Humility + Inner Strength = Sustained Innovation

You’ve probably heard of “Level 5 Leadership.” The concept was created by business consultant Jim Collins, who first described it in a 2001 Harvard Business Review article and then published it in his best selling book, Good to Great. It emerged during a study that...

Innovation Leadership Key #4: Take Responsibility

Nothing—I repeat, nothing—destroys employee morale more quickly than an innovation leader who ducks personal responsibility when things don’t work out. On the flip side, nothing builds employee morale more effectively than when they see a leader who takes ownership of...

Innovation Leadership Key #3: Show Empathy

Empathy is the ability to experience and relate to the thoughts, emotions, or experience of others. Empathy is one step beyond sympathy, which is being able to understand and support others with compassion or sensitivity. It means being willing to put someone else’s...