Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Nearly every leader we’ve ever worked with feels it. At their core, these moments of frustration are an opportunity to lead and solve an all-too-common problem: failure to communicate. Doesn’t that senior leader know what impact they’re having here?” Or you may find a problem you didn’t know about.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 11, 2024

Sure, you’re all for ideas and collective wisdom, but why couldn’t this epiphany have struck a week ago? Oh, and here comes Over-Involved Ivan, who has taken the liberty of setting up a few extra focus groups (talking to the same people you did last week). Sound familiar? It’s Last Minute Linda.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

It is fair to say that there is often much at work and the world at large to legitimately get angry about—when things are not working as we think they should. It is fair to say that there is often much at work and the world at large to legitimately get angry about—when things are not working as we think they should.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

But at some point, you will need to step back and observe what is happening so you can develop your strategic end game plan. This is when you need to trust your instincts, and your preparations, as you endure the initial chaos. As a leader, you need to realize when a fix is actually just a bandage. And that’s normal.

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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.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 9, 2023

This phenomenon of ghosting at work. What is Ghosting at Work? Ghosting at work is when you THINK you’re in an important conversation. Here are common examples of ghosting at work I hear nearly every day. Why is Ghosting at Work on the Rise? We all need to be better leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

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. Focus their efforts on what matters most.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 17, 2022

But at a time when people are longing for compassion and connection, taking the conversation a level deeper can make all the difference for your employees’ mental health, as well as for building deeper trust. Why practicing going a bit deeper matters. But instead, he says, “Yeah, you know.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 29, 2023

Capture Attention Through Better Remote Team Communication With so many people working from anywhere, effective remote team communication has never been more critical. Recency Recency is all about sparking memory through recent experiences. Your team thinks, “Gosh this must be important if they keep talking about it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

Effective leaders prepare their teams for changing priorities, create structures to help the team shift, and advocate for their team to ensure their work is meaningful. I worked hard and gave the project my evenings and weekends until it was done. No acknowledgment of my work. Some people enjoy shifting priorities.

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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. It’s about time, I’ve been killing myself all year without even a thank you! Why 7 days? Because frequency matters.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 17, 2023

Why Is It So Hard to Be Wrong? But could this need to have the answers stop you from achieving even more? What if you were to share the question with hundreds of smart people who could all work on the answer?” What if you were to share the question with hundreds of smart people who could all work on the answer?”

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Deming Institute

JUNE 15, 2015

All that people need to know is why their work is important. Your management system should nurture an environment where people’s innate desire to do a good job is nourished. It focus managers on the wrong thing (motivating people). Motivation – nonsense.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

There are several areas of your leadership and work where you can invest to give yourself the best chance at that bigger responsibility: your knowledge and wisdom, the results you achieve now, relationships you build, and opportunities to speak up. Knowledge and Wisdom as a Young Leader We rarely know as much as we think we do.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Help Your Team Shift from Busy to Productive 00:58 Today we are talking about helping your team shift from busy to productive and work smarter. It’s the actual work we do. And I think we’ve all been there and there are so many reasons for this. What do you do to help your team shift from busy to productive?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

Particularly during times of uncertainty and change, one of the easiest ways to know what’s really going on is to (1) get clarity about what you don’t know and (2) ask your team some courageous questions. In this article, we share insights to help you prepare better courageous questions to gather the insights you need.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

That Wasn’t a Compliment Early in my (David’s) career, I worked in a very culturally diverse organization. That Wasn’t a Compliment Early in my (David’s) career, I worked in a very culturally diverse organization. And I don’t think that either of those is true—I just don’t think you know any better, so I wanted to tell you.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Data clearly indicates that this does not work. Ethnography allows a researcher to focus on the lived experiences of people and how those experiences reflect and shape culture in that environment.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Learned Excellence is a comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance, from the expert who developed the US Navy SEALs mental toughness curriculum and has worked with thousands of top athletes, elite military personnel, business executives, and first responders. It's time to fight back.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 5, 2021

