Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Your job is to give them all the information they need in a way they can easily digest. Undermining Your Credibility. Undermining Your Credibility. The execs will only buy your message if they believe you know what you’re doing. ” You are the expert. Show up strong.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2019

And while some distractions seem to be adding to our life, they are actually undermining our growth. Scroggins offers four noise-canceling habits that will allow you to turn down the noise low enough and long enough to tune into the emotions going on inside you. Know your why. That’s how the voice inside your head works.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 16, 2017

A lack of leadership development also undermines a key aspect of culture that drives high-performance: trust. My team spent a decade running experiments that measured brain activity while people worked to find out why some teams are productive and others engage in "presenteeism." Everyone knows that people are mobile.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 7, 2020

Jim Taggart of Changing Winds shared Creating Your Leadership Footprint through the Practice of LESS is MORE. Jim advises: “As you go forward in your personal leadership journey, reflect periodically on how you’re communicating to your co-workers and, if applicable, those you lead. What makes you come alive?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 13, 2016

Its cognitive processes take place mainly in the amygdala and other parts of the brain that developed early in our evolution. The intentional system reflects our rational thinking, and centers around the prefrontal cortex , the part of the brain that evolved more recently. Your rider can be an elephant whisperer.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2013

Tipping Sacred Cows by Jake Breeden is one of those bring-you-back-to-reality must-read books. It is about how we undermine ourselves and our organizations and get ourselves into comfortable ruts, by blindly following seemingly virtuous traits. Depending on your role, that may mean a significant part of your job requires collaboration.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

It’s like having a mentor guide your journey. The Good Fight : Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track by Liane Davey (Page Two, 2019) Liane Davey shows you how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done. Grace looks at the bigger picture.

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QAspire

AUGUST 31, 2018

Friday Five is where I curate five articles (with excerpts)/quotes/tweets/visuals shared on my personal learning network that I found particularly useful, and hopefully you will find some of them valuable too! Insights just flow and you pick what resonates with you most. If this is what you experience, do read this post.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

When you’re exposed to hostility or aggression, you behave differently. Incivility sneaks into your subconscious. But you don’t have to succumb to incivility. Simple things like saying please and thank you make a difference in how we are perceived by others and the influence we have on them. It’s not a win for you.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 9, 2014

. What makes it important to understand and stay connected with the core of who you are as a human being? How do you become an authentic leader? How do you know when your actions are less than genuine? These are some intriguing and deep questions that you may not have thought about. You can’t fake it.

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HR Digest

JUNE 28, 2021

It is not just the innovative ideas and the services they offer but the brains behind those plans. Human resource is the most valuable asset to any institution, though often undermined. Human resource is the most valuable asset to any institution, though often undermined. As a manager, you hold the key to their morale.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 3, 2015

Here are five top practices that will improve your health and performance both at the office. Adopting certain postures improve performance by changing the levels of hormones in your body. Stress and tension undermine performance and contribute to the development of chronic, stress-related illnesses. The Power Pose.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 23, 2015

You only need to include two ingredients, and leave out two ingredients. The ingredients you include are your foot and your mouth. Insert your foot into your mouth, and spin vigorously. And whatever you do, leave out your brain and your ears.”

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

My brain raced through the scenarios where this is true. Your Lack Of Confidence Is Disturbing. At least I hope your lack of confidence is disturbing. I love how Brian Williamson sums this up – Some of you are undermining your influence not because you lack competence, but because you lack confidence in your competence.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 27, 2011

Regardless of your station in life, both what you say, and how you say it matters. Whether in written or oral form your vocabulary matters. Few things make an impact, or lack thereof, like the words you allow to flow from your lips or from your keyboard. You’ll be glad you did….

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

Guest post by Randy Komisar and Jantoon Reigersman : OK, you are now a confident leader. Comfortably demonstrating the skill, character and emotional IQ required for successfully leading your team. Keenly aware that while your title makes you manager, only your team makes you leader. What do you do?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2011

. @123Bongkil: Lessons From Brain Science For Effective Human-Asset Centered Organizational Change. There is power in your words. LisaHaneberg: 20 Moments of Truth Today - How will you use them? JohnBaldoni: Those in positions of authority need to show character, not undermine it. Serve to Lead®. leadership.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 15, 2016

Here are three practices to help you lead like Lincoln. Listen Twice as Much as You Talk. When people talk, it engages the cortex region of the brain where our rational thoughts are processed. By getting people to talk, you will be quieting their fears and engaging their powers of rational thought. Pause Before You Speak.

