Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 10, 2022

I got to know Meredith when we were on a philanthropic speaking tour in Southeast Asia with Together We Can Change the World. 4 Strategic Questions to Have With Your Team Before Year End. I love her Skeptic model to help your team think through future scenarios for dealing with uncertainty and change. C- (K) Competition. E- Economy.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Although this is without question a major milestone to reach for any podcast, I never got around to making plans to celebrate this achievement on. As I mentioned in some of my episodes for my podcast “Leadership Biz Cafe”, 2021 marks the 10th year that I’ve been hosting this podcast. Click to continue reading.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Even though Musk’s approach doesn’t necessarily provide a blueprint to be copied any more than Steve Jobs’ approach did (even though both individuals got results), it does offer lessons to be learned and applied in our own leadership. There’s got to be some combination of inspiration, perspiration, and risk to be a cofounder.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 24, 2023

You’ve Got a Good Team, Don’t Let That Stop You From Making it Great You’ve got a good team. But Marshall Goldsmith’s advice for leaders is true for teams too, “What got you here, might not get you there.” The results are solid. You genuinely like one another. Trust is good too.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

We’ve got a problem. 02:43 Frank was a pleaser manager type and didn’t want to question his boss. Don agreed, Frank was happy to do what he was told to do and the patients got their blankets. Asking that question, how can I make this better than finding the real owner now? How do you respond?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 1, 2024

We asked Melissa a question that you can ask yourself: “If we were to go ask your department about the plan, the timelines, and their role in the changes, would they give us the same answer you would?” Invest in Clarity with Cascading Checks for Understanding The antidote to uncertainty is clarity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2024

Hi Karin, “I’ve got a peer who will never take initiative. ” This Harvard Business Review Article, Mastering the Art of the Request, by Rae Ringle defines 5 questions to ground a better request. To encourage more initiative be specific in your request. I really don’t like that feeling. What should I do?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 27, 2019

And even when you’ve got a good idea, it can improve. The post One Question Leaders Ask to Build Better Ideas appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. To build better ideas, point people toward solutions. You can’t possibly come up with the solution to every problem. You know you need your team’s input.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2023

“Hi Karin, I watched your #AskingforaFriend about how to encourage people to speak up more in meetings, but I’ve got the EXACT OPPOSITE CHALLENGE. I’ve got a well-meaning, really strong performer, who is talking too much. One way to do this is before you ask a question make it clear you want everyone’s input.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Leaders are comfortable asking questions. They know the more questions they ask, the better the answer will be. Why, then, are so many leaders reluctant to ask questions? This reluctance to ask questions comes from our upbringing. The older we got, the less comfortable people became with us asking questions.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 1, 2012

Just by asking customers 5 simple questions (And of course, writing down, sorting, trending, and analyzing what you find out). 3) Ask the right questions. At this point, you might be thinking, “wow, those must have been some magic questions you were asking !” You can save money AND increase customer satisfaction.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

It’s about asking the kinds of questions that help leaders come up with their own answers and insights. They got where they are because they’re smart and have answers. That’s where Socratic questioning comes in. Consider this post a starter kit for how to lead with Socratic questions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2023

And start with a simple framework questioning your own leadership assumptions to help you make people-centered decisions. And start with a simple framework questioning your own leadership assumptions to help you make people-centered decisions. Society just kind of works better when work works better.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

You’ve got to do something with what you read. You could have each person in your leadership book club or team complete their map and come ready to discuss the questions in the guide. Questions like: “As a leader today, where would it be helpful to show up more like this or with these values?” Own the U.G.L.Y.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 23, 2021

Now, I want to take a question that came in this week from a program that we’re doing leadership development program. And I thought this was an insightful question with regard to encouragement. ( Hey, this is Nora and I have a question. My question is about ADV. I have a question for you. This is Julia.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The Biggest Reasons People Keep Their Best Ideas To Themselves There’s no question about it. If you want great results, you’ve got to figure out what works, be sure everyone knows it, and get them to do that too. And yet, most […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 12, 2021

You’ve got a clear focus on what matters most, your team seems to work well together, but then you get that call: “I need to talk to you about…” It’s conflict, a disagreement, or a clash of personalities. Gather Information with Three Quick Questions. As we waited for our food to arrive, I got up to wash my hands.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

You’ve got to be extra connected and extra-human-centered during and after a layoff. Your team needs to feel confident that you’ve got a path forward. G- What’s got to Go. The post After the layoff: How to support your team when it just got smaller appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 8, 2023

A few questions will help re-engage your chronic complainer A chronic complainer can suck the life out of you and your team and make everyone want to quit. “He’s Bad…” “I’ve got to warn you about Phil.” “He’s Bad…” “I’ve got to warn you about Phil.” What does ‘bad’ look like?” “He

