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Make a New Year Impact: 7 Strategies for Leading BIG
25 Ways to Fuel Leadership,
Collaboration and Innovation

Drs. Kevin & Jackie Freiberg
25 Ways to Fuel Leadership, Collaboration and InnovationWe have been inspired and influenced by many of the most admired and respected leaders out there. What we've learned is this: leaders and innovators collaborate like crazy, shake things up, dare to try, and inspire everyone around them to do the same. Are you this kind of leader?

Most revolutionary innovations are a result of people working together to accomplish what others think is impossible. Consider challenging your team to embrace these mottos:
  • Ambitious? Maybe, but not impossible, if we work together!

  • The difficult "we" do immediately, the impossible will take "us" a little longer!

  • Collaboration happens when everyone believes that none of us are as good as all of us.
 What if everyone on your team believed in the power of collaboration? What if everyone held each other accountable to working together, what might you accomplish?

Use these ideas to inspire your team to think, do and accomplish more together!
  1. What if everyone reached across functional boundaries in the spirit of service and authentic communication?

  2. What if everyone chose to be accountable for achieving results?

  3. What if everyone took personal responsibility for cutting costs in one area?

  4. What if your team tapped into the intellectual capital of a new online network?

  5. What if everyone committed to learning one new value-added skill every month?

  6. What if your team committed to proving that the organization can't live without them?

  7. What if your team worked together to build a big, bold, unforgettable brand?

  8. What if everyone chose change over comfort and fear of failure?

  9. What if everyone used feedback as a gift (NOT a weapon)?

  10. What if everyone did one fun thing every day to make work more fun?

  11. What if your team created a culture of coaching (not blaming)?

  12. What if everyone replaced complaining with solutions?

  13. What if your team declared war on "yeah, but"?

  14. What if your team dared to try new things?

  15. What if everyone believed their input mattered?

  16. What if everyone came to work to make a difference?

  17. What if your team worked with a purpose to serve?

  18. What if everyone viewed their job as a gift, not an entitlement?

  19. What if your team treated customers as friends, not transactions?

  20. What if everyone looked for ways to encourage instead of find fault?

  21. What if your team became more curious about learning?

  22. What if everyone stood up for what they believe even when it's not popular?

  23. What if your team acted to make the workplace better vs. moaning about what's wrong?

  24. What if everyone was motivated by stretch goals?

  25. What if everyone was up for the challenge of accomplishing the impossible?
Imagine what you'll accomplish and the culture you'll create if everyone commits to bringing these "what ifs" to life. Perhaps the impossible just isn't!

About the authors:
Dr. Kevin and Dr. Jackie Freiberg are the authors of their forth-coming book Nanovation, How a Little Car Can Teach the World to Think Big. Nanovation will release in the U.S. in 2011 and December 2010 in Southeast Asia. Nanovation takes you behind the scenes and shows you how, in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, the people of Tata Motors created one of the greatest innovations in the auto industry since the Model-T. They are also the authors of BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-as-Usual! BOOM! is about the choices leaders and their people must make to create a culture of commitment and accountability--a culture where a critical mass of people who take charge of their lives at work create the freedom to achieve extraordinary business results. BOOM! follows the Freibergs' international bestseller, NUTS! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success (over 600,000 copies in print!), and its sequel, GUTS! Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-as-Usual.

Thought Leaders. Recently named two of the top "30 Best Minds on Leadership" by Leadership Excellence Magazine, Kevin and Jackie are among the most influential voices on the speaking circuit today.

Entrepreneurs. As the founders of the San Diego Consulting Group, Inc. and its professional speaking firm, freibergs.com, Kevin and Jackie help business leaders translate the winning strategies from enduring great companies into their own models of success. They are widely acknowledged for their expertise in helping clients build strong, purposeful cultures.

Executive Coaching. Kevin and Jackie help business leaders better understand the impact of their choices, attitudes and behaviors on corporate culture and organizational performance. They have challenged corporate leaders all over the world to create unmatched productivity, customer service, and profitability by becoming faithful, devoted, hardworking servants of the people they lead. Their global practice works with firms in South East Asia, Europe, Japan, India, the Middle East, Central and South America, as well as companies throughout the United States and Canada. For more information, visit their website at: http://www.freibergs.com/.
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