Build your team by giving people opportunity and support

Build your team by giving people opportunity and support | Our society needs to change | EBay struggles to communicate its brand Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( ADVERTISEMENT October 17, 2017 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google+]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [FORWARD]( [] Leading Edge [] [Build your team by giving people opportunity and support]( Leaders can't build a great team unless they are willing to delegate, solicit ideas and thank people for them, and let people take action on those ideas, writes Joel Garfinkle. "Employees rally around leaders who allow them to learn through doing and raise them up when they've done well," he writes. [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (10/16) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [Our society needs to change]( We are all guilty of jumping to conclusions or missing the point when discussing societal issues, and recent events show how disrespectful -- or worse -- we can be toward others, writes Jon Mertz. "From Uber to Kleiner Perkins, too much bad behavior holds people back or demeans individuals," he writes. [Thin Difference]( (10/14) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( Harness the Power of Workplace Conflict Workplace conflict is inevitable. Everything DiSC® Productive Conflict helps learners transform the unavoidable challenges of conflict into something more productive, ultimately improving workplace results, and relationships. [Learn more!]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Strategic Management [] [EBay struggles to communicate its brand]( EBay struggles to communicate its brand (Steve Jennings/Getty Images) EBay executives acknowledge the company has struggled to differentiate itself and communicate its brand, especially amid the popularity of resale shopping platforms, writes Chavie Lieber. "We have to tell our story differently because what people know about us is not really who we are anymore," says Suzy Deering, eBay's chief marketing officer. [Racked]( (10/16) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [A new way to organize corporate change]( Henrik Bresman details research he has conducted on looking at strategic change as an interteam problem rather than the traditional top-down model. "Pooling the fruits of their parallel experiments, teams can develop collective knowledge resources that can be converted -- with support from senior leadership -- into innovative organisational routines," he writes. 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I often take up new causes. 40.00% Kind of. I'll lead change but only if I'm really passionate about it. 38.67% Extremely. I'm the first one to call for big change. 18.13% Not very. It would take a lot to get me to step forward. 2.93% Not at all. I'll always let others lead big change. 0.27% [] Rebels with a cause. It’s encouraging to see 60% of you taking up causes you believe in. The question to ask is whether your cause is having the desired effect. Does it pick up momentum and lead to real change, or does it tend to sputter out and be forgotten when you move on to the next cause? To have a real impact, nail down the [core components of a revolution](: find a big problem, find other people sick of the same problem, define the future state and galvanize the masses. If you’re going to take the risk of starting something, put the conditions in place to see it through. -- Mike Figliuolo is managing director of [ThoughtLeaders](. Before launching his own company, he worked at McKinsey & Co., Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He's the author of three leadership books: "[One Piece of Paper](," "[Lead Inside the Box](" and "[The Elegant Pitch](." [] Would you rather lead as a big fish in a little pond or a little fish in a big pond? [Vote]( [I like leading as the big fish in a little pond.]( [Vote]( [I like leading as a little fish in a big pond.]( [] In Their Own Words [] [Lessons from LinkedIn's CEO]( LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner says he has learned over time the importance of compassion in his leadership, especially as a visibly driven leader. "I'm still intense, but I'm more conscious of how to manifest that intensity more constructively," he says. 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