Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Just before I began writing this article, I received an email from a blog subscriber we’ll call Jack. Jack was reading an old article of mine in his inbox. The article spoke to him about his attitude that was souring. Reading the article reminded him to keep his attitude in check. We All Need Reminders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 19, 2021

One of the interesting parts of being regular leadership writers (we’ve been blogging here at Let’s Grow Leaders since 2012), is to see which of our leadership blog posts resonate the most with our readers and why. We would love to hear from you. Which leadership blog posts have you found most helpful this year so far?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Invest One Hour a Month to Help Your Team Perform Even Better. Every truly high-performing team has one thing in common: They spend time in candid conversation talking about what’s working and consistently look for ways to improve. They look at the work they’re doing and ask “how can we” do this EVEN BETTER?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Practical Tips to Help You and Your Team Heal. What’s equally difficult is helping your team recover, establishing a new normal, and figuring out how in the world you’ll get it all done with fewer people. Not to mention, we’re already fragile right now. After a Heartwrenching Layoff.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Have you ever worried that if you accept help you could jeopardize your credibility or not get the credit when things turn around? My team’s results are not where they need to be. We are struggling. But my manager now wants to bring in all kinds of help: people from HR, training, and even my peers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

We’ll bet that somewhere along the line, clear communication was compromised, and “magical thinking” crept in. It happens all the time. after all, they’re a grown-up, have a certification, have been doing this work for a decade, get paid the big bucks, or weren’t raised in a barn).

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

This article was co-authored by Laura Musgrave , Kevin Bijas, and Jeffrey Cohn. A Forbes article in 2017 titled “If You Want To Be ‘CEO Material,’ Develop These 15 Traits,” created a laundry-list of traits needed to be a great CEO. We chose to address the following traits in this article: . Grit and courage .

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 10, 2022

The optimism we may have ordinarily had in past years as we turned the calendar to January and considered all of the new possibilities that lay ahead of us is a little harder to muster up this time. In the current environment, you’ll need to do more than present the goals and expect execution. The Role of Hope.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2021

Even if you’re a rock star human-centered leader, doing all the right things to encourage micro-innovation and problem solving, it’s also likely that you have a few team members who still have best practices and ideas they’re holding back. Help your silent ponderous employees bring you better ideas.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 28, 2023

Or you let a performance issue fester for fear of not being liked? In this article, we address the common reasons so many managers tolerate poor performance, and what to do instead. In this article, we address the common reasons so many managers tolerate poor performance, and what to do instead.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 8, 2024

Remembering micro-moments of courage makes it easier to do the right thing next time. If you want your team to feel more courageous, remind them of times they’ve been courageous before. First, we know from Dr. Amy Edmondson’s research on psychological safety, that how we think about the past matters.

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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 30, 2023

Ask your sales managers what they need to do to move an opportunity through the funnel. If you’ve been hanging around Let’s Grow Leaders or #askingforafriend for more than a minute, you know how much we love to talk about the importance of creating clarity and communicating clear expectations.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 30, 2023

And, we did spend a good bit of time together, because of her pivotal role on the team. And, we did spend a good bit of time together, because of her pivotal role on the team. But we were not in love (with each other). And, neither of us was headed to Jamaica any time soon. So there’s that.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 11, 2023

Do you have someone on your team who doesn’t speak up in meetings…then shares all their excellent ideas and important perspectives after the fact? How can I help Joe?” ” #askingforafriend Joe is what we call in our book, Courageous Cultures , a SILENT PONDEROUS type. What should I do?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 21, 2023

Position your ideas at work so they’re more likely to be heard. I was told “We welcome your different perspectives, experiences, and ideas at work. That’s exactly what we need here! And I’m constantly hearing, “ahhh, I don’t think we can do it that way.” What should I do?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2022

They shake their head, sigh, and say things like, “Who comes up with these ideas? They shake their head, sigh, and say things like, “Who comes up with these ideas? When you ask what’s going on, they smirk and say, “Right, like you really want our ideas.”. No one wants to waste their time or effort. Toxic Courage Crushers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 5, 2023

