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JUNE 13, 2022

Keep information to yourself. This means removing roadblocks, supporting them, giving them the information they need to make effective decisions, and helping navigate relationships with other teams. The answer to this question almost always comes back to two things: unclear definitions of success and/or a lack of training.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

You might miss a big chance to improve your leadership, fix a problem, or truly help the person be more effective. Your Leadership. One common cause of employee negativity is poor leadership. Eliminate these toxic behaviors from your leadership before doing anything else. Lack of appreciation.

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MAY 8, 2021

Critical thinking is a systematic process for gathering, synthesizing, and making sense of information in order to make informed decisions. Critical thinking is one of those leadership competencies that can sometimes feel hard to teach. What is Critical Thinking? 4 Ways to Help Your Team Think More Critically.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Establish Your Leadership As a mentor of mine, Gail used to say, “Where there is chaos seize control.” Give the visiting executives some information in advance. If you need additional resources, or training, or… find a way to work that into the conversation, linking what you need to why it matters.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

If you’re like many leaders we work with, you face an unending stream of information, problems to solve, decisions to make, fires to put out, interruptions from email, texts, phone calls, messaging apps — and that’s not to mention the strategic projects you want to work on to build a better future. We have MORE meetings, not less!”

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APRIL 6, 2016

I want to address what I believe to be one of the most important aspects of your workplace leadership. In many leadership forums, many leadership books, and not a few social media memes, what I’m about to say would be skewered, and yet… your credibility and influence depend on it. What is this leadership heresy?

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AUGUST 15, 2017

I know it doesn’t feel like it now, but approach this temporary situation in your life well, and you’re in the best leadership training program money can’t buy. Seek out role models of better leadership. Keep your boss informed of your progress. Observe your jerky boss’ actions and the impact.

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JUNE 5, 2023

” This question came in from one of our “Asking for a Friend” segments in a recent leadership development program. Use the Confidence-Competence Matrix to identify what your team members most need from you (Training, Encouragement , Challenge , or Coaching ). What should I do?” What is a working manager?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

” In fact, that phrase consistently ranks in the top “ Asking for a Friend” questions in our Leadership Development Programs. These managers often withhold information. One of the biggest requests for help we receive is, “How do I deal with my micromanager boss?”

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AUGUST 11, 2023

Help for the Overwhelmed Working Manager Hey, it’s David, and you’re listening to Leadership Without Losing Your Soul, your source for practical leadership, inspiration tools and strategies you can use to achieve transformational results without sacrificing your humanity or your mind in the process.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Impactful authentic leadership requires careful judgment and context. Authentic leadership matters even more during times of stress, uncertainty, and change. And yet, authenticity, like any other leadership competency can wreak havoc at the extremes. Over-sharing confidential information. What is authentic leadership?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Competency models are extremely useful for staffing and selection processes, building training curriculum, compensation modeling and other contexts. I’ve spearheaded many such initiatives over the years, including the modeling of all the leadership jobs that were used in merger selection of the executive team. An Example.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Many people aspire to leadership positions because of the big bonuses, nice clothes and public accolades. I am convinced that every success and failure begins and ends with leadership. Widespread uncertainty marks a failure of leadership. Could I learn to lead? I was no different. True leaders i nspire action.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. It doesn’t feel like training. Having been involved with hundreds of action learning projects over the years, I’ve seen amazing, breakthrough work and also colossal train wrecks. Real work gets done. Learning is contextual.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. It doesn’t feel like training. Having been involved with hundreds of action learning projects over the years, I’ve seen amazing, breakthrough work and also colossol train wrecks. Real work gets done. Learning is contextual.

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MAY 1, 2017

My colleague Bill Treasurer asserts that it will take a “leadership kick in the ass:” a failure, a demotion, a serious downturn, or other significant loss. Were these weaknesses based on lack of knowledge, skill, faulty information? Small in size but wise and powerful, he trained Jedi for over 800 years. The answer: perhaps.

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MARCH 16, 2015

An entrepreneurial CEO recently brought me in to help build leadership bench strength. Rather than “train,” we built a vision, identified priorities and then a business case for a program with a significant spend but a massive ROI. Share enough information to stir positive, proactive angst. ” -Aescuylus.

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MAY 24, 2021

Start your conversation with two vital pieces of information. Perhaps they could use training on how to effectively and efficiently lead their remote teams. For example, if the decision has been made to invest in front-line leadership training, now you can entertain the “How will we get there?”

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MAY 19, 2017

Click the image for more information about Cathy’s book. Why aren’t you speaking, training, and writing? As Gandhi was boarding a train that was leaving the station, his sandal fell off. We have not solved all the leadership problems in our world. The teacher thinks for a moment, then replies, “Bring me water.”.

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