Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Episode 239: Antonella Pisani, the CEO and founder of Eyeful Media , a digital marketing and consulting firm, joins host David Dye, and discusses the importance of culture, values, and remote culture in leadership. She emphasizes hiring experienced talent and creating an intellectually stimulating environment. Pisani also highlights the significance of transparency, humility, and social responsibility in building a strong company culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Your team yearns for a cadence of sincere “thank yous” more than grand gestures Every week we hear from hard-working, high-performing employees who long for more appreciation at work. Ironically some of these complaints come after some kind of big employee appreciation event. It’s about time, I’ve been killing myself all year without even a thank you!

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Episode 234: Leaders and managers face an ever-expanding level of complexity and demands on their time and skills. At the same time, there’s more of a need than ever before for managers to truly connect with their people – often across geography and time zones. These are big challenges, but they also present a leadership opportunity for leaders who can show up with transparency and vulnerability.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To distinguish yourself as a young leader, build your knowledge, focus on results and relationships, and speak up. You’re a young leader with responsibility for a small team and you want more responsibility. And there’s nothing more frustrating than being told, “Not now. Give it time. You’re not ready yet.” (And if you manage a young leader, please don’t use those despair-inducing words.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

To Lead Highly Productive Teams: Keep Them Focused on What Matters Most If you want to increase productivity at work, maintain a relentless focus on what matters most in four areas. First, ensure your team understands their big strategic priorities – the outcomes that matter most for the organization. Next, get clear about the specific initiatives and projects that support the strategic priorities.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 12, 2023

Transform Your Teamwork into True Collaboration “Hi, Karin, my team gets along just fine, but I wouldn’t call it TRUE COLLABORATION. What advice do you have to get them to collaborate more? #AskingForaFriend How Can I Improve Collaboration on My Team? True collaboration leads to innovation, improved problem-solving, and efficiency. To harness the power of true collaboration.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 21, 2023

Want to make an impact in your new role? Position your ideas at work so they’re more likely to be heard. “Hey Karin, “I was hired for my ideas and my extensive experience. I was told “We welcome your different perspectives, experiences, and ideas at work. That’s exactly what we need here! And now, I’m here. And I’m constantly hearing, “ahhh, I don’t think we can do it that way.” “Eh… we tried that before…” “

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 19, 2023

What to Say When a Passive-Aggressive Coworker Tries to Ruin Your Day Passive-aggressive behavior is contagious. It’s easy to let yourself react with frustration or even get passive-aggressive (or maybe aggressive-aggressive) yourself. Now you look like the jerk—not good. The best way to deal with a passive-aggressive coworker is not to get caught in their game.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 22, 2023

How to Know If You Should Stay or Go One of the heartbreaking findings in the World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration Survey was the number of people who said if they were faced with this workplace conflict again, they would quit, or quit sooner. Or as one guy from Denmark warned, “If you meet a psychopath at work, run!” If you’ve been following our recent research and writing, you know we’re working on a book to empower you to deal with conflicts better and faster (Harper Collins

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 12, 2023

Do you want to gain insight and understanding in both yourself and your organization? The ability to take on another person’s point of view is a vital part of getting anything done successfully, and the Enneagram offers a unique and effective route to open people up to other ways of thinking. In this episode Karl Hebenstreit, Ph.D., author of The How and Why: Taking Care of Business with the Enneagram , provides an overview of Organization Development tools and frameworks traditionally associate

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 8, 2023

A few questions will help re-engage your chronic complainer A chronic complainer can suck the life out of you and your team and make everyone want to quit. But your complainer can also have valuable insights and likely doesn’t feel heard. When you lead them out of their complaint spiral, they’ll be more effective and the team will benefit from their insights. “He’s Bad…” “I’ve got to warn you about Phil.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 1, 2023

Powerful Phrases to Confidently Confront a Bully at Work Looking back I feel I should have stood for myself and not give into this bully. I only feared hurting her and not getting into an ugly argument. However, this has made me not decide so many things for myself like my career path, my job etc…at that time. I am much stronger now and would deal with such a bully differently if history was to repeat. – Female, 47 Dubai (from our World Workplace Conflct and Collaboration Survey) You

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 17, 2023

Want to Reduce Unwanted Team Conflict, Make it Easier to Talk About Team Accountability When team members don’t get along, one of the biggest sources of conflict is a lack of team accountability. And, when you look at the research about high-performing teams , one common characteristic is that team accountability isn’t just the manager’s job – the team holds one another accountable (and their manager too).