Successful Working Managers Relentlessly Prioritize, Invest in People, and Delegate “I’m a working manager – not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work, besides having to lead my team. If that sounds familiar, this article is for you. What should I do?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 19, 2023

If this sounds like you, today’s article is for you. Here’s the question that prompted this production of #askingforafriend … “Hey Karin, I have a really exciting vision I know will be helpful for my team. Help Them Express Their Concerns Get the concerns in the room, in the room.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

After all, you want to be helpful, responsive, and a team player. And yet, every time you say “yes” to something or someone, you’re saying “no” to something or someone else. In our leadership programs, we always recommend facing difficult conversations with confidence and humility.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2021

But, now your team is bigger and you need to scale your leadership. How do you scale your leadership, motivate your large team, and continue to get the results you need? I quickly jumped in and did everything I could to motivate the team and help them regain t heir results and mojo. All the results are sliding backward.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article We’ve heard the fictional story of the women warriors of the Dora Milaje in the movie Black Panther. We will explore those leadership lessons in this article. Your gut helps you figure out things happening before they happen. I think employees need to be more like Nawi.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. This time, they’ve come with a vendetta. This time, they’ve come with a vendetta. We’re going to take a look at those lessons today. We can come to love our organizations or our positions of leadership too much.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 15, 2023

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. The film shows Otto’s multiple attempts at suicide (if you’re contemplating suicide, please reach out for help. Each time, someone interrupts his attempt. He’d seen it all, done it all, and he was done.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. The Pez Outlaw is probably the best documentary I’ve seen all year. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. I was turned onto The Pez Outlaw by Bobby Hill (he’s guest posted on the site before). What are you selling?

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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. How do you communicate your worth to get the recognition, support, and advocacy you need? It helps you to target your coaching and development efforts to what each person on your team most needs.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 16, 2023

We wholeheartedly agree with Dr. Murthy’s assessment. For nearly 20 years, we’ve been advocating for greater connection in the workplace and in life outside of work because we know the profound positive impact connection has on individuals and groups. Surgeon General’s office, which prompted the publication of a new advisory.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 25, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. We’ll look at those leadership lessons in this Reel Leadership article. There will be times when you no longer want the responsibility of leadership. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2023

Knowing that a connection deficit negatively affects our own health and well-being, the health of groups and the health of society, we’ve become concerned observing how the pace and stress of life threaten to squeeze out time for supportive, lifegiving relationships and endeavors. As humans, we are hardwired to connect.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 30, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. All of this adds up to an exciting story of mistaken identity that turns out okay in the end. If you love samurai movies, you’ll like this movie. If you like ninja movies, there’s something for you here. There was another.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Besides providing stellar legal advice to clients, they’re a leadership development factory helping young lawyers sharpen their leadership acumen and soft skills at every step of their career. As Wim points out, when it comes to risk, 99% of law school is geared towards helping future lawyers identify and avoid future risk.

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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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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 17, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. A town (Kakamucho) full of cats finds itself in need of a hero. Today’s Reel Leadership article will examine the leadership lessons in Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank. Ika Chu didn’t like this. You give me facts.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. It’s one of the most moving films I’ve seen in a long time. 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 ). We need to remember Jesse Brown.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I F YOU ENTER a bookstore and peruse the shelves for books on famous leaders in history, you’ll likely find a recurring cast of characters staring at you. How leaders operated within, or pushed against, the constraints of their time illustrate characteristics of responsibility, vision, sacrifice, and more. Winston Churchill.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 3, 2023

Great Results Teambuilding is the home of the April 2023 Leadership Development Carnival… And it is an honor to host this impressive version of monthly curated articles with insights that will equip you to become a more effective leader! We need to make sure we’re having growth and fun – we’re choosing happiness – along the way.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 16, 2021

So, as we start returning to work, as the COVID restrictions ease across the world, leaders need to consider the impact the pandemic has had on their team and act accordingly. In this article, we will examine what is Post Traumatic Growth, how it has impacted your team, and the hidden benefits that this might bring your business.

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