You want to share your ideas to improve the business, but if you’re like many employees we work with sometimes it’s hard to know just how or when to share them. And 67% said they worry nothing will happen to their ideas anyway– so why bother. How to Overcome FOSU (Fear of Speaking Up) and Share Your Ideas.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Don’t Overlook The Importance of Peers in Your Network of Strategic Advisors. When it comes to building a network of strategic advisors, it’s natural to look to people with more position power, access, and influence as your primary go-to’s. 4 Vital Peer Relationships To Nurture. An Encourager. A Challenger.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Trust takes time, but sometimes you need to get everyone working together quickly. Your business quadrupled in the past year and new people are everywhere. Or, you just went through a big restructure, and suddenly you’re leading a team of people who don’t know you or one another. Start with Shared Purpose.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Is it micromanagement or the support you need? Over-involved managers frustrate people all over the world, telling them what to do, slowing them down, and getting in the way. Over-involved managers frustrate people all over the world, telling them what to do, slowing them down, and getting in the way.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

First, you see things in your mind, and then you work both consciously and subconsciously to make them happen. All were worth the effort and journey, and I realized very early on that visionary thinking was a major contributor to the success levels I had attained. Who knows, maybe one of your visions could be the next Amazon.com.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

In Generation Why: How Boomers Can Lead and Learn from Millennials and Gen Z , McGill University professor Karl Moore asks why. He goes behind the observable behaviors and looks at the events that shaped their worldview to better understand why they are the way they are. Perhaps it would be better to say, worked with.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 10, 2021

It’s one thing to know something intellectually—to learn interesting new data, to gain an understanding of why something works the way it does, to be inspired by a message—but if it stops there and you don’t develop heart knowledge, then you’re less likely to see meaningful or lasting change as a result. That makes sense.

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Leading Blog

MAY 15, 2023

We rarely include intentional trust-building as part of our preparation work for negotiations, and this is a mistake. We rarely include intentional trust-building as part of our preparation work for negotiations, and this is a mistake. Failing to build trust adversely impacts your ability to influence and persuade other people.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Back in January, I wrote a post about how leaders need to pull the thread through so their teams can see how their work fits into the longer arc of the work. It’s all really more than most human beings are equipped to process in a day or a week. That’s the North Star you’ll keep coming back to.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

There’s plenty more that we need to remember as we lead. Take a gander at the 4 things I know all leaders need to remember. Leadership is a privilege: The first thing leaders need to remember is that leadership is a privilege. All while working with people who have their own ideas of what should be done.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 22, 2023

Delays happen all of the time. Great leaders know when to play it cool – Leadership lessons from Plane Click To Tweet Then, they all kept their cool once Gaspare was onboard. My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. He says he will.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

That’s why it’s so important to help your employees reach their full potential. Most people never reach their full potential. It means developing all of your talents and abilities and using them to make a positive difference in the world. Most people never reach their full potential because they never try.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In my work as an executive coach, I stress communication to my clients every day. Even leaders who are private by nature need to recognize that people talk, share and want to know. If you’re in leadership and either of these situations sound familiar, you need to start making changes right now. 1: Secrecy.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Guest post from Karlin Sloan: As a leadership development consultant, I have spent my career with people in business, NGOs, government, and not-for-profits who are focused, competent, talented and who have a deep sense of their personal power to impact those around them. Recently, those same people are having doubts.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This is a movie that needs to be seen. It’s a story that needs to be told (and it was in this movie and a book ). It’s a story that needs to be told (and it was in this movie and a book ). We need to remember Jesse Brown. Do you know which war this was? Jesse Brown: It helps to know the plane.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

As a business owner, keeping your employees motivated is one of the most important things you can do. The more motivated they are, the more work they can get done and the more money you will make. If you find that you are having more people leave, then it might be time to look at why this is and think about how you can make it better.

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Lead from Within

JULY 19, 2022

An important part of my work as an executive leadership coach involves coaching my clients in the areas where they need to be focusing their attention. If talent development isn’t already among your top priorities, here are four reasons why it should be: It helps you attract and retain top talent in a competitive market.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Most leaders strive to make sure everything is running correctly, but because they are so busy and have so much to do, they may not always notice when their own leadership or company is lacking alignment, causing the organization and its people to be distressed. you need to clarify the vision and communicate it concisely and consistently.

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