Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 4, 2024

Instead of closing the door on discussion, why not keep it ajar for more ideas , refinements, and maybe—just maybe—finding a path to team unity that doesn’t involve mutual evasion tactics? Curiosity powerful phrases work great here. Replace them with phrases that promote an atmosphere of innovation, openness, and collaboration.

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CO2

JANUARY 24, 2024

Imagine a leadership approach, let’s call it “Just Ask Leadership,” that pivots on sparking curiosity and nurturing open conversations. Cultivating a Curious Culture Through the Art of Inquiry To plant the seeds of Just Ask Leadership, you first need to till the soil for curiosity to bloom.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Seizing Opportunities with Zeal Why It's Crucial : Opportunities, whether they come disguised as challenges or open doors to new ventures, are the lifeblood of career advancement. Curiosity leads to discovering new opportunities. Be Open to Change : Embrace change and be willing to take calculated risks.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 5, 2021

Are you open to some of my ideas in that arena? Cultivate Curiosity. And, the sad truth is that many managers think they ARE asking because they have an open door. If you want to cultivate curiosity about how to make things better, the easiest way to start is by asking courageous questions of yourself and others.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

And in teaching audiences how to become more aware of themselves and their team members tendencies and needs, I have often emphasized the importance of curiosity and how that leads to having more positive and intentional interactions. 2 – Empathize and Inquire: Discover clues with curiosity and finesse.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2022

” At the very least, this powerful question gives you insights into what the other person needs, and then of course opens the door for you to share your definition of success as well. One of the fastest ways to de-escalate an emotional conversation is to show up with genuine curiosity about how you might help.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 10, 2023

Beginning the conversation with a bit of curiosity is an important first step. A Few Conversation Starters To Inspire Attention to Your Genius As you show up with curiosity, here are a few conversation starters to uncover opportunities and understand their perspective. The key here is to ask for specific insights.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

Curiosity: The Desire to Continuously Learn. Curiosity will play a critical role in steering an organizational transformation, creating a new product, innovation or better understanding the competition. Humility reinforces our curiosity in others and the world around us. I call these attributes “The Big Four.”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 20, 2020

You have an open door. Intentional Cultivating Curiosity starts with intention: you must ask—a lot. This kind of asking goes way beyond an open-door policy. In fact, most open-door policies are a passive leadership cop-out. I have an open door,” puts the responsibility on the team, not the leader.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 26, 2018

It is a convenient tag that often camouflages the real enabler—curiosity. Great Mentor-Leaders Show Perpetual Curiosity. If curiosity is the cultural goal, the enabling leader role is mentoring. It telegraphs a leader who is cutting-edge and transformational; one who cultivates risk-taking and experimentation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 8, 2023

Curiosity and connection will work wonders. When you invite them to consider how it would feel, it opens the door to solutions. They’ve been dismissed as “negative” and watched people roll their eyes, and their skepticism gets worse – and the complaining spirals. How do you think we can address this?”

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 12, 2017

When I was growing up, I envied the little boy next door. Questions provoke lively debate, satisfy our curiosity, and prompt us to assess our assumptions. A good question can disrupt, inspire, show humility, and open closed doors. His mom asked him questions. Will you spend the afternoon reading a book or playing?

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Leading with Trust

AUGUST 30, 2020

Conversational capacity is the ability to have open, balanced, non-defensive dialogue about tough subjects and in challenging circumstances. The sweet spot is where candor and curiosity are in balance. Since winning behavior results from a drop in curiosity, we need to learn how to become more curious about the perspectives of others.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Building a life of purpose and passion has so much less to do with your inherent intelligence or gifts and more about your posture, mindset, and curiosity quotient. Chose Curiosity Over Criticism. And you will never know unless you are open enough to try. Stop Trying to “Find Your Passion”. So, make it smaller.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Show up the conversation with genuine curiosity. Learn from it, incorporate that knowledge, and open the door to the next level of learning. And, of course, you may need to look outside your current organization if you are ready, but unwilling to wait for an opening to come along. What do they see or know that you don’t?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2020

The quickest way to stretch in talking with (not at) is to grow in curiosity by asking great questions and listening more. Next time you engage your team, start with a thoughtful macro-manager question, open the door for people to speak, and then follow up their response by saying, “Tell me more.”.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 6, 2012

Matthew 7:7 reads: ”Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”(NIV)

