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Dan Wooldridge describes research based insights into nine dimensions that affect the creativity and innovation in organizations. He suggests a series of questions that leaders can use to assess the creative climate in their companies.
Part 4 of 4 in a series by Bradley J. Moore.
Part 3 of 4 in a series by Bradley J. Moore.
Many who don't have power, crave it; many who have power, hoard it. No matter where we look, leaders who exercise power with humility, wisdom and restraint are not exactly a dime a dozen. Jim Hancock poses a few questions inspired by another remarkable little film by San Francisco artist Lev Yilmaz.
Part 2 of 4 in a series by Bradley J. Moore.
Bradley J. Moore considers some spiritual insight from being under pressure at work.

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Dan Wooldridge explains that the most treacherous leader is not necessarily the one we expect to be dangerous.
Dan Wooldridge shares two more things that leaders can do to transform dysfunctional cultures in organizations. Here he talks about eliminating the "dumb things we do around here" and catching people doing the right thing.
Dan Wooldridge describes the first three of five things that leaders can do to turn around dysfunctional culture in an organization.
Dan Wooldridge describes how ignoring the negative aspects of your company culture will eventually lead to the destruction of the company. He lists five common negative culture characteristics.
Dan Wooldridge ponders whether culture is becoming more important than strategy in these turbulent economic times?
Dan Wooldridge references the famous experiments by Solomon Asch to ask some questions on the issue of conformity.
Dan Wooldridge uses the tragic story of Austrian physician, Ignaz Semmelweis, to communicate the need for leaders to take responsibility for the state of their organizations.
Does having a sense of purpose in our work really motivate us to higher performance? Dan Wooldridge calls our attention to research that demonstrates that it really does.
An improving job market may signal the exit of good employees who've enduring bad bosses during an economic downtime. Dan Wooldridge makes recommendations about what to do if this is happening.
Dan Wooldridge reflects on Peyton Manning's leadership in the face of many team obstacles to bring the Colts to the Super Bowl. The lessons are vitally important for today's businesses.