Stop Command and Control: Using your Employee's Ideas

Listening to your employees is something many organizations struggle with. But why? In this Interview, Alex Goryachev, Head of Innovation Strategy and Programs at Cisco Corporate Strategic Innovation Group, explains how leaders need to stop the command and control and start listening to their employees and making changes based on what they hear.

Key insights:

• Creating a network of mentors and coaches
• Using innovation in your organization and how it affects your employees
• Support networking to allow your organization to flourish
• Possible repercussions to ignoring employee’s ideas and putting them to work