Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

I actually had the opportunity to give my two-liner, power-packed elevator pitch to a senior-level executive – on an elevator – immediately following a team training about communication. . This moment in my career helped launch me into the next level of leadership at the company I worked for.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

The Best Leadership Article Published Elsewhere (Training Magazine). People seemed to really resonate with our article in Training Magazine, Building Teams that Speak Up and Solve Problems. Leadership without Losing Your Soul Podcast (With David Dye). Karin’s Asking for a Friend show continues to gain traction.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 21, 2023

You can build more confidence and competence in your team by training them in intervals, or short confidence bursts. 2) Empathetic Customer Service The small contact center supporting customers for a regional energy company was having trouble. Hold training and focused skill-building throughout the day.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It’s optimistic, encouraging, and full of opportunities to help you navigate your company, career, team, and life through the fog of disruption. 22:33 – The role of training and discipline in helping you lead effectively. 22:33 – The role of training and discipline in helping you lead effectively.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

For example, if your company wants to improve customer retention, there may be several initiatives including implementing a new customer management software, improving customer support quality, and a “plus one” strategy to deliver an unexpected bonus service or product to existing customers. Back to the customer retention example.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 15, 2023

She emphasizes the importance of leaders having the skillset to lead people effectively, as many leaders are trained in functional areas but lack the necessary tools to lead individuals. Notable clients include Boeing, Exxon Mobil, Ford Motor Company, Google, IBM, J.P. Morgan, and Verizon.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 14, 2013

The sales pitch began with shiny brochures and a promise that once I “graduated” from this “elite” and “intense” management training program, I could move to any aspect of the company. ”It was a great start for HR, training, or frontline leadership.” ” From there the [.]

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 30, 2023

Today’s Asking for a Friend comes to you from Scottsdale Arizona, at the ISA — The Association of Learning Providers conference (where I get to spend time with other great people who run training companies like ours. Steve and I had a blast facilitating the sales and marketing “fishbowl.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 1, 2021

Last week I attended the Association of Training Providers conference, where people like us who run training companies like ours gather to talk about industry trends, share ideas, and help one another better serve our clients. Wow, it felt great to be on the other side of a keynote speech for a change. ” 2.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A quality visit might include an introduction to a senior manager, a discussion of upcoming projects, learning about their sourcing requirements, or a follow-up meeting to share how your company can meet those needs. Or, they haven’t been trained on what success looks like for these critical employee development activities.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Like other human resource competencies, resourcefulness needs to be taught and nurtured, through deliberate focus and training. These companies were all running on tight margins and focused on building high-engagement cultures. Kim began sharing experiences from a role at a previous company and why they had been so meaningful to her.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2023

And psst… Dear Leader …if you want to bring human-centered practical leadership training to your teams, visit our Team Accelerator page. Learn about our manager-driven team development program to sustain company-wide change, from the inside out. And now, your turn.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2021

And, we now use it frequently in our live-online training programs using anonymous polls in our Let’s Grow Leaders Learning Lab to quickly gather hopes and fears and talk about the themes. How’s our company really doing? We discovered this technique by accident in one of our in-person strategic innovation workshops.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 24, 2016

Michael Teoh (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is the Founder of Thriving Talents, a ‘Millennials-focused’ Talent Development company which delivers training and consultancy for Fortune 500 companies across 39 countries, in the areas of Attracting, Managing, Retaining & Motivating Millennials.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Most companies get this and take deliberate steps to differentiate their products. Sadly, as companies work to scale, one of the biggest mistakes I see is that they begin to de-personalize the customer experience in the name of efficiency. . You’re Force Feeding Processes for Your Convenience. You’re Reading From a Script.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 31, 2023

In the mid-19th century, no suspension bridge designed for trains existed. Merritt obtained the government’s permission, formed a company, and hired the right talent – in this case, Charles Elliot Jr., Keep thinking about it as we travel back to 1845. a dynamic engineer with a knack for promotion.

