Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Your Favorite Leadership Articles of the Year. Every year we take a really close look at our human-centered, practical leadership content that is resonating with you. These are your favorite leadership articles of 2021 based on views and shares. What leadership articles would you like us to write about more in the coming year?

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. His observation points to a big leadership problem, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic.

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Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

The risk of not getting leadership and culture ‘right’ are significant. It’s about understanding how important leadership and engagement are. Yet, too often managers see them as negotiable. Gallup estimates that managers account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement across business units.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The diagram below highlights the steps involved in the leadership process. Leaders are open, curious, and motivated to get a full understanding of the current situation. When you identify what’s possible, it creates hope, energy, and excitement. Leadership is a process! What do you do at each step in the process? .

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As a leadership executive coach, one of the most common mistakes I see leaders make is neglecting their own leadership development. They become so focused on their day-to-day responsibilities and the needs of their team that they fail to invest time and energy into growing their own leadership skills.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 17, 2019

The difference is motivational energy. You are responsible to manage your energy. Two people face the same challenge. One rises and thrives. One stumbles and flounders. Don’t surrender to a lousy boss, boring… Continue reading →

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 15, 2015

Unfortunately, research shows that as managers we can unwittingly destroy an employee’s sense of meaning with our behaviors that correspondingly drain a sense of certainty, completion, confidence, or community. The shocking loss of meaning at work is energy draining. The shocking loss of meaning at work is energy draining.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

JANUARY 25, 2023

You put in a lot of time and energy into leading slackers, but you don’t get anything back in terms of results. Your job as a leader is to figure out what will motivate them to perform. These people are in the lower left corner of the leadership matrix. One type of detractor you might deal with is a slacker.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 22, 2023

When it comes to leadership your words are important. This means that your body language can have a powerful impact on your leadership effectiveness and the success of your team. Body Language Habit #3: Slumped Shoulders Your posture can say a lot about your state of mind and your leadership style.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

To get there, she knew she had to focus on growing her leadership skills. Within a couple of months, her boss had remarked about her growing leadership competencies and suggested she might be a prime candidate for a directorial position one day. They instill feelings of confidence and motivate their workers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

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. Time management. So how do you master time management?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 3, 2020

Welcome to the March 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Time-management strategies like these ones can relieve a lot of their stress.”

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Employees require a certain amount of energy and motivation to be engaged and feel fully committed at the workplace. Poor employee engagement and retention are leadership issues, and it takes leadership to fix them. The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. According to a recent study of 1.2

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In the book, she reveals how she navigated an extraordinary four-decade journey with boundless energy, quick wit, and the pursuit of excellence in the face of adversity. Every time we rise up and meet the “failure” or manage the “mistake,” we are actually progressing toward something greater.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Welcome to the March 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. David Moser of Decisive Blog writes The Power of “And” in Leadership Communication.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

He’d been working to increase his responsibilities to prove he could handle a leadership role, but now he was having a hard time keeping up with it all. I begin by reassuring them that time-management strategies like these ones can relieve a lot of their stress. Tackle your passion projects at times of peak energy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Wondering How to Motivate Your Team When You Don’t Set the Goals? Hint: Don’t Motivate, Cultivate Have you ever been given a goal by your supervisors and thought, “Ugh! The post How to Motivate Your Team – When You Don’t Set the Goals appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. What are they thinking?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 16, 2019

Guest post from Tabitha Laser: What is leadership? Since joining the workforce more than 25 years ago, and serving as a leader for numerous organizations, it’s apparent that leadership means very different things to different people. When organizations are led from the basement, management is ultimately unnecessary.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 5, 2020

Welcome to the May 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Laura Schroeder of Working Girl provided Online Fatigue: The Pain is Real.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

3 Needs of Motivation. She’s an expert in motivation, a bestselling author, and a senior consulting partner for The Ken Blanchard Companies. Susan Fowler is a thought leader on discipline and self-leadership. Her latest book is Master Your Motivation. In it, Susan tackles motivation in a fresh way. What is it?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Welcome to the November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. These are all phrases we’ve heard from managers (and executives) recently.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Generally, a loss is more of a motivator than a gain. Determine what will motivate them. Don’t spend all your time and energy on the difficult person, just enough to know that you provided the person with the opportunity to make the needed changes. If you ultimately let the employee go, don’t look back.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Many competencies play a role in great leadership, but the most critical is probably emotional intelligence—the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and to understand the emotions of others. Manage self-regulation. Develop inner motivation. The Leadership Gap. Acquire social skills.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 7, 2022

I’m highly motivated to do a great job. So I’m pulling into the stadium and I can hear the cadence of the marching band coming around the track … Actually, I think this story will be more fun if I tell it to you this way: Communicating Clear Expectations is Not Micro-Managing, It’s Empowering. I love my son.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Credentialed researchers have been investigating the topic of motivation in the workplace for quite a while (massive understatement!). Motivation/Hygiene Theory (Herzberg, 1966). The elements of work that resulted in job-related satisfaction ( motivators ). The Hierarchy of Needs (Maslow, 1954).

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. The political environment in the United States as elsewhere is driven by fear-based narratives. And that feeds our approach in society at large. Blog Post ).

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

you might put your energies into time-consuming campus outreach programs, complicated recruitment campaigns, or expensive technology. may shift your focus to internal motivation and performance management strategies. Now we are looking at leadership opportunities that might not have been previously considered.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 30, 2023

Managers often hire consultants to help them solve major organizational problems. Many ideas are sifted through, and the most relevant one presented to management along with the consultant’s recommended action plan. Managers are hearing them for the first time. Chart engagement and retention rates.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2012

"Leadership is about managing energy, first in yourself and then in those around you.". Professor James Clawson , author of Level Three Leadership. Great leaders raise the energy level – and bring out the best in those around them. You can walk into any work environment and feel the energy (or lack of).

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Lead from Within

MARCH 5, 2024

Effective leadership isn’t just about guiding a team or achieving organizational goals; it’s also about personal growth and development. Improve Communication Skills: Effective communication is at the core of leadership. Setting clear objectives helps you stay focused and motivated.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 23, 2023

In A Tale of Two Managers: Command versus Commitment , I contrasted two leaders, Denise and Joel. Denise balances management and leadership very effectively. Joel is out of balance with a techno-management approach. He’s the poster boy for making STEMM leadership an oxymoron. Denise cares about people.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

This is an excerpt from Management Productivity Multipliers by Gerald Kraines, MD. Where Managerial Leadership Begins. This is the backdrop for understanding the purpose and role of managerial leadership: setting direction (i.e., “Leadership at its core is about exerting leverage.” to execute on that goal.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

W HEN YOU HEAR the term positive leadership , it is easy to get cynical and think it is all happy-talk and disconnected from reality. Relational energy is brought to you by virtuous actions like generosity, compassion, gratitude, trustworthiness, forgiveness, and kindness. Mobilize positive energizers who can motivate others.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Welcome to the August Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, productivity, team building, and more. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided A 5-Step Training Plan to Think like a Navy SEAL.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

When people misuse conflict energy, it becomes drama: they struggle against themselves or each other to feel justified about their negative behavior. Drama costs the US workforce over $350 billion per year in lost productivity, absenteeism, passive-aggressive behavior, and wasted energy. The cost is staggering.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Welcome to the April 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Crisis Leadership. Communication. ’ Will it be you? Will it be me?”

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

Renae Asks: I’m trying to use my time wisely, and that means being strategic in the leadership training opportunities I pursue, as well as the ones I set up for the team I manage. Joel Answers: Let’s start by demystifying what leadership actually means. To many, leadership is an elusive role.

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