Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 29, 2014

Use these two powerful words as a response to constructive feedback (which should be seen as a gift), positive feedback, as a way to express gratitude for going the extra mile or a job well done, or when someone brings bad news or a problem to your attention. Just make sure to listen and say….

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with being in a bad mood or giving an employee constructive criticism. What we’re after is ensuring that whatever reinforcement we give is constructive and is based on the job done and not an irrelevant fleeting emotion that we brought into the workplace.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86% went over budget. When was the last time you saw a major planned project suffer from a cost overrun ? It’s not as common as you might think for a project with a clear plan to come in at or under budget. In turn, a 2014 study of IT projects found that only 16.2%

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 25, 2014

Ask for feedback – be open to it and listen – and be willing to give caring, constructive, and frank feedback to others. Be a humble and continuous learner, and be transparent about your development needs and what you are doing to overcome them. Be open to change – especially when the change isn’t your own idea.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

A good course or book will give you a framework and set of tools, which gives you the confidence to confront conflict in a constructive, deliberate way. I’d recommend taking a course in conflict management or reading a good book, like Crucial Conversations. You’ll also be able to coach employees how to handle their own conflicts.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

the child will naturally carry these feelings into adulthood, with the result that criticisms will be taken personally even when they’re meant to be constructive. or “Why can’t you be more like your brother?’ I developed something called the ‘ninety no’ contest. Any student who got ninety noes during their first two weeks received a prize.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 22, 2012

In other words, they might have been clueless, and by you bringing it to their attention (in a respectful, constructive way), they can easily correct it. Talk your concern over with a mentor and decide how to present the issue in a constructive, assertive, specific, and factual way.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

As their leader, you must be the consummate communicator, and in a virtual world, you must be constructive, creative, and consistent. You won’t see them sighing their way through their tasks. You won’t witness them skipping lunch to cry in their car.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

For over two decades, he has designed and delivered leadership and succession planning programs for experienced and emerging leaders for clients such as NASA, Accenture, CNN, Saks Fifth Avenue, Hugo Boss, UBS Bank, Walsh Construction, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Centers for Disease Control, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Create a program that addresses the importance of the soft skills (effective communication, difficult conversations, constructive feedback, delivering presentations) necessary for success in the role. So how does an organization go about creating a culture that distinguishes between leadership development and developing leaders?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 1, 2014

Managers who turn a deaf ear to constructive feedback or dissent will miss opportunities to improve, solve problems, or build coalitions for change. Managers that subscribe to this advice end up paying attention to the minutia that’s easily measured and ignoring what’s really important. Leaders are born and not made.”

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Constructive disagreements enhance creativity, encourage honesty, and lead to better problem solving. It’s especially costly in today’s work environments where 25% to 40% of managers’ time is spent mired in conflict with aggrieved board members, supervisors, clients, peers and subordinates.

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JUNE 27, 2016

Facilitate constructive cooperation (not competition!) Becoming a leader that drives innovation doesn’t always require learning new skills – it often means stopping innovative-killing behaviors or practices. Here are 10 things a leader can do to create an environment where employees are encouraged to be innovative: 1. Be a connector.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 3, 2014

Make your positive feedback positive, and make your negative feedback constructive. Meet again and show them things they have (or haven’t) done to change their performance, and then help them keep taking steps forward. By just telling everyone they did a good job, the team will eventually stop listening.

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MAY 15, 2018

Coming alongside Take the lead by being the first to come alongside others to see what we can constructively accomplish together. While we can spend a lifetime improving our skills, here are two ideas to help us be better leaders wherever we are.

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JUNE 11, 2015

People and companies that get good at it are intentional about creating a culture that embraces constructive change. What is the culture of your organization? As a leader not only should you know, but you should be part of the force creates conditions for change readiness.

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APRIL 9, 2013

I was happy to give them constructive feedback. (-: However, as I think about the work I’ve done with very seasoned successful executives, maybe I was too hard on those 20 something year-old students. Anyone in the job market, or soon to be in the job market, should at a minimum have answers for those questioned memorized and rehearsed.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Maki Moussavi is a transformational success coach focused on helping people create lives defined by their desires rather than societal or familial constructs of success. It takes practice, but your entire life will be better for it. Too many put up with a life spent surviving rather than thriving.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Invite constructive criticism to demonstrate your desire for continuous improvement and a willingness to change – two key elements of innovation. Publicly state that you will personally strive to uphold the behaviors you have stated in the credo. Frequently ask others to evaluate, metric and assess your behavior based on your declaration.