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APRIL 14, 2023

Leaders know how valuable coaching conversations can be but it’s not always easy to find the time. In this episode, Wendy Swire, author of Anytime Coaching: Unleashing Employee Performance, gives us effective and impactful coaching skills to use at any time. The Anytime Coaching model equips managers (from first-time supervisors to senior executives) with tools they can use immediately to transform the way they work with employees and colleagues unleashing their best thinking and developin

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 10, 2023

Start a Conversation to Help Your Boss See Your Genius and Recognize Your Skills You want your boss to see your genius. But what if they don’t? How do you communicate your worth to get the recognition, support, and advocacy you need? And how do you do it without looking needy? One tool you receive when you participate in our foundational leadership development program is the Confidence Competence Model.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 10, 2023

Is there a risk involved in creating stronger human connections? Great leaders know that d eeper human connection fosters more engagement and better performance and that i nvesting in people boosts results and increases retention. L eaders accomplish more by asking powerful questions than by commanding and controlling. In this episode, Chad Littlefield gives you practical tools and questions to use to help you connect with your team more effectively, build better relationships and results, have

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 6, 2023

How you respond during times of distress can make or break your leadership brand If you’ve Googled, “what to do when you’ve been screwed over at work” and landed here, I’m sorry. Not that you found this article, of course. I want to help. But because it’s terrible to feel betrayed or disappointed, when you’re working so hard.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 3, 2023

Leading with gratitude and mastering connection have been keys to driving the success of event MC & Speaker, Dan Ram. Dan has hosted changemakers like President Barack Obama, billionaire founders Sir Richard Branson and Reid Hoffman, Grammy-winning artists, and celebrities. In this episode, you get practical ways to posture your mentality for gratitude, create connections, and find ways to invest in others to help build a future we all want to live in.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

How to Deal with a Lazy Coworker and Still Be Seen as a Team Player When I was a little girl, my mom loved to tell us the story of the Little Red Hen. In this sweet little children’s book, our little, plucky, red heroine stays focused on her MITs (most important things) and gives her barnyard friends plenty of chances to pitch in. When a lazy coworker refuses her requests to help, she just keeps doing what needs to be done.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 30, 2023

Stop Workplace Gossip from Stirring Up Conflict and Distracting Your Team I first heard this frustrating bit of workplace gossip from my wonderful, human-centered executive assistant back in my Verizon days. “I know this isn’t funny. By you have to admit it kind of is (she said with a pause, smile, and big grin). You should probably know the rumor that’s going around about you.” “Oh, do tell…” I wasn’t quite prepared for the absurdity of the work

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 27, 2023

Leading with an ethical compass may seem to be challenging in this time of deepening divisions and “alternative facts”, trust and authenticity grow more precious by the hour. More and more people find themselves driven to overcome the personal, professional, and social pressures of ignoring what is right in favor of what passes for ‘success.’ But what people want is t ruth in their decisions, a uthenticity in their relationships, and s olid ground for making tough, ethical choices in business an

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 20, 2023

Obsessed for good surfaced naturally as a truth for how this organization operates and it has remained their mantra since. In this episode, David talks with Amy Pyles, President of Saxum, about what obsessed for good means for their company and the five pillars they use to guide clients as well as themselves. Obsessed for Good 01:17 What is the deeper meaning of the motto, obsessed for Good?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2023

Human-Centered Leadership Experts. Share Their Sources of Inspiration and Strength. As 2022 draws to a close, I’m curious, what’s been a source of inspiration and strength for you this year? In our final #askingforafriend of the year, I share some savvy inspiration from human-centered experts, and I’d love to add yours to the mix.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 5, 2022

