For business leaders everywhere, the defining test of our time is performing while transforming—meeting the intense demands of today, even as you prepare for a radically different tomorrow. My manifesto shows how to meet that test.
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Founding Editor, Fast Company; Author, Simply Brilliant; blogger, HBR
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"The short-term urgency of performing should never overwhelm the strategic importance of transforming."
Read more from @williamctaylor 's #ChangeThis manifesto, "Performing While Transforming": bit.ly/3ok8Fzk
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“The future is rarely shaped by people who don’t believe in the future. It is created by highly motivated people, by enthusiasts, by men and women who wants something very much and believe very much.” Read my latest newsletter here…
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I’m tired—exhausted, really. The last few years have demanded so much of us as leaders, colleagues, family members, and citizens. Here’s my advice on how to summon new bursts of energy and inspiration in your organization and within yourself.
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“We are living in a new world. Customers no longer accept on ‘okay’ job. It’s exceptional or nothing. Impress me, surprise me, do something I will remember — that’s what customers want.” My latest on strategy for .
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My new article for . is one of the site's most popular: The ultimate test of your strategy is not how well you stack up against what your rivals are doing, but whether you live up to what your customers believe you can and should be doing.
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"The ultimate test of your strategy is not how well you stack up against what your rivals are already doing, but whether or not you live up to what your customers believe you can and should be doing." My latest in .
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“The last best experience someone has anywhere becomes the minimum expectation for the experience they want everywhere.” My latest for . on the new logic of strategy
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Thank you, Brazil. You have helped save the planet—and democracy. Now let’s pray for a peaceful transfer of power. #lula
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My seatmate for my flight yesterday to Atlanta...Aunt Lydia from #TheHandmaidsTale She could not have been nicer. Praise be!
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This is the funniest and most brutal book review I have read in ages--something that lickspittle Kushner richly deserves!
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Organizations are desperate for new insights and energy. One way to find those things is to embrace new ideas about who gets to contribute and how. The talents of your colleagues and customers are too valuable to waste. My latest for .
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Your colleagues and customers have skills and experiences that go far beyond their formal job descriptions or roles. My latest for . shows hot to unleash this overlooked talent. Why waste so much brainpower?
Many organizations ask too much of people, creating unhealthy pressures to perform. But organizations also ask too little of people, overlooking skills and passions that don’t conform to job descriptions but have huge value. My latest for .
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This may be the only reason not to hate the Yankees!
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ok i tried the yankee stadium cannoli milkshake (sections 127 and 112). it’s a regular fancyish milkshake with mini cannoli, not a cannoli cream milkshake, fortunately.
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Thanks for sharing!!
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For #WorldCreativityAndInnovationDay, I would like to share this article by @williamctaylor. One of the biggest parts of innovations is keeping an open mind. If we focus only on what we are familiar with, we are setting limitations on ourselves.
hbr.org/2022/02/to-fin
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“Effective leadership often boils down to something pretty mundane — getting people to do things they would rather not do...Overcoming the natural tendency to resist change has to be at the top of every leader’s agenda.” My latest for .
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My latest for Harvard Business Review! How to overcome “active inertia”
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People seek comfort in keeping things the same. Here's how to nudge your team to change if they're in that boat. hbr.org/2022/04/persua
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“Ultimately, there is no one right way to lead change and unleash exceptional performance. But there is one universal challenge: to persuade people to do things they would rather not do.” My latest for .
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One of the least-glamorous, but most-essential, parts of leadership is persuading people to do things they would rather not do. In , I discuss two techniques for doing that—"foot in the door" vs. "door in the face." You have to choose!
Sometimes, you find the most eye-openings ideas in the most-unexpected places--like a baseball team in Savannah, Georgia! Can you innovate like the Savannah Bananas? New by me in
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Timed for Opening Day, my reflections in on the most creative team in baseball, and its lessons for innovators everywhere. Presenting the Savannah Bananas!
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This is a really well-done podcast featuring insights from lots of smart people (plus me!) Definitely worth a listen....
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Podcast: Who are the Unsung Persistent Innovators? innovationleader.com/podcast-innova — hosted by @colrobisheaux, featuring @williamctaylor, @rgmcgrath, @innovate, @danto_ma + more...
Order in the court! Fun interview with yours truly in the American BarAssociation's magazine. americanbar.org/groups/bar_ser
But a company partially run by a woman would help destroy American democracy…
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Lot going on in this sentence
“No two countries run by women would ever go to war,” Sheryl Sandberg told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble in Dubai on Tuesday during a fireside at a Cartier event marking International Women’s Day. cnbc.com/2022/03/08/she
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If you want some uplift in these downbeat times, check out this wonderful story and great idea.
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Hey, thanks! Means a lot!
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No one makes our shared job-to-be-done clearer than our friend @williamctaylor. "The challenge of performing while transforming has become the leadership test of our time."
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This is a drag...When I was running , I studied Entertainment Weekly religiously. I'm not sure any magazine back then had better command of its material or a keener understanding of its readers. True print greatness every week.
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The proverbial “slippery slope.” Methinks this argument rests on thin ice!
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Hudson mayor thinks ice fishing leads to prostitution! Put your poles away boys!*
*Same guy who thinks creative writing classes are child pornography.
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"Practices that are routine in one industry can be revolutionary when they migrate to another industry. What better way to fuel your imagination than to look for inspiration outside your field?" My latest for .
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If you want to learn faster, learn from strangers—companies outside your industry, people outside your circle. My latest for . Let me know if you learned anything!
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"By devising ways to manage time, handle stress, overcome setbacks, and sustain morale, executives and entrepreneurs can meet the challenge of performing while transforming—and pass the leadership test of our era." My new Manifesto
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New #ChangeThis manifesto: "Performing While Transforming: How to Meet the Leadership Test of Our Time" by @williamctaylor
Read, download, and share on our blog: bit.ly/3ok8Fzk
Read an excerpt (thread below)
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"Leaders must deliver for today even as they disrupt for tomorrow." My friends at have published my new Manifesto. Read it here
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