Sean Grace
The Five Forces of Leadership
In this episode of the 3-Minute Leader, I talk about the Five Forces of Leadership - Model, Inspire, Challenge, Enable, and Celebrate. I...
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The Force of Habit
Research shows that the start of a new year is a good time to change habits, although making those efforts stick long-term is the harder...
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Negotiation Fundamentals
In this episode of the 3-Minute Leader I talk about the fundamentals of negotiating and how being clear about your BATNA, RV, and ZOPA...
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Essence & Analogies
In this episode of the 3-Minute Leader I talk about how separating a problem or challenge from its “essence” is the key to innovative...
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Lateral vs Vertical Thinking
In this 4th episode of the 3-Minute Leader, I talk about lateral vs vertical thinking and its implications in the creative process....
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Coaching Through Questions
If you’re a manager, how often do you end up solving the problems of the folks who report to you? Learn how to ask better questions of...
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Introducing The Art of the Question
Good questioning is at the heart of critical thinking, problem-solving, persuasion, and effective communication, but few are taught how...
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What's Your Style of Communication?
Everyone has a particular style of communication and knowing your own, as well at that of others, will only improve your communication,...
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Is Zoom Killing Creative Collaboration?
As companies, organizations, and teams wrestle with defining new return-to-work (RTW) vs work-from-home (WFH) protocols, new research...
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How Constraints Stimulate Creativity
The great Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky once said “The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the...
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The Power of Habits
For many of us, January is a time for new resolutions, goal setting, and the determination to shed old habits for new. With the turn of...
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Eleven Lessons In Creative Collaboration: Learnings From The Beatles Get Back Documentary
As a lifelong Beatle's fan, I was very much looking forward to watching the recently released documentary The Beatles - Get Back on...
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Is Frustrated Learning Key To Building Creative Problem Solving Skills?
As a classically trained musician I was taught that repetition is the mother of learning. Drill, repeat, drill, repeat, ad infinitum. I...
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The Art of the Question
"The answers you get depend on the questions you ask" In my consulting business I work with lots of talented engineers and specialists...
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To Infinity and Beyond!
I was struck this past weekend watching the coverage of the NASA/SpaceX launch to the ISS. In addition to its historic significance, what...
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Breaking Through - Going Direct-To-Brand
Back in the day, big brands would tap their creative ad agencies to develop concepts for large scale, broadcast TV campaigns. Agencies...
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Sales vs Marketing
I often encounter otherwise savvy business professionals who don’t know the difference between marketing and sales. They tend to...
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Pluck & Story Wins the Sale
I sometimes stumble upon the show Shark Tank, now in its eleventh season on CNBC. I’m sure you’ve seen it, it features entrepreneurs who...
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Listening vs Understanding
Good communication always starts with listening. But listening is often misconstrued as understanding. Most people “listen” for the sake...
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