Spanx CEO: Accept and celebrate failures as a springboard to success

Productivity doesn't have to decline because it's summer | Brain research can help you be a better manager | Hiring great innovators requires a deliberate, scientific approach Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version] July 13, 2016 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google+] [Â] [SmartBrief on Leadership] Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP] ⋅ [FORWARD] Leading Edge [Productivity doesn't have to decline because it's summer] The summer months can bring a drop in productivity and a rise in the absentee rate, but there are ways to combat this, as several companies illustrate. Power Home Remodeling hosts themed outdoor events each month, while Timberland offers an onsite organic garden that employees can tend to. [Fast Company online] (7/12) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] [Brain research can help you be a better manager] Insights from neuroscience can help us become more effective leaders, Michelle Smith writes. She shares five strategies that you can implement to "become a brain-friendly leader," including resisting the urge to micromanage and constantly deliver feedback. [O.C. Tanner] (7/12) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] Strategic Management [Hiring great innovators requires a deliberate, scientific approach] To build better and more effective innovation teams, it helps to understand the psychological aspects that will create an environment of success. Innovation requires specific personality types and characteristics, which can be uncovered by taking a data-driven approach that includes assessment processes and interview questions. [Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model)] (7/12) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] Smarter Communication [Have the strength to tell the truth at your weakest moments] Telling the truth in difficult or adverse situations is a true test of leadership, Scott Cochrane writes. These scenarios include when strategies are being questioned and when goals are unmet. [A Leader's Journey blog] (7/11) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] Customers First A weekly look at serving customers better [Jamba Juice hopes store design will attract more customers] Jamba Juice has debuted a concept store that offers a new customer experience visually, in how people order and in what they can purchase. "When your designed space reinforces that you're about customization and not 'one size fits all,' customers can say it's kind of my local shop, it's different," CEO David Pace says. [FastCoDesign] (7/12) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] In Their Own Words [Spanx CEO: Accept and celebrate failures as a springboard to success] Spanx CEO Sara Blakely credits her father for asking about and celebrating things she and her brother failed at. "If there is a 'failure' or an 'oops' in your life, if you learn from it and if you can laugh about it, then it's all worth it," she says in this video. [Business Insider] (7/11) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] [Online learning will help AT&T stay innovative, CEO says] [Online learning will help AT&T stay innovative, CEO says] Stephenson (Win McNamee/Getty Images) One of AT&T's biggest challenges will be to train its workforce of 280,000 to adapt to emerging technologies such as the internet of things, says CEO Randall Stephenson. The company has partnered with Udacity and Georgia Tech University on an online master's degree in computer science at much less than the standard cost. 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