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The Empowered Buisness

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Be honest with yourself …. · Are you feeling tired, stressed or depressed? · Are you feeling disconnected from what really matters to you? · Are you feeling like you have lost your way, not even realizing it ? The same is true with yourself and your organization. What Are Transitions?

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The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 4, 2014

You aspire to achieve great things, yet stay “small” for fear of failing. Are you continuously swamped by the endless hours that your role demands, yet get diminishing returns from all your efforts? Are you continuously swamped by the endless hours that your role demands, yet get diminishing returns from all your efforts?

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 20, 2017

If we are not careful, our well-meaning actions can breed frustration, cause discontent, and undermine trust. Today we’ll talk about leader patience and when to apply it in a way that will strengthen your team instead of strangling it. Your constant meddling is telling your teammate that you don’t trust them to do the job right.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

As a CEO, your board can be one of your greatest allies. Conversely, and just as easily, they can be a significant contributor to your undoing resulting in an early and unnecessary demise. If you inherit your board, seek to build strong relationships as quickly as possible.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 6, 2019

The neighborhood flock of crows (or murder if you prefer the old-school term for a group of crows) had nominated three of their brethren to express their displeasure to the hawk about him invading their turf. Expect to occasionally encounter your fair share of crap so you aren’t caught by surprise when it happens.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

His new book, Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments , takes you through his research and best practices to show how to experiment and test before acting. If you want to learn how to develop an experimentation organization, read on. I enjoyed my discussion about all things experimentation. “If

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 14, 2018

To help you to get around this, this post will be exploring some of the areas which could do with losing their toys, exposing the reality which comes with paper in today’s society. Tools like this often start out free, making it possible to start getting access to the tools you need without having to spend a small fortune in the process.

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CO2

AUGUST 13, 2010

If you’re not trustworthy, they say, why would anyone follow you? While trustworthiness is certainly very important as a leader, it’s also very important that YOU trust your co-workers. Such consistency allows others to have a firm sense of you, such that they can predict your decisions and behavior.

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CO2

AUGUST 13, 2010

Often when you read leadership books, blogs, or journals, you will be inundated with views on how leaders build trust. If you don’t trust your coworkers, what’s the point of asking for their input? You won’t trust their answers and they will sense your distrust.

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CO2

OCTOBER 15, 2010

This centralization of power allows for the self-interest of some to undermine the best interests of the group. President Obama, ask us questions before you make a decision. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against? He’s playing to his strengths—which is the problem. As a result, this format is decidedly undemocratic.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2018

Does your direct report get on your nerves? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR: , cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Art Markman , a psychology professor at the University of Texas at Austin and cohost of the podcast Two Guys on Your Head.

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Building Personal Strength

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010 Refine Your Dialogue Skills - Some Tips and an Illustration When people share opinions, they can discover either common ground or points of conflict. If you didnt read that post, its a great place to start. Below are some tips that will help you refine your dialogue skills.

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CO2

OCTOBER 15, 2010

This centralization of power allows for the self-interest of some to undermine the best interests of the group. President Obama, ask us questions before you make a decision. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against? He’s playing to his strengths—which is the problem. As a result, this format is decidedly undemocratic.

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Health Care Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Politics 74

Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 12, 2011

In my experience and observation, you can’t underestimate the power of “cultural fit” – both good and bad – on an organization and on your own career. In my experience and observation, you can’t underestimate the power of “cultural fit” – both good and bad – on an organization and on your own career. Happy leading!

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 17, 2010

→ Don’t believe your own hype Posted on March 17, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment Canadian actor Corey Haim was found dead in his low rent LA apartment last week. Haim is certainly a tragic figure and there’s something to be said for what happens when success and power come before you know how to handle it.

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Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

← Fear: what’s holding you back? Oh dear Mr. Clark… can’t you do better than that? So, what can you do? I know what you’re thinking. Well, maybe your colleague came in full guns blazing (like many newly promoted folks do) and this person is right to have her nose out of joint. Thus “SLANT&#.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

For example, your boss might reveal inside information about an upcoming organizational change, giving you a heads-up on how these changes might affect you. Or a client might mention a recent not-yet-public decision, one that has consequences for your company’s relationship with their firm.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

The problem is our brains are programmed to procrastinate. That’s because it’s easier for our brains to process concrete rather than abstract things , and the immediate hassle is very tangible compared with those unknowable, uncertain future benefits. How can you become less myopic about your elusive tasks?

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