Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It’s easy for true gratitude to get lost in the swirl of formal recognition programs, everyday courtesies, and the relentless push for more and better. It changes us. It changes the game. Often, they are based on numbers, rankings, or “it’s that time of year.” Genuine gratitude transforms your leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Every truly high-performing team has one thing in common: They spend time in candid conversation talking about what’s working and consistently look for ways to improve. They look at the work they’re doing and ask “how can we” do this EVEN BETTER? Invest One Hour a Month to Help Your Team Perform Even Better.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The longer you’re in a leadership position, the more decisions you will have to make. These decisions… They’re not always going to be easy. In fact, many of the decisions you’re going to make as a leader will be uncomfortable. 6 Uncomfortable Leadership Decisions. It’s not.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2022

It’s impossible to prepare for every workplace conflict. But it can be remarkably useful to prepare for inevitable workplace disagreements by considering what you might say before you need to say it. When you’re in the heat of a workplace conflict, it’s hard to find the right words. You’re mad.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What’s equally difficult is helping your team recover, establishing a new normal, and figuring out how in the world you’ll get it all done with fewer people. I know it’s hard. Or, it could be you are worried about how to sustain momentum with a reduced staff. Practical Tips to Help You and Your Team Heal.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It’s that pressure you feel to get every task done as flawlessly as possible—and then some. Briceño calls it the Learning Zone. It’s filled with curiosity, experimentation, and change. It’s not just learning from doing but learning while doing that will lead us to higher levels of performance.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 4, 2023

There’s something about looking back over the entire year and seeing what stands out. More than the list itself, it’s the conversation that it provokes that each of us finds compelling: “Really, that was your favorite… interesting.” ” “Oh, I almost forgot about that one. .”

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

What to say next when you’re overloaded at work (without sounding whiny) Ever found yourself cackling at the monstrous to-do list glaring back at you, thinking “Right, that’s not happening,” only to gulp back a sob as you realize none of it’s optional? Embrace the wisdom of knowing what ‘winning’ looks like.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 30, 2021

Many people find it easier to be a human-centered leader when everything’s going well. But when you’re stressed and anxious, it’s easy to snap at your team, lose your temper, and undermine the culture you’ve worked so hard to build. It Happens. It happens. That’s your body acting like it’s under attack.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Hi Karin, We just completed our leadership development program, and we’re feeling really good about how we’ve been applying what we’ve learned along the way. The leader-led Challenge and Support groups have been so helpful as we’ve worked to implement what we learned in our leadership training. Make it your own.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 13, 2023

It was 100% me. ” “I can’t believe it. And today, when our manager asked us for our ideas, that credit stealer immediately chimed in and shared MY idea as if it were her own. And today, when our manager asked us for our ideas, that credit stealer immediately chimed in and shared MY idea as if it were her own.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 10, 2022

What’s your most valuable leadership practice? At the start of our work together, we’ll ask leaders and managers around the world for their most valuable leadership practice. For more on the valuable communication tool: look at Check for Understanding ). But What’s the MOST Valuable Leadership Practice?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Here are a few places to start building your team culture: Team Culture: Pick and reward good pumpkins (talent) When you have an opportunity to bring new members to the team, be sure you’re hiring for the team culture you’re looking to create. Make it easier for your team to work together.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

During times of uncertainty and change, it’s easy for your team to get lost in the chaotic swirl of indecision —to wring their hands and wait and see. It’s also the perfect time to empower your team, to step up and take the lead. We were merging systems, policies, programs—you name it. Gail knew we knew that.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Source: Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should. and What to Do About It II. McRaven on death before dishonor: “Leadership is difficult because it is a human interaction, and nothing is more daunting, more frustrating, more complex than trying to lead men and women in tough times. Action beats stagnation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

” “Leading was easy when our team was small, but now our team is growing. ” “How do I scale my leadership influence as my team size grows?” ” These are “ Asking for a Friend” questions I hear frequently in our leadership development programs. . How do I lead well now?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 25, 2022

Learning How to Be Less Negative Will Make You More Effective. When your team or supervisor thinks of you as a negative person, you’re less likely to be invited to conversations where you would have valuable contributions to make. Why It’s Hard to Hear. The function is mission-critical, and the contractor has no redundancy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 13, 2023

