Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

When you’re running a business, it’s imperative that you maintain a focused and productive workforce. As a business leader, this is arguably one of your most important jobs, because it can define the success or failure of your company. So how can you ensure that your team are as content and hard-working as they can be?

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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. ” Have you been there?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 13, 2014

You see her talent and potential. She could be contributing so much more, you know it. But for reasons you don’tunderstand, she’s not ready. It’s crushing you to see her shying away from possibilities. You’re not a psychologist and this stuff can get messy. Invest deeply.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2018 that you might have missed: Empathy and creative thinking are valuable skills in the workplace, but they’re hard to teach by @Lyndagratton Frustrated or Focused - Leadership Tips for Managing Emotions by @davidmdye. 5 Excellent Ways You Can Crush Negative Thoughts by @LaRaeQuy.

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Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2019

Here are a selection of tweets from May 2019 that you don't want to miss: Leadership and Groundhog Day from @wallybock. Here are some ways to improve retention that are more effective than simplistic employee satisfaction surveys. A Surprising Example Of Why You Don't Need A Title To Effectively Lead Others by @TanveerNaseer Nailed it.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 21, 2023

Do you feel like the inner flame that motivates you in your personal and professional life has dimmed? Answering a few questions will provide insight into how you can rekindle your inner light. Clear out your desk by noon.” He was hard-working and competent, and now fired. How could this be happening?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s easy to become overwhelmed and lose your bearings at a time when many of the usual processes and measures no longer apply, but successful leadership is still possible—and more necessary than ever. It’s a time for bold decisions that you may have to make quickly, so keep your purpose and mission close to help steer you.

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HR Digest

MARCH 8, 2021

If your employees are no fan of Mondays, the chances are that it’s not the day itself that stirs up the doldrums – it’s what they have to do after clocking in to work. It’s ok for employees to feel stress and anxiety on Monday mornings – just don’t let it take control over their overall happiness in the workplace. Drum circles.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2017

Employees take the stinky issues, and disguise them so cleverly with spin, sandwiched feedback and carefully crafted Power Points, that no one can smell the real problem. Signs You May Have a Diaper Drama Culture (and what to do about it). So if this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. What’s making you nervous?”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 27, 2016

An executive at a company I work with recently told me: “W e have very creative employees who want to be innovative but find many obstacles created by the cultural opposition to it. We spend a lot of time training and encouraging employees at all levels how to be more creative and innovation. Allow employees time to innovate.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2017

close to you. What happens when you no longer recognize the job you once valued? What to do when you show for work one day and the atmosphere is strange and uncomfortable; work is familiar but the same affection is no longer associated? It is like hearing from a high school crush. Their patient, Madame M.,

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Janice shared: I’d had enough: the gossip; the veterans scaring the new hires; more and more people doing just enough to get by… And I was frustrated because we’d done so much to foster employee engagement. But such “Pleaser” behaviors actually crush the spirit of those making the biggest impact on your team. .

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HR Digest

MARCH 4, 2021

A bad manager can crush engagement and motivation, down productivity, and generally make coming to work a chore for the entire team. In the same Gallup report, they found that “the manager accounts for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement.”. Micromanagement happens when you don’t trust your team.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 28, 2018

Guest post by Brant Menswar and Jim Trick: While on the surface, you would think the goal of any songwriter is to write a song that dominates the airwaves, flies up the charts, sells millions of records and wins a coveted Grammy Award. Your business is changing on a daily basis.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 18, 2011

When I was in the cable business as an SVP of Operations, I oversaw over 1,100 employees- not a “small&# company by too many definitions (unless you are in the Fortune 500). The Step: Push as much responsibility and decision-making as you can to front line supervisors. And crush your big competitors.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 5, 2017

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” ~ Steve ~. You ask a critical question. Your employer is going to be working with you for a while, so they want to make sure they can get along with you… and that you can get along well within the company culture. What are some ways you can impress this message on them?

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Bad leaders, you can guess, do the opposite. Demotivation doesn’t serve your team well. Rather, demotivation brings your team down. Demotivation makes your team angry and frustrated. Demotivation makes your team angry and frustrated. Demotivation will send your team looking for new opportunities.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 27, 2023

They’ll dance around issues – never confronting them with you or bringing them to the leader’s attention. The leader will seldom know the true health of your team or what others are thinking. The leader never knows their true feelings – afraid the leader will crush them if they do.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Maybe it’s not your fault, but it is your problem to figure out how to navigate into a more appealing work situation. Unlimited provided A Simple Suggestion to Reduce Your Email. This one suggestion will help you reduce the volume in your inbox and free up time for more important needs.” Development.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 15, 2015