How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes New Managers Make. So many new managers don’t receive the training or skills they need to be effective, lead their teams, and achieve meaningful results. As a result, well-intentioned, hard-working new managers often trip into these common mistakes new managers make; unnecessarily frustrating their teams, diminishing their credibility, and curtailing their influence.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Why Gallup Question 4 Matters: “In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for doing good work.” When employees come to us venting their frustrations that their boss doesn’t value or appreciate their hard work, it’s usually not about who got the plaque in the end-of-year meeting. Of course, the time you spend on getting your formal employee recognition right matters.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Use this Simple Technique for a Better Career Elevator Pitch. Do you ever think of exactly the right thing to say — your perfect career elevator pitch — the moment you walk away from the conversation? Do you want to make a better impression when you have only a few moments to share your ideas or ask for something you need? Today on Asking for a Friend , we go old-school and talk about a very practical, and easy-to-implement technique for getting people’s attention and making an

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Use These 3 Questions to Help Your Gain Clarity. When So Much is Unknown. When you’re dealing with uncertainty and change , it’s easy to feel like EVERYTHING is uncertain, but that’s seldom true. Help your team differentiate what they know from what they don’t, and empower them to focus on tactical, practical next steps. Today’s Asking for a Friend will help your team gain clarity in uncertainty.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

Better Recognition Starts With More Strategic Contribution. You care about your team and the work they’re doing. They’re working hard. And if they’re like so many teams we work with, they yearn for better recognition. They want to know their work matters and that you (and your boss) appreciate all they do. So how do you help your team’s performance stand out?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2022

The 21st century hasn’t started the way that many of us expected it would. We’re looking at a potent mix of a global pandemic, global warming, the resurgence of authoritarianism, white nationalism, and war that again threatens to consume the planet. It can feel frustrating and hopeless. And those are just a few of the issues that are pervasive and in people’s consciousness regularly.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

There will be times when you face outcomes you intensely dislike. A seeming no-win scenario is also a chance to distinguish yourself, earn people’s trust, and innovate. Here are seven ways to lead through these tough circumstances, build your credibility, and sleep well at night: Reframe. Own the UGLY. Collaborate. Win with Values. Choose a Different Time Frame.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 17, 2022

Compassionate leadership is not weak. Compassionate leaders are tough leaders who understand that they can be good to their people and deliver stronger results. In fact, taking care of your people actually leads to better results and creates sustainable commitment to an organization’s mission and values. In this episode, Donato Tramuto, recognized CEO, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist makes the case that compassion is a key leadership principle that drives trust, success, and in

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 1, 2022

How do you build a culture of feedback? In this episode, Neil Khaund, President and CEO of The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), the largest accredited leadership honor society in the United States, explains why creating a culture of feedback is imperative and gives you specific techniques you can use to get all the information you need to build an effective team, department, and organization.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 1, 2022

Asking for a Friend: How do I Lead Well Through Uncertainty? Thanks to all of you who have joined our Asking for a Friend community this year! I’m so grateful for all the authors, executives and all of you human-centered leaders joining the conversation. So many great insights about the future of work and leading well through times of uncertainty and change. .

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Most of us have seen fear drive short-term results, but it does so at the cost of high employee burnout and turnover. Winning organizations know how to reframe fear into opportunities for learning and growth. They create resilient cultures of unfear. In this episode, Gaurav and Mark, authors of Unfear , give you the rundown about the impact and archetypes of fear in the workplace and provide strategies, techniques, and actions you need to bring about an unfear transformation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

When presenting to executives, don’t forget what makes you an expert. You’ve been working hard, and the project is totally on track. And now, the executive team wants an update. It’s natural to feel nervous. But, if you stumble through the presentation, you’ll likely end up with a pile of action items just to prove the project is in good hands.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 10, 2021

If you’re looking to have a better relationship with your manager, start here. “Hi Karin, I’ve been applying a lot of the tools and techniques I’ve learned in your leadership development program, and I’m getting some nice momentum. And, now I’m wondering do you think any of these techniques could work in building a better relationship with my boss?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

If you want to improve your Customer Service Experience (CX), Start with Culture. This week, we interrupt our regularly scheduled “Asking for a Friend Series” to feature this important interview with Shep Hyken on Be Amazing or Go Home, TV, about how to improve your customer service experience through culture. What’s the best way to improve your customer service experience?

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