When your team thinks of you as a negative person, you’re less likely to be invited to conversations where you would have valuable contributions to make. Hey, it’s David and you’re listening to leadership without losing your soul. It’s not about changing your personality. And how do I know?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Building on the shoulders of such philosophical giants and the subsequent research over millennia, science has further defined, assessed, and developed the concept of character to apply findings to organizational leadership. Let’s take a look at the anatomy of character, how it establishes itself, and what leaders can do about it.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. We’re brought back into the world of Naruto and it is great. More than that, there are leadership lessons in Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It happens all the time. They thought the magic coffee mug fairy would take care of it. And sometimes, you don’t even know you have an expectation until someone doesn’t live up to it. One of the common mistakes we see people make in workplace conflict is that they don’t clearly understand what success looks like.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

To Gain More Confidence Saying No at Work, Start with Your “Yes” It’s never easy to say no at work. In our leadership programs, we always recommend facing difficult conversations with confidence and humility. For example, “Yes, it sounds like this project would benefit our marketing strategy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 31, 2023

Transform your leadership and team’s results with the power of small habits Your team won’t become a high-functioning powerhouse after one offsite. There are no leadership hacks or shortcuts that will transform your organization or results. Keep thinking about it as we travel back to 1845.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Miguel Leal didn’t start out wanting to make cheese. He was just looking for a “job that would help me survive the disaster of my father’s death and the mess I’d made of my own education and life so far.” They built into a multi-million dollar company before selling it to Sigma Alimentos. It is a heartfelt, interesting story.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2024 curated just for you. Never Not Working : Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business—and How to Fix It by Malissa Clark The always-on, hustle culture creates an unhealthy, counterproductive relationship with work. It's time to fight back.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 18, 2022

The more experienced I am with something or someone, the harder it is to show up curious. How I’m feeling about the work I’m doing and the contribution I’m making. How I’m feeling about the work I’m doing and the contribution I’m making. Again, a bit of curiosity goes a long way.

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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. It’s coming out next year, so a little under a year from when you’re listening to this in real time.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 4, 2023

We all make decisions every day. As an executive leadership coach, my clients make business decisions constantly. But it’s who they are as leaders that makes their other decisions more impactful. In conclusion, we make many decisions on a wide range of things all the time.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

I F you’re looking to expand your thinking, then look no further than Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential by Matt Higgins. Essentially it comes down to: why do we hesitate? It’s easy to think that you’re not good enough regardless of what you have achieved or where you are at.

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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. Even if it was hard to hear?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 29, 2020

The rancor in our political system, fueled as it is by people who do not want to listen to one another, paralyzes so much of our public discourse.” The rancor in our political system, fueled as it is by people who do not want to listen to one another, paralyzes so much of our public discourse.” We don’t have the whole story.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

We forget what it was like to be in their position. Some may have never been in a leadership position before. Today, put aside your preconceived notions of what leadership looks like. Leadership is a privilege: The first thing leaders need to remember is that leadership is a privilege.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 14, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. The film is more enjoyable than I thought it would be. It is a tale of friendship and learning to rely on others. Krypton was about to explode. They only had one pod.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 12, 2023

Many of us aren’t doing or giving our people the things they need, even when it’s easy enough to do. Many of us aren’t doing or giving our people the things they need, even when it’s easy enough to do. Make sure your people know you appreciate the work they’re doing.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 8, 2023

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. Glass Onion landed in limited theaters before its release on Netflix on December 23rd. Glass Onion landed in limited theaters before its release on Netflix on December 23rd.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 2, 2024

Problem-solving is an inevitable part of the job when it comes to leadership. It’s important to understand the surface symptoms as well as the underlying causes of the problem. Additionally, if you’re working with a team, the risk of bias increases when everyone looks and thinks the same.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Show Up with More Executive Presence to Improve Your Leadership We often receive this question… “Hi Karin, my boss says I need more “executive presence,” but I’m not sure exactly how to DO that?” In our conversation, Joel and I get into one of his top pro tips – making sure people hear your voice.

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