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MARCH 24, 2023

Have you ever wondered what the most essential leadership competencies are and how they can be learned without taking up too much time? 19:41 Resentment is an emotion that leads to our mental energy being stuck in the past, so we cannot look forward and cannot feel optimism or any other emotion that is associated with the future.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

A Retrospective: Santa’s Big Leadership and Culture Change Is there anyone more beloved than Santa Claus? Today, the North Pole is a paragon of human-centered leadership and culture. In fact, Santa has a lot to teach us about leadership. Santa’s leadership led to dysfunction at every level.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Cross cultural leadership to build better teams Cross cultural leadership is a fantastic chance to broaden your impact and develop teams that excel in performance and innovative problem-solving. It was an early lesson in cross cultural leadership, and I am so grateful for Jack having that conversation with me.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 13, 2023

To be ready, deal with change, and be flexible, people need energy. Find out how to enhance your personal energy when managing or collaborating with others to become more mentally agile and productive. 16:31 Making the distinction between professional, private, and personal energy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Balancing leadership strategy and tactics is critical for leaders at every level of an organization. When you embrace effective leadership strategy and tactics, they’ll work together to help you, your teams, and organization thrive. This type of meaningless work saps morale and wastes precious time and energy.

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JULY 9, 2012

For me, energy is a big factor in both whom I want to follow, and who I want on my team. Leaders with strong, positive, engaging energy inspire others towards [.]. As I have been doing more writing, I have been paying a lot of attention to which leaders I find most inspiring–and why.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 19, 2021

Your Favorite Leadership Blog Posts So Far This Year. 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. Read more here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

You’ll help your leadership when you can embrace and recognize the strengths that people bring and invest in that. How People Are Like Trees and Why That Will Help Your Leadership. Until next time, embrace your people for who they are, and help your leadership by being the leader you’d want your boss to be.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Overused assets can ruin a positive leadership presence. But somehow, your leadership presence isn’t working. Leadership Presence Mistake #1—Tunnel Vision. Focus is a useful leadership skill, but too much of a good thing becomes a liability. Leadership Presence Mistake #2—Emotional Splash. Process it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 26, 2023

Leadership perspective creates different kinds of creative solutions that make far more sense and have more support than the limited but obvious approach you might have started with. 03:33 Let’s turn our attention to leadership perspective and there’s nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. What’s going on there?

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

A Retrospective: Santa’s Big Leadership and Culture Change. Today, the North Pole is a paragon of human-centered leadership and culture. In fact, Santa has a lot to teach us about leadership. The North Pole’s leadership and culture at the time was a great example of what we call “ trickle-down intimidation.”

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AUGUST 22, 2013

The post Impatience as a Leadership Virtue appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Related Stories How to Become a More Energetic Leader Great Leadership Produces Great Results. But… 10 Ways to Zap Energy and Squash Enthusiasm. They were the experts, and the project involved heavy IT lift–never fun.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In this week’s Asking for a Friend I speak with World Class Ultra Triathlete, Kurt Madden, who is also CEO of The Collaborative, about leadership tenacity and grit. 11:00 Getting into leadership development with your team. I would love to hear your stories of how you find, and hold on to, leadership tenacity and grit.

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APRIL 20, 2015

” If you’re full of energy, but your team looks like they need a good shot of red bull to get going, ask yourself these questions. 37 Questions to Ask Yourself if Your Team Lacks Energy. 16 Authors from around the world met through Social Media and discovered a shared passion, leadership. what do they do for fun?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The other night I heard a fantastic leadership best practice. The post What I Appreciate Most About Your Leadership appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Related Stories The Dumpster Effect Cross-Training to Strengthen Leadership Skills 5 Ways to Unblock Leadership Energy. Have you told them?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In this episode of the Leadership without Losing Your Soul Podcast, our guest, Chinazom Nwabueze, discusses the importance of mental health and its connection to overall wellbeing and performance. A Leadership Foundation (30:09 – 39:38) Chinazom advises on the importance of self-care to prevent burnout.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

The post Cross-Training to Strengthen Leadership Skills appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Related Stories 60 Reasons Leaders Stop Learning Leadership Development Made Easy Build Your Leadership Prototype. Cross-Training to Strengthen Skills I [.]

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Word Cloud Crowd Sourcing While preparing the speech, I […] The post 3 Unexpected Uses for Word Clouds: Leadership Style appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Communication Creativity Culture customer service energy crowd source kick offs motivational meetings motivational speeches tagul word cloud word clouds'

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APRIL 19, 2021

Senior leaders share the most important leadership skills to master now. As we work with senior leaders to build their leadership development programs, the conversation always turns to the most important leadership skills their frontline and middle-level leaders need. What are Your Most Important Leadership Skills?

