Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The post is prompted by a conversation I had last week with a small group of leaders in one of our Next Level Leadership® group coaching cohorts. While we were on Zoom, someone sent me a chat message to let me know that, in the time since our last conversation, two of the folks in the session had been promoted to vice president.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 4, 2023

I’m speaking culturally and in the United States where I’m recording and where I live, we emphasize the new, the forward. Looking for the new, and not the cost of maintenance is also a problem for us in leadership and in relationships. And once it’s done, yes, it’s going to need to be maintained.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Finding Light in Leadership Billy Joel’s music is a constant backdrop to my childhood memories. Joel’s ability to craft songs that speak to the human experience puts him right back on the top of the charts. ” This line not only serves as a poignant moment within the song itself but also acts as a meta-commentary.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Help Your Team Solve the Right Problem 00:54 How do we solve the right problem quickly and get ourselves and our team back to work? So in this case, Poncha let Frank know that she would be speaking with Don and invited him to come along. When someone walks up to you and says, can I talk to you for a minute? How do you respond?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 12, 2019

Guest post from Fiona Murden : In 1998 I graduated from business school feeling I knew all there was to know about leadership. What is however changing is the rate of change itself and the volume of data leaders and followers have to deal with. As a result, those critical aspects of good leadership become even more important.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

If you aspire to become a great leader, it’s important to remember that your leadership begins far before you have a leader’s title. The starting point of your leadership growth starts where you are today. When you speak, think of ways you can contribute that add real value, not just more noise.

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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. Jon Verbeck shares The Importance of Making Your Invoices Customer-Centric.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

When landing on leaders who can help take your organization to its desired future state, executive search processes are more active, robust, and aggressive. When looking for your next compelling executive leader, it’s vital to decide on a process that best serves your organization’s needs and to know the differences between them.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 21, 2014

Guest post from Gary Genard: Perhaps the biggest public speaking mistake emerging leaders make is to focus on delivering information. Your purpose, then, needs to inform all of your other choices when you speak. That means you must think carefully about how to start your speech. I’ll just go out and talk about it.”

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Lead from Within

MAY 17, 2016

We all want leadership to be successful. Done right, leadership is difficult. Leadership is about credibility and reliability; to be an effective leader, your followers must have trust in you. That’s why it’s critical to always take responsibility for your actions. How is your own leadership looking?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Even if they have no detailed idea for the particulars of the path they will forge, they are comfortable with their capability (and the capability of those they lead) to make good decisions as relevant information presents itself along the way. Shift Your Mindset Genuine leadership is an “inside out” function.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Welcome to the February 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! ” As I’ve seen in my own leadership journey, that’s often the choice that leads to new and exhilarating paths. Let’s Get Started. Beth recaps, “Beth Beutler refreshes us on an important leadership skill—saying ‘no’ with grace.”

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Regardless of the purpose of the meeting, most would agree that the meeting itself has a much higher probability of being successful if it is thoughtfully organized and executed. As a leader, you need to invest the time necessary to ensure your meeting has a reasonable probability of achieving that success. Think of it this way.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 14, 2021

“If you are going to change the world, it will be from leveraging your strengths.” – Kyle Parton. Do you want to make your strengths more widely known, but worry about being seen as a braggart? It builds your personal morale, giving you the momentum to keep moving forward by taking on exciting new endeavors at work.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

If you’re a leader who needs to attract and retain great talent, you have a huge stake in your team members answering, “Yes,” to both of those questions. Developed by the late William Bridges, the Four P’s is a tried-and-true framework for describing what matters and how your people make it happen. Does what I do matter?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Whether you are new to studying leadership or have practiced and studied it for many years, I am sure you will benefit and enjoy the leadership lessons today’s post provides. One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 16, 2014

In my previous piece, I discussed why leadership should be hard in the context of how so many leaders I’ve work with are now struggling to find balance between the rising demands on their attention and resources, and having the time to assess their leadership and what they need to do going forward.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 2, 2014

With it, few things are out of reach; without it, leadership is meaningle ss. Everything you do as a leader is transparent and as good as your word. Constantly evaluate yourself, measuring your accomplishments and actions not against others but against your goals, your words, your beliefs. Speak the truth.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 12, 2019

Unfortunately—as in every field—some people in leadership positions are threatened by those they lead, especially those who embody the qualities they lack as a leader. How can you tell if your leader is freaked out by your competence or confidence? Stealing your ideas. Failing to respond. Micromanaging you. Ignoring you.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 14, 2021

“If you are going to change the world, it will be from leveraging your strengths.” – Kyle Parton Do you want to make your strengths more widely known, but worry about being seen as a braggart? It builds your personal morale, giving you the momentum to keep moving forward by taking on exciting new endeavors at work.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 27, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article Whenever I hear Go go Power Rangers I’m instantly transported back to my youth. Enough with the details, we’re going to dive into the leadership lessons from Power Rangers the movie! Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Power Rangers. Great leaders won’t let injustice happen.

