Do you want the people who work for you to be happy?

It is a common fallacy among managers that they want their staff to be happy because happy people are more productive. This may be true, but it is only part of the story. Of course, as a manager, you do not want your people to feel unhappy about coming to work. People who are miserable [...]

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Empowering for Innovation

A great leader can turn people into entrepreneurs who are hungrily looking for new opportunities.  The key is empowerment.  By empowering people you enable them to achieve goals through their own ideas and efforts.  The leader sets the destination but the team chooses the route.

People need clear objectives so that they know what is [...]

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Collaboration Tips

On his blog at Think for a Change, Paul Williams lists some useful advice on how to get the most from collaborative innovation efforts.  They include: 

Understand that there are different personalities in every group Understand the differences Use the differences to your advantage instead of as fuel for disagreement Understand that on top of [...]

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