todd Corley

Following the webinar on Engagement – A How-To on Igniting Passion around Inclusion, Abercrombie & Fitch’s Todd Corley answered webinar participants’ questions on accountability, communication vehicles and ERGs

What kind of difference has a bit of praise made to you?

Have you ever noticed how a pat on the back makes you feel great for days? Years of studies by Gallup and other research groups have shown that engaged employees are much more productive.)…

The Action is in the Interaction by Doug Conant and Mette Norgaard

For Doug Conant and Mette Norgaard, co-authors of  New York Times bestseller TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments, the action is in the interaction. It is less about the big issues and more about the hundreds, even thousands, of interactive moments in time that offer you a chance to make a…

8 Leadership Lessons from Tom Brady

Why Tom Brady?  Let us explain, Linkage is a global company, with offices in over 17 different countries, but our headquarters is in Burlington, Massachusetts, just 32 miles from Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots.  We will admit it—that makes some of us a bit biased when it comes to football.    …

Are you a SuperLeader?

Just as Superman has Kryptonite, so do SuperLeaders. Sometimes SuperLeaders can fall pray towards “the superhero complex.”