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JUNE 13, 2016

But I just got an email from him saying that although I was qualified, he was worried about my passion for training!!! You KNOW how passionate I am about training– it’s my life! When asked if the training job was not available, if he would be willing take a call center manager job for a few years. Do Your Homework.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 3, 2021

If they sell our building, how will we do our training? Will we ever have a company off-site again? Will office work remain fully virtual, or move to a hybrid model? Is that project still realistic with all this uncertainty? What if we reorganize… again? What’s Going to Happen Next. There’s much you can’t possibly predict.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 16, 2021

Recently we spoke with “John,” a C-Suite executive at a national organization, who had just added his name to the list of those leaving their company during the Great Resignation. Opportunities for growth include skill training, different responsibilities, and more interesting or challenging work.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 20, 2016

That’s why so many companies are moving away from traditional sales roles and teaching their teams to be “consultants,” “strategic partners,” and “solutions architects.” Train them to ask strategic open-ended questions and truly listen to the response. It was “Sarah.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

So a quality visit might include an introduction to a senior manager, maybe a discussion of upcoming projects, learning about their sourcing requirements, or a follow-up meeting to share how your company can meet any of those needs. And yet their employee engagement scores are some of the lowest in the company. Yep, check.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 27, 2014

They want to know they matter–to you–not just to the company. If we should do THAT each time, the training and metrics must change. More than anything, your team wants to know you have their backs. They want to believe you’d walk through fire for them and to take the proverbial bullet coming from above.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2015

Great entrepreneural companies have a passionate spirit that feels like a gust of warm wind sweeping you off your feet as you walk through their door. I’ve also seen companies rush to get (or stay) big, and lose their edge. It may be a bit hectic, but you want to tighten your shoelaces and run along. ” -Aescuylus.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2017

But sadly, in so many companies around the world, I see a similar effect. It doesn’t take long to train your people to lay low and avoid the tough conversations. I’ve worked with companies where the employees tell me the unspoken rule… “Never ever bring up the the truth in a focus group.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

It doesn’t feel like training. Having been involved with hundreds of action learning projects over the years, I’ve seen amazing, breakthrough work and also colossal train wrecks. Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. Real work gets done. Learning is contextual.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

It doesn’t feel like training. Having been involved with hundreds of action learning projects over the years, I’ve seen amazing, breakthrough work and also colossol train wrecks. Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. Real work gets done. Learning is contextual.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

What unique contributions would they bring to our company? They would receive some training, shadow, take on some tasks, and finally “try on” the job. . Can I see myself doing this every day? Of course, employers are asking similar questions: Does this kid have potential? Do they fit in? No commitment. No guarantees. .

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Don’t just give lip service to valuing their experience, show that you trust them to help you make your company or service the best it can be. Be patient, be positive and be willing to adapt training to their fears or needs. Speaking of insight, good leaders makes use of their employees’ strengths. Be Transparent. Be Assertive.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Or perhaps you work on your own or in a small company that just doesn’t have time for such formalities? Competency models are extremely useful for staffing and selection processes, building training curriculum, compensation modeling and other contexts. Do you leave such things to the HR department and get on with your work?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 20, 2015

Barbara Kimmel of Trust Across America advises that breakthrough results can be achieved by companies that proactively build trust into their business strategy. From Matt McWilliams of MattMcWilliams.com : These four words are what helped a shy assistant nearly set a company record for sales…in her first week. Follow Bruce. .

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 6, 2016

If you run the company, by all means, lead and then hire a good operations person to manage. Train and equip your team to meet the expectations. What I do mean is that if you don’t have the basics in place, you create chaos and lose credibility with your people. There’s nothing wrong with that.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 16, 2014

The good news – these talents and traits can be developed if companies invest in their would-be managers with coaching and developmental plans. Yes it is possible to be heavily invested in growing yourself and those you serve – even if the training budget has dried up and blown away. Follow Lisa @ThoughtfulLdrs.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 27, 2015

I’m finding most of the companies I’ve talked with are starting with a 10-person pilot to try it out. If you would like you learn more about how this would work for your company or non-profit, send me an email at karin.hurt@letsgrowleaders.com and I can schedule a demo.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 18, 2017

One place where many companies fall short is providing case studies, but not providing action steps. Maybe you offer a free training. Gather case studies from your consumers and categorize them in a way that makes sense for your business (industry, business size, family size, etc.). The Customization Email.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 2, 2014

Even if they’ve heard the webcast, participated in the town hall, read then company newsletter, and had a visit from the senior team, they need to hear it from you. You’re Relying On Someone Else To Do It. You know your team has heard the message at least 4 times. Teams need people they trust to translate the big picture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

In the post, Why it is Imperative to Break Down Silos Now and Five Ways to Do It , Robyn McLeod of Thoughtful Leaders Blog shares that building trust, fostering collaboration, and being a role model lessens the friction points within your company and creates more productive alliances. Follow Robyn. – Henry Winkler. Follow Jim.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

In the post, Why it is Imperative to Break Down Silos Now and Five Ways to Do It , Robyn McLeod of Thoughtful Leaders Blog shares that building trust, fostering collaboration, and being a role model lessens the friction points within your company and creates more productive alliances. Follow Robyn. – Henry Winkler. Follow Jim.

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