leadership

In this blog series, I’ve explored the key role leaders must play to successfully build and nurture an innovative culture throughout an organisation. For many leaders, particularly those running large, well established businesses, it can be a daunting prospect. In an environment where tangible resul…

In my previous blog, I shared four essential behaviours that leaders must employ to create a lasting, innovation-focused mindset amongst employees at every level of an organisation. In this blog, I explore four additional behaviours, which inspire employees to get behind the organisation’s innovatio…

In the first blog of this series on leading for innovation, I shared the importance of encouraging an innovative culture and the pivotal role that the leader must play in the process. In the next two installments, we’ll look at some of the specific behaviours that leaders must employ to create an in…

Much to the dismay of countless business leaders everywhere, innovation doesn’t just happen by magic. Creating a pervasive innovation culture within any organization takes time, effort, and strong leadership. But if the importance of innovation is so universally acknowledged, why do so many struggle…

For any sales engineer who’s ever known the late nights, long hours, and frustrating hiccups of attempting to demo products for customers using PowerPoint or other slide deck platforms, Cisco dCloud is a game changer. dCloud is a cloud-based, self-service platform that hosts premade demos and lab co…

I grew up playing the violin. My teacher always asked “If you can’t hum the melody for the song you’re playing, how can you expect to play the song well?” I’ve found that the same goes for the business world. If you don’t innately understand the products you’re selling, you can’t be completely succe…

Blending the old with the new is evident in the city of Boston. Marked with a cobblestone path, The Freedom Trail takes you on a journey through our nation’s rich history of more than 250 years – from the Old State House where the Declaration of Independence was first read to the people, to th…

The IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference is designed to inspire and engage, women in engineering. In a field that’s overwhelmingly male, it can be difficult as a woman to advance and make their voices heard. That’s why this conference was created: to provide professional dev…

Great leaders inspire us. They create exciting new visions. They push us to do things we might not have tried before. During times of crisis, they think and act creatively to solve problems. Leaders aren’t just needed in business but in all areas of life: family, friends, neighborhood, social circle…