Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

What to Say to Address Confidential Information with Candor and Care The best way to handle confidential information is with all the clarity you can bring to the conversation. After reinforcing your commitment to protect sensitive information, you may need to be assertive and close the conversation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

By creating clarity, cultivating connection and curiosity, and creating commitment, you can navigate these tough conversations with more confidence and empathy. Have you had to deliver difficult news to your team? Better to speak the truth. “It sounds like you’re really frustrated.” work well here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 23, 2023

” But what if you could be the one to change the conversation—to focus on the path forward instead of dwelling on setbacks? Shifting the Paradigm for Better Team Setback Conversations The power of language can be transformative, especially in how we perceive challenges and team setbacks. More on that research here.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Do #2: Communicate Effectively: Effective communication is the cornerstone of successful leadership. Don’t #2: Avoid Difficult Conversations: Avoiding difficult conversations can lead to unresolved issues and tensions within your team. Be transparent about your goals, expectations, and vision.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 22, 2024

To do more, clarify who owns the decision and know when it’s time to move Is your team full of good intentions and meaningful conversations that don’t translate into action and results? I want to ensure everyone’s got that and make sure we’re not rehashing so we can get all the perspectives in the conversation.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

While well-intended, this and other concerns are common obstacles that stop necessary conversations and attempts at +influence from occurring. We have a lot of internal conversations occurring in our heads. A conversation with each stakeholder concerning pressure points and interests can inform any influence attempts.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

“Errr, well, no, but …” The conversation after that “but” is at the heart of teaching your team how to think and act like an entrepreneur. Describe the most difficult problem you’ve ever faced at work. Let’s start a conversation. ” As you can imagine, the answer was often.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 29, 2024

Part 2: Great Teams: 12 Practical Collaboration Habits to Create Clarity 12 Habits to Foster More Curiosity and Creativity on Your Team 1. In today’s fast-paced, uncertain world, it doesn’t make sense to keep doing what you’re doing without serious conversation about whether the status quo still makes sense.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2021

There are three common problems that erode the power of these conversations. . Problem #2: Vague Feedback. I know they’re difficult. When you need to share feedback about something that isn’t going well, you can use the INSPIRE Method to plan for and hold the conversation. If not, that’s the first conversation to have.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Related Article: How to Build a Great Team Culture 2. One good conversation about expectations prevents fourteen “why didn’t you” conversations. Share Concerns: Initiate important conversations Habit: You can count on me to tell you what’s on my heart and mind.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Seek Constructive Feedback Regularly engage in conversations with mentors, peers, and your team about blind spots and ‘ghosts.’ Embrace Diverse Perspectives Surround yourself with individuals who see the world differently. This perspective can make the process less daunting and more engaging.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2022

During difficult times, what leadership values matter most? When you reflect, you are checking for understanding and creating a common starting place for the conversation. Hold accountability conversations. Help your team be more compassionate, courageous, and curious. ” Do you know what’s interesting?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Depersonalize the conversation. Sure, you care about your career and the conversation in the next talent review, but when presenting to executives, the best way to showcase your leadership is extraordinary execution. It’s unlikely they woke up this morning trying to figure out how to scare you and make your life more difficult.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 18, 2023

questions are a great way to engage your team in this conversation and learn what you can set aside as you move into the future.) More than a decade later people still talk about those times at my home. What traditions can you establish with your team to build connection and reinforce what matters most? Our Own the U.G.L.Y.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Leadership Presence Mistake #2—Emotional Splash. Emotional splash can be difficult to overcome because you’re not always aware of it. Plan for your performance conversations (use our INSPIRE Method ). Hold performance conversations privately. Where do I need to stretch and grow as a leader? Antidotes to Emotional Splash.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2022

A heart-to-heart conversation with team members can help uncover these issues and give you an opportunity to support your team. For some people, their negativity isn’t about difficult circumstances or your leadership. Method to have a conversation about what you’ve noticed and the impact on the team. Talk about it as a team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Great leaders look for ways to make this conversation easier. Many times people wait to have important difficult conversations until the issue has escalated. A Functional Conversation on Dysfunction. Communication dealing with difficult employees how to address disfunctional behavior at work' ” Plato.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 19, 2023

This will get everyone’s voice in the conversation quickly, as well as make it easy to see which ideas are worth deeper exploration and conversation. photo credit: Oscar and Associates 2. What are the restraining factors that might make the change difficult? This creates great fodder for conversation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I’ve been there, on both sides of this awkward conversation. That must have put you in a difficult situation. ” “I’ve worked incredibly hard this year and I really don’t want to be having a similar conversation this time next year. ” Okay, you have a serious right to be ticked off here. .”

