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 July 2008
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Welcome to Key Inspirations!Inspire! Imagine! Innovate!TM, previously known as PianoOne, has a new look, a new feel and a new energy! Although our dedication to inspiring leadership, unleashing the imagination and promoting creativity and innovation hasn’t changed, we have broadened and enhanced our services to better address the challenges of our complex world.
Key Inspirations, our complimentary membership subscription service, has been updated as well. Designed to reflect the structure of a musical concerto, Key Inspirations focuses on transformational leadership, personal centeredness and well-being and creativity and innovation in the workplace. The word concerto, meaning harmony, perfectly captures the spirit of Key Inspirations and its interconnected themes. Senior Editor Mike Brenner and our distinguished portfolio of contributing writers represent the leading practitioners in our field. We hope you enjoy Key Inspirations and invite you to visit us online at InspireImagineInnovate.com. |
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Leading Creativityby Bill McCarthy In a white-water environment, where a three-year business plan can be capsized by the market in weeks,
organizations need to be more creative.
Creativity encompasses more than the launch of a new product. It is a way of looking at challenges that evokes energy and possibility. Creative organizations have access to more and better ideas, consistently achieve more with limited resources, implement more ideas faster, attract and retain more talented individuals, and are better prepared for the challenges of succession. read full story |
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Getting in Touch with Life's Deeper Meaningby Betsy Hedberg The search for life's deeper meaning is a timeless quest. Artists of all types have lent their creative energies to this pursuit, and existentialist philosophers and psychologists have made the human need for meaning a focal point of their work. We yearn to understand our purpose and to know that we have a place in the world and the universe. Yet many of us feel an internal struggle between experiences of life's deeper meaning and our daily routines, which we often perceive to be mundane necessities that do not speak to our larger purpose.
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Leaders and Artists: Are they really worlds apart?by Brian Woodward and Colin Funk The power of the imagination provides a prime success driver in today’s fast-paced and hyper-competitive global business environment. Successful companies foster and develop employees who can think quickly and creatively on their feet, who can take the unexpected in stride by recognizing important connections, who can bring imaginative personal expression to their work, and who can think metaphorically to make critical cross-boundary applications. Business leaders face the challenge of how to develop and instill these qualities in themselves, their teams, and their organizations in order to develop greater human resourcefulness.
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Leaders Make Values Visibleby Dr. Marshall Goldsmith The corporate credo. Companies have wasted millions of dollars and countless hours of employees’ time agonizing over the wording of statements that are inscribed on plaques and hung on walls. There is a clear assumption that people’s behavior will change because the pronouncements on plaques are “inspirational” or certain words “integrate our strategy and values.” There is an implicit hope that when people — especially managers — hear great words, they will start to exhibit great behavior.
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Interview with Dr. Jay Kent-Ferraro Key Inspirations recently spoke with Dr. Jay Kent-Ferraro, founder of executive coaching, training and consultation firm Empowerment Technologies, Inc. about the importance of emotional intelligence to business success. He can be reached at www.drjayferraro.com.
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Calendar of Appearances Boeing Company
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Boeing Leadership Center Tuesday, September 09, 2008 St. Louis, Missouri Destination Health: Renewing Body, Mind and Soul Conference Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine October 12-17, 2008 Marriott Kauai Resort, Kauai, Hawaii |
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We welcome your comments, suggestions and ideas for articles. ©1998-2008 PianoOne, Inc. is doing business as Inspire! Imagine! Innovate! All rights reserved.
Please contact Senior Editor Mike Brenner at mikeybrenner@earthlink.net or (484) 250-7005. Inspire! Imagine! Innovate! 9693 Las Colinas Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80124-4201 USA |