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APRIL 18, 2013

Soft tactics are considered thoughtful and constructive, and pull the person to make the necessary change. They are perceived as more forceful and push the person to comply versus support. Hard tactics include “exchange,” “legitimating,” “pressure,” “assertiveness,” “upward appeal” and “coalitions.”

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APRIL 19, 2018

If your company is engaged in construction, your worker’s real purpose is creating a safe home for people to live in, not fastening pieces of wood together. Money is Not a Purpose A company focused on purpose can make money, but profit can’t be the primary focus. And a happier, more engaged worker is better for the bottom line.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 13, 2014

If you let them know in a constructive way, most will do what they can to support you. Don’t assume they know. Not all managers are intuitive, sensitive, or can read your mind. And some experts suggest that women don’t ask as often as they should.

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JULY 26, 2012

Anyone who wants to improve needs honest, constructive feedback from their environment. However: It should be used with the right touch. Too much praise can also be damaging. We all need criticism just as much as we need to have our egos buttered up. But getting feedback is easier said than done – especially as an executive leader.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

Since many shy away from providing constructive criticism, proactively seek it out and be specific as to how others can assist you. If you’re remote, travel to the main office for town halls, special events, or occasional staff meetings. Ask for feedback. Plain and simple, feedback is a gift. Welcome it with open arms.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

I need to stop avoiding conflict – and start dealing with conflicts head on in a more constructive way. I’ll learn the “art and science” of negotiation, and use proven negotiation techniques to collaborate and reach win-win outcomes with my manager, direct reports, peers, suppliers and customers. Learn to resolve conflict.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

You want constructive disagreement. While differing genders, race, ethnicity, national origins, socio-economics, age, etc. can provide you with a more well-rounded perspective, it also means actively leading respectful debates. In fact, too many unanimous decisions may mean your board is disempowered, unengaged or simply not stepping up.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Besides conveying something negative, the stress associated with criticism is heightened when givers are not prepared and deliver a poorly constructed message highly subject to misinterpretation and challenge. The discomfort associated with criticism is understandable.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 26, 2011

Your ability to help your coachee create a “more vs. less” dichotomy is based on getting your coachee to take reasonable risks—to take positive, constructive action, accept the consequences of their behavior, course correct, course correct again, and never give up in their pursuit of positive constructive change.

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JULY 9, 2015

With the visions now distinctly articulated, leaders can construct and post billboards throughout the organization and express their visions during talks with members of the organization. The process of writing clarifies visions such that they can be robustly expressed in words that command the organization's attention.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

With the patent intact, she began shopping the idea around to a number of manufacturers in North Carolina to help her construct a sample product. It was a much more flattering and comfortable look, and it dawned on her then that this was something women could actually use. And you are representing? And you are financially backed by?”

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JANUARY 17, 2013

It gives participants the opportunity to make persuasive business presentations to a small group of colleagues, with two executives on hand to give constructive feedback. In another example, a large beverage manufacturer sponsors a global leadership program for women. Encourage your managers to attend communication skills training programs.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

Unfortunately, all too often we restrict our feedback to constructive criticism – if that’s all they get from you then you will lose them. If you see them doing something well, don’t just walk by, stop and tell them what you observed and why it is important. They’re not looking for just a job…they’re looking for a meaningful experience.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 22, 2011

As a manager, part of your job is to judge your employees, to give constructive feedback, and sometimes to discipline them, even fire them. Does this sound like something a friend would do to another friend? Although this threat never seems to scare managers, yes, it’s true – you and company could get sued.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2007

People Agility: Describes people who know themselves well, learn from experience, treat others constructively, and are cool and resilient under the pressures of change. Lominger and Eichenger did a study that linked “learning agility” as a predictor of leadership success. The four types are learning agility are: 1.

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JUNE 16, 2012

Being resilient, maintaining optimism, seeking out and using constructive feedback to adapt their behavior in order to foster broader innovation – these are all essential precursors for success as a matrix leader. The daily challenges and setbacks of working in the matrix and achieving alignment are not for the faint of heart.

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DECEMBER 29, 2007

It’s all about how to deal with a bad boss (in a constructive way). Here are five ways to get started on your journey to “great leadership”, and to look for things to stop doing: 1. Badbossology.com is a site created for the unhappy individual contributor. If you recognize yourself doing any of these things, stop it.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

What made these speeches so persuasive was not necessarily their oration, but their vision and appeal to the heart as well as the mind, and their construction. Continuing with this analogy, he said: “Then about ten years ago, under this standard, man emerged from his caves to construct other kinds of shelter.

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