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Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

We updated health and safety procedures, employed technology to streamline billing and appointment scheduling, digitized our designs, added retail elements, and provided respectable wages for our artists and employees to let them know their importance to the business. Use them to generate value within your brand.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Here are 30 essential skills you must have to be an amazing speaker: 1. Know your audience. Unless you already know them well, you should plan to spend time researching and understanding your audience as well as your topic. 2. Pick your topic carefully. Treat your audience with respect. 8. Be respectful.

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Career Advancement

MAY 1, 2017

He decided to use three simple ways to let other in the workplace know of his good work. It’s self-promotion without sounding like your tooting your own horn. Share your accomplishments. You’d love to have your work speak for itself. Send a brief report to your boss or the influencer about the job.

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 28, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article Memorial Day weekend 2018 saw the release of the latest movie in the Star Wars Story series: Solo. Solo also provided many leadership lessons. Today, we’re going to look at the leadership lessons in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Solo: A Star Wars Story.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 19, 2017

This month’s festival is all about goal setting (especially with your team) for the new year. The question for the month is: What have you done to create connection with your team ? Submit your teamwork related blog posts and answers to that question here! Next month’s Frontline Festival is all about creating connection.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Ask a hundred people what great leadership looks like and you will probably get a hundred different answers. To accomplish that, we must assess our leadership from time to time. Think of what kind of leader you want to be and then measure yourself against these questions:Do your actions express your true character?

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 11, 2017

Even when we’re speaking fast, every word is selected as the appropriate one, from a huge collection we have stored in our brains. Let’s use a simple illustrative example, from the world of work: you’ve just completed a short proposal for a contract, a task you haven’t done before, and your boss is reading through it.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 9, 2014

When people feel inspired by their leader, leadership is at its best. When people understand the direction of the vision, leadership is at its prime. When people feel safe to make mistakes, leadership is supportive. When people experience trust in their own ability, leadership is at its peak. Direction fosters purpose.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 14, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article (Flashback Edition) One of my favorite podcasters Pat Flynn’s, of Smart Passive Income and Ask Pat, favorite movie is Back To The Future. So, I figured why not use Back To The Future as the first “flashback” Reel Leadership article. Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Back To The Future.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

As you move through life, if you’re at all thoughtful, you’re constantly developing your own personal code of conduct. If you have found your stride in life and you consider that your code’s more or less in place, that’s great. Here are some codes of conduct to i mplement into your leadership. Always be kind.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Two experts on business transformations, Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas, have written Unfear: Transform your Organization to Create Breakthrough Performance and Wellbeing. It shows you how to reframe your relationship with fear and anxiety to unlock extraordinary performance and personal wellbeing for you, your team, and your organization.

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Lead by Adventure

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Whatever the situation, you might be wondering how you can lead from what would be considered a “lower level” Regardless of position, you can have influence in your new [job]. There are several ways to increase your amount of influence. Speak Your Mind. Speak Your Mind. Serve Others.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 9, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article Hidden Figures is Disney’s latest release telling the story of a team of African-American women who helped NASA send astronaut John Glenn into outer space and return safely. With a story like this, you know Hidden Figures has to be chocked full of leadership lessons. They knew she was brilliant.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Reputation is the basis of leadership, no matter the job. In leadership, few things matter more. The key goal in shaping your reputation by having your personal character stand as a driving force for everything you do and say. Your reputation grows best among people you have seen, heard, and valued. Connection.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The following guest post is from James Clawson , one of those external instructors we partner with in a program we’re doing for a global, Fortune 500 client called “Change Leadership”. Theories of leadership abound to the point of confusion. Given the shape of the model, let's call this the “diamond model of leadership.”

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HR Digest

MARCH 28, 2024

Sometimes a promotion comes your way in due time, and sometimes you have to know how to ask for a promotion if you want to take control of your career instead of waiting. The first challenge that presents itself is knowing when to ask for a promotion because enquiring too soon can make you appear unreasonable and demanding.

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