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JUNE 10, 2019

One problem with passion is that it’s no substitute for good leadership Passion is good. The post The Hidden Leadership Problem with Passion appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. You want team members who love their work and serve their customers with passion. We are big believers in the power of purpose.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

One of the big culprits that leads to a negative Eeyore leadership style, is HOW YOU RESPOND TO IDEAS. You’re in a leadership meeting, and your boss proposes an idea that sounds great IN THEORY. How you respond to ideas will influence how you’re perceived Imagine this. Roadblocks…crushed…harsh…disrespectful.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 15, 2024

00:29) Leadership & Future Insights : David introduces the essence of “ Leadership without Losing Your Soul ,” promising future explorations into workplace harmony. Reflect on what drives you—company, craft, or cause—to navigate your path wisely. (00:29)

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Nash also addresses the challenges of compassion fatigue and burnout among leaders and offers strategies for managing these issues, such as setting boundaries and finding activities that recharge and renew energy. Morgan, and Verizon. Jennifer earned her MBA from the University of Michigan and her PhD from Case Western Reserve University.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Humor and Leadership. “A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.” Martin Webster of Leadership Thoughts shares his personal leadership mnemonic. Martin Webster of Leadership Thoughts shares his personal leadership mnemonic.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Whether your team is heading back to the office, will continue working remotely, or somewhere between, silence and space are critical leadership gifts to give your team. Some are eager for the stimulation and energy of being around other people. Don’t lose one of the most valuable aspects of remote work. Others are not.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 30, 2022

If you’ve missed these articles, they’re also a good way to infuse some fresh energy on your virtual team. 3 Leadership Values to Nurture in Every Member of Your Team. If you haven’t seen our FREE virtual and hypbrid team assessment you can download that for FREE here. How to Take Charge of your VIrtual Meetings.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 27, 2021

Part of the problem in leadership is we don’t give ourselves a chance to emotionally mature because we want to be right. Emotional maturity in our leadership is responsibility. Next, an important aspect of leadership, listening with curiosity. (30:52). We discuss how to find humanity in one another (and ourselves.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

While virtual tools are invaluable, there’s something about gathering, and feeling the room’s energy, that can supercharge a team’s cohesion and creativity. First, it’s amazingly high-energy. You invite them to share something general like “their leadership best practice.”

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Sometimes leadership is just about creating an open-space, and getting out-of-the-way. It’s an amazing, high-energy, low-cost way to hold a powerful meeting. The post Open-Space Leadership: When Less is More appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. I love using Open-Space Technology with a large group to generate ideas.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

These eight strategies will help you maintain your team’s energy and morale when goals change frequently. But how you handle those changes makes all the difference in whether or team adjusts and engages with energy or gives up with futile frustration. Leadership Skills: 6 Competencies You Can’t Lead Without. That’s life.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

These things cannot be ignored and are a source of powerful leadership energy. When you align these elements they become a source of powerful energy. It was a time when he didn’t see himself as a leader. 6:12 – Next we discuss the 7-9 elements that everyone needs in their life.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 30, 2021

It’s time to reclaim your energy, creativity, and brilliance – it all starts by finding your minute to think. 3:55 – The importance of self-awareness and progress in your leadership development. A Minute to Think. 5:20 – The permission to have time that doesn’t have a specific assignment.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 7, 2022

” conversations, it also reduces ambiguity and frees up time and energy for more creative solutions. Check for Understanding: A Leadership Communication Best Practice. Leadership Skills: 6 Competencies You Can’t Lead Without. What’s your best secret for encouraging better results?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Genuine gratitude transforms your leadership. An Inexhaustible Source of Leadership Gratitude. Even your direct reports don’t have to follow your leadership. When you embrace this fundamental truth – that everyone is a volunteer – it will change your leadership forever. They choose to.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

And we don’t put a lot of focus, energy, or value into keeping things going healthy, and whole. Looking for the new, and not the cost of maintenance is also a problem for us in leadership and in relationships. And it is maintenance, literal life connection, joy, and energy in fueling and caring for one another.

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MARCH 6, 2023

How you respond during times of distress can make or break your leadership brand If you’ve Googled, “what to do when you’ve been screwed over at work” and landed here, I’m sorry. Stressful times like this can enhance or destroy your leadership brand. Not that you found this article, of course.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

You may or may not agree on what success looks like, but clear communication around expectations can save a lot of time and wasted energy. If you’ve been in one of our leadership programs , or are familiar with our 6 leadership competencies you can’t lead without, you’ll recognize this as a check for understanding.

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