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 19, 2022

You always had questions. The older you got, the fewer questions you had. Sometimes the questions dry up. But… Trouble arises when we begin to lose the desire to ask questions. But… Trouble arises when we begin to lose the desire to ask questions. Questions are a key to learning and growing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 13, 2021

You’ve got a clear focus on what matters most, and your team seems to work well together, but then you get a call. Next, step number two is to gather information specifically using three quick questions. ( Lastly, we have several follow-up questions from last week’s episode with Juliet Funt regarding a minute to think.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 29, 2024

They’ve got an eye out for new ways of working. Challenge Assumptions Habit: I ask provocative questions to help us think at a deeper level. A few questions to ask to inspire more creativity in your team: How would our competitors approach this problem? Incubator Guide Here. ” and “Tell me more.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 8, 2024

Got Conflict at Work? Make a list of the most important questions to answer. Help your remote team do conflict better with a few Powerful Phrases Navigating conflict at work is hard. We call this conflict cocktail, The “Wedge Driver. Remote teams create a whole new set of norms to create clarity around.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2023

If your managers of managers are struggling to hold their teams accountable, dig a level deeper into the root cause This Asking for a Friend question came in from a manager of managers in one of our executive development programs. I’ve got a manager of managers on my team, let’s call her “Sue.” Hard worker.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Tactical Questions to Help You Avoid “Injury”. Here are several vital questions to help focus on the tactical aspect of leadership strategy and tactics: Does everyone know what success looks like? For more on these critical leadership questions and competencies, check out Leadership Skills: 6 Competencies You Can’t Lead Without.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 26, 2021

In almost every Courageous Cultures leadership development program we do we get this question. And I’ve got to tell you, some of them are pretty wacky. In this case, we’ve got five hundred.” How to Train Your Team to Bring You Better Ideas. I get too many of them. There’s no way I can use them.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 20, 2022

Karin and Jess Pettitt, author of Good Enough Now , answer the question: “How do I become a more compassionate and skillful listener?” She also provides more info on her background and her desire to help people do the best they can with what they’ve got for some of the time. How can I be most helpful here?

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Let’s start with a few questions that can help you be a more human-centered leader for yourself: Do you have the same patience for your learning, mistakes, and growth as you do for your team? If you read these questions and feel guilt … stop. It’s not another list of things you’ve got to do or feel inadequate about.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 10, 2023

That’s a tricky and complicated question… “should I change my style?” So here’s the question. And recently, I got some feedback from someone who matters who told me I need to make adjustments to my style to better fit in with our culture. Should I change my style to fit in with my workplace culture?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

via @KelloggSchool It’s time to consider how you spend each of the 168 hours you’ve got every week Every company is a software company: Six ‘must dos’ to succeed via @McKinsey Patti Davis: What Silence Teaches Us from @JohnBaldoni Don't Coddle Your Audience!

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 24, 2024

These fears were hardly confounded by a study from New York University, which found that ChatGPT can do as well as or even better than the average university student when answering questions in subjects like computer science, political studies, engineering, and psychology.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Cultivate team commitment with answers to deep questions. You can accelerate team commitment by focusing on critical leadership behaviors that answer key questions your team is asking. Each activity answers critical questions your new team is asking. The driving question for any team is “Why are we here?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2021

Then, I met with each agent to build trust and got to know them and their concerns. As a leader of a large team, you’ve got to scale your leadership by creating a solid operating infrastructure and processes that work without a charismatic cheerleader pushing them along. I asked more questions than I answered.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 25, 2021

I asked a question at the end of the post and the post got more engagement and comments than ever before. I went back to see how often I ended with a question. Awhile back, I wrote a post on Linked In and had a blinding flash of the obvious. And as I suspected, it […]. The post Are You Willing to Ask?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Got a Problem? 6 Questions to Determine if Your Strategy is Old or Obsolete by @gavin_adams. Two Questions You Should Stop Obsessing Over by @PhilCooke When you let budgets and deadlines drive your thinking, you get ideas that can easily be paid for and delivered – not ideas that change the world. by @artpetty. by @SusanMazza.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 10, 2023

Got Workplace Gossip? Got Workplace Gossip? Great Mid-Year Review Questions (and Video) This is one of the most-read articles among our leader readers for good reason, a lot of people miss the opportunity to do this well. Great Mid-Year Review Questions (and Video) 2. Balancing Strategy and Tactics 2.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

Capture Their Attention with a Message so Appealing They Put Down Their Phones and Listen “Karin, I’ve got to tell you. You can also anticipate questions and integrate the answers into your message. The executives at my company are so busy and distracted. There are just so many things going on. Make every word count.

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