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Listening demonstrates respect, concern, an openness to new ideas, empathy, compassion, curiosity, trust, loyalty, and receptivity to feedback – all considered to be qualities of an effective leader. The cures: Shut the door, turn off the smartphone, focus, and give the person in front of you 100% of your attention.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Navigate political conflict at work with a combination of clarity, connection, and curiosity When you think of talking with people at work who have different political beliefs, your first response might be like that of many people we’ve encountered as we wrote Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict : “Yeah, no. Just like you.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 24, 2017

In fact, your body can go a lot longer than you think — check out this podcast — it opened my eyes! We keep moving forward , opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious…and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”. Keep moving forward. The post Do Whatever It Takes.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

I recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of my entry into the business world – I still remember that day in 1982, when, fresh out of college, I walked through the door of Ernst & Whinney in San Antonio, Texas, and started my journey to the place where I now sit and write this post, in Portland, Oregon.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The antidote is curiosity. It may get us in the door, but character is what determines how far we go. “If When you search for an explanation as to why you have a hard time trusting or opening your heart to people, you can make progress. He reminds us that cynicism is a choice that benefits no one. Cynics never change the world.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

Curiosity opens doors. When we let go of our expectations, we open the door for the unexpected. If you don’t see development as a key management responsibility, you will lose some of your best people before you even notice them. Blame closes them. On Collaboration. Otherwise at best, they get compliance.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 28, 2023

When a leader recognizes how someone else is feeling, they open the door to understanding and helping that person get unstuck by providing more clarity or potentially an alternative solution. In order to grow, you need to have a certain degree of curiosity, be willing to try new things and become uncomfortable.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 16, 2016

When attempts at motivating an employee are going poorly, what can you do before you show them the door? True curiosity — suspending judgment in favor of finding out what is really going on and what would really help. Look at yourself. In this scenario, a relatively new employee has gone from good to lethargic to obstinate.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 26, 2012

More specifically than what you see above, the opportunities to coach others in your organization might also look something like this: A knock on your door, a phone call or e-mail from someone who appears to need a listening ear — for a variety of reasons. A team that needs to be re-energized in the mission of your organization.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2018

It asks, What other doors might open for me? Curiosity “is vital to adaptability and intellectual growth, and it motivates ongoing learning and forward motion.” Transformative Resilience frames challenge as an opportunity rather than a problem. It leads to new approaches and questions about how to best address an issue.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 19, 2017

May the Lord bless you” was a sign over the front door so it would be the last thing you saw as you exited. . Well, I’m getting me a new one,” he cheerfully responded as if he was hoping someone would finally give him an opening for his next line. “My He opened the cash register, pulled out $20 bill and turned to an associate.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 23, 2013

Avoid distraction; let others know you can’t be disturbed, turn off your e-mail alerts and close your door, if you have one. Instead of doing all of the talking to your team, invite them into conversation with wide-open questions, your curiosity and your best listening. Take time to think rather than just react.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 2, 2017

Get the answers: The best leaders I’ve known were always full of questions and curiosity, even when they thought they knew the answers. They would ask lots of open-ended questions like, “tell me more about how that works,” “how do you fix it when it breaks” and “where do you get the resources you need?”. Click To Tweet.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One creative way to market a brand is by using door hangers, believe it or not! Door hangers offer a fresh and innovative way to spread your message. So, should you consider using door hangers to target your niche market ? They have no choice but to read what’s written on a hanger before they open the door!

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Scott Mabry

MARCH 11, 2019

If you can hold this perspective, it opens the door for dialogue and engagement. If you can connect to that outcome it frees your mind to be open and creative instead of closed and defensive. The idea is to create space for your curiosity, intention, and empathy to engage before your ego and emotions take over.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

Opening the cage door, Hazel works to convince the four to abandon their confined and boring dwelling and join his band in the wild. Even the language of business was littered with combative idioms like “cut throat,” “hands tied,” “take the bull by the horns,” “get a foot in the door,” and “twist an arm.” Leadership as a Force.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The leader who is always in the office behind closed doors is not the kind of leader people want to follow. Keep your ears open. Question with curiosity. Leaders need an open channel of communication with their people. Here it is: Get out of the office. Get up and get out. Listen carefully. Give feedback.

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Experience to Lead

JULY 22, 2022

Organizations can encourage a culture of personal mastery by offering their people time during the work week to invest in topics that spark curiosity. Eventually, these changes will lead to the innovations that open new doors of possibility for all. References: [link].

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You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 1, 2012

There is a certain kind of freedom associated with living out on the open water. There are no boundaries to our curiosity. Cast off the chains of immobility, because there’s something beyond your door”. I have, however, nothing but admiration for those who choose, (and have the stomach for) sailing. We may not all be sailors.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 17, 2010

why is everyone smiling?

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