Innovation Killer #3: Big Hat, No Cattle

While innovation is an activity where success is never guaranteed, saying you’re going to do something or achieve something and then failing to take action and deliver results will kill your reputation. When you promise something that you don’t deliver, your...

Innovation Killer #2: Duplicity

Saying one thing to one person and something else to another in order to gain favor or advantage will kill your reputation and stifle innovation. Eric Schiffer, chairman of Reputation Management Consultants.com, said that such double-talk chips away at how others...

Innovation Killer #1: Gossip

I’ve seen gossip kill the reputation of so many leaders, yet it’s incredibly predominant. This is the ironclad rule of gossip: If you tell Jones what stupid thing Smith did, then Jones will conclude that you’ll turn around and tell Smith something terrible about...