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

You can use our Development Discussion Planner to prepare for the conversation. Let your manager know you want to have the conversation and give them the planner you completed. Show up the conversation with genuine curiosity. You might be tempted to just ask your manager, “Why do we have to do this? Are you achieving them?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Let Go of Villain Stories Your manager didn’t wake up this morning planning devious ways to make life difficult for you and your team. Show up to these conversations “landing in the and” of confidence and humility. It’s an ongoing series of updates, one-on-ones, and conversations. You remain a victim and you can’t lead.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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. I can’t tell you how many complaints I get about managers who are perceived as “hiding behind email” during difficult times. Our Own The U.G.L.Y.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 14, 2021

Works with and supports other team members to drive results 2. And the very best questions are really a request, “Tell me about a time…” “Share an example of…” 2. A good behavioral interview question would be: “Tell me about a time that you had to deal with a difficult team member on a project.” Listen for the pronoun “I”.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

It’s difficult to read the room when you’re doing all the talking. When your team trusts that you’re about conversation over compliance, it changes the tone of your interactions. It could be as simple as asking, “What isn’t being said right now that could change the trajectory of this (meeting, project, conversation, problem)?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

And this year, we know you and our team have had plenty of important challenges that made it even more difficult than usual to focus. We would love for you to help keep the conversation going and leave a comment on your favorite leadership tip for dealing with ambiguity and change. The Blight of Soul-Crushing Useless Negative Feedback.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

For most people, initiating difficult conversations doesn’t come naturally. Knowing how to have difficult conversations with employees is a skill all leaders should cultivate. Steps to Navigate Difficult Conversations You can employ several tactics to have effective conversations: 1.

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HR Digest

APRIL 22, 2023

As an HR professional or manager, having difficult conversations with employees is an inevitable part of the job. However, navigating and initiating tough conversations with employees can be challenging and uncomfortable. However, navigating and initiating tough conversations with employees can be challenging and uncomfortable.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

How do you ensure that they not only get the recognition they crave, but their performance shines so strong it’s difficult to ignore? When your team has something to celebrate, be proactive in including your manager, other executives, and peers in the conversation. So how do you help your team’s performance stand out?

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Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

But this option demands difficult conversations and a great deal of preparation and massaging of preformed and likely long-standing customs. 2 – change yourself. If you are an employee who wants to change the system you are in, take the initiative to prepare for and have difficult and honest conversations with your leader.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 2, 2023

You might recall the past situation and clarify your intent for the conversation. Clarify Intent Draw Out Details Focus on Proof-of-Concept Explain Tradeoffs Bonus: for Manager’s Who Struggle with “Bad Delegation” 1. Clarify Intent The next time your manager brings a project to you, ask about their intent.

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Leading Blog

MAY 11, 2020

A S CHALLENGING and vulnerable as receiving feedback can be, giving it can also be quite difficult. It’s often the hardest type of sweaty-palmed conversation. Oftentimes, we may give it directly and explicitly as part of a review, development conversation, or team debrief. Permission. Relationship.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

They consciously do not dominate the conversation and share their ideas. When people are struggling or going through difficult times, putting on a happy face is not the answer. Help other people flourish without expecting a payback. Positive energizing is not transactional. “A A quid pro quo is not expected.”

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Great Results Team Building

JUNE 3, 2021

It’s really not difficult. And it is not difficult. You can do that in 1-on-1 conversations while continuing to build relationships and clarify roles! That is literally true of ANY leadership lesson you will learn. What I struggled with as a young coach was finding and implementing the ideas that our team could benefit from.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In our leadership programs, we always recommend facing difficult conversations with confidence and humility. Say a hard no to ethics and values violations. Yes, you can even say no to your boss. Ground Yourself in Confident Humility. Confidence Sentence Starters: I’ve studied this problem extensively.

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CoachStation

MAY 13, 2020

It highlights the need for depth in conversation. I would describe this as a level 1 or 2 type of communication. But any uncomfortable feelings raised in a difficult conversation can be a short-term inconvenience for a long-term gain if you talk in an honest, open manner. Purpose influences action and improvement.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It can be difficult to stay motivated. Performance management conversations happen behind closed doors. .” It’s a great story, but real life doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes your lazy coworker gets just as much bread as you, at least in the short run. And might be dealing with it.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 26, 2023

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