It’s been crushed. And you must learn to adapt to this new work environment. No longer are employees tied to a fixed workstation. Employees are carrying around laptops, tablets, and smartphones that have instant access to work email. Your employees no longer leave work at the office. No exceptions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 15, 2012

This has created dependence, which crushes potential. As a business owner or business leader, you are in a unique position to create a culture in your organization that will help your employees break the addiction of entitlement and dependence, and become active participants in the business’s financial performance.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Why on earth would we add to the tension even more by unknowingly compromising our employee’s self-confidence? Research indicates that dismissing the importance of an employee’s ideas or work can crush a sense of self-confidence and accordingly a sense of meaning for the employee. We don’t mean to, but yet we do.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 14, 2018

POWER YOUR TRIBE delves deeply into the emotional undertow that often accompanies growth and change, so leaders can learn how to remove change resistance. Source: Christine Comaford: Power Your Tribe: Create Resilient Teams in Turbulent Times. How Emotionally Intelligent Are You? Employee Engagement.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2017

close to you. What happens when you no longer recognize the job you once valued? What to do when you show for work one day and the atmosphere is strange and uncomfortable; work is familiar but the same affection is no longer associated? It is like hearing from a high school crush. Their patient, Madame M.,

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To accomplish something great, author Matt Higgins says you need to toss your Plan B overboard and burn the boats. You have to give yourself no escape route, no chance to ever turn back. You throw away your backup plans and your push forward, no longer bogged down by the infinite ways in which we hedge our own successes.”

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 30, 2018

Have you ever been in a meeting and wondered, “Why am I here?” Or worse yet, have you ever lead a meeting while others quietly asked themselves, “Why am I here?” If so, my guess is there was one thing missing that could have made a profound difference in how you or others felt about a meeting.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 13, 2018

This firm is dedicated to providing organizations with ideas, products, and services that improve teamwork, clarity, and employee engagement. The suffering Jesus went through was so profound so I decided I had to start my talk with the ending (Sorry, I’m not going to spoil it for you just yet). Or teach me to be like you.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2019

How productive is your business? A common way to measure organizational productivity is to look at your bottom line. If revenues are growing year over year, you can conclude that your company is productive. You need to evaluate the rate of output per unit. In this context, a unit is an employee.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 15, 2014

Insights that help us to understand what we need to do to get our employees to embrace the change initiatives we’re putting forth to ensure success in our collective efforts. Don’t just tell, but show why this change initiative matters If there’s one thing all of us were told by our mothers, it was to eat our vegetables.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

Gallup – which has made it its business to track these kinds of numbers – reports that 51% of American employees are actively looking for a job. Do you know what that means on a global scale? Employees tell us that the relationship they want from their supervisor is one of being a coach, not a boss. trillion globally.

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Cooperperson

MARCH 11, 2018

Bosses promise themselves they won’t get upset by things their employees do or say. Or, employees who work in close proximity to one another and find it challenging to deal each other’s behavior/habits. Are you willing 2. Are you ready? Of course, you can choose any silly words you like, but the suggestion is brilliant!

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Goleman Emotional Intelligence Long-term Learning-by-Doing 78

Lead Change Blog

JULY 27, 2016

Evaluating your employees. As soon as your alarm clock goes off, your mind starts to race. And, while a leadership role can certainly cause you to sweat, it shouldn’t start as soon as you wake up! In fact, there are several steps you can take to ensure your days always get off to a stress-free start.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

A client called: “Karin I’m going to send you the job description for the new role we designed, but ignore all the HR mumbo jumbo,” just concentrate on the competencies and see if they seem right to you based on the strategy we’ve been working on.” ” Game on. It didn’t. It never does.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Do you know if you have a growth mindset or a fixed mindset? A growth mindset is a positive way of thinking that relies on learning and consistency to reach your goals. A fixed mindset, on the other hand, keeps you confined within predetermined limitations. Determine if you have a Growth or Fixed Mindset.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 13, 2020

Your values are showing. When you look at the comparison companies you find a very different pattern. Downsizing crushes morale and productivity. Downsizing crushes morale and productivity. Offering employee buyout opportunities on businesses, product lines, or divisions that might be closed.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 6, 2012

For those of you that may not be familiar with the Carnival, here's a refresher: 1. I'm always looking for new contributors - if you are interested, send me an email with a link to your blog and I'll consider adding you to the list. You really get a perspective about life. I'm at danmccarth at gmail dot com.

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Cooperperson

MARCH 12, 2018

Bosses promise themselves they won’t get upset by things their employees do or say. Or, employees who work in close proximity to one another and find it challenging to deal each other’s behavior/habits. Are you willing 2. Are you ready? Of course, you can choose any silly words you like, but the suggestion is brilliant!

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