The more you gain the more you have to lose. This fact often pressures leaders into spending more time defending their positions than they do in listening to new ideas.

The one word every leader should avoid is, “But…”

The word “but” signals that your brain has quickly conjured up reasons for not taking a risk, for not choosing to do something different, or for not considering that past successes should not provide the blueprint for going forward in the future.

Your Powerful and Overprotective Brain

the ceo magazine, leadership
Joakim Ahlström, Author, How to Succeed with Continuous Improvement

            Imagine an organizational culture so strong you’d be certain to achieve your long-term objectives no matter what happens. Would you be willing to do ONE thing to make that culture reality?

            For managers at all levels of an organization time is a scarce commodity. I take this into account when they ask for my advice on how to develop an adaptable and continuously improving organization. This is what I tell them: "Ask your employees to always bring one improvement idea each to your recurring (weekly or monthly) meetings."

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