Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One of the most frustrating aspects of teamwork is the feeling of futility – of spinning your wheels. You connect with one another, establish clear success criteria, get curious, and build on one another’s suggestions, but nothing happens. Your conversation needs to produce action, or nothing changes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

What is a Check for Understanding? A check for understanding is a simple confirmation that the message you intended to send is what the receiver heard. In other words, is your team picking up what you’re putting down? For example, “Thanks so much for your time today.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Overcoming an Outdated Leadership Brand. Have you ever felt like this? You’ve worked hard to build your leadership brand, but the negative perceptions linger. You can improve your reputation and your leadership brand with this proactive approach. What is a leadership brand?

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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? Will you lend a hand?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

” You have a chance to lead and overcome a failure to communicate. Those moments where the thread of understanding seems to unravel, leaving you feeling exasperated and silently screaming “Don’t they understand?” Doesn’t that senior leader know what impact they’re having here?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Overused assets can ruin a positive leadership presence. You work hard to set a positive example for your team. You care about success, and you want your people to succeed. You’ve clarified what matters most and you’re committed to accountability. You’re intentional about your culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

I know my team is not a fan (and quite frankly, neither am I). It’s time to communicate this to my team. ” What’s the best way to communicate this to my team # AskingforaFriend 4 Approaches to Get Your Team Past the Disapointment and Moving Forward Productively As a leader, not every decision you make will be popular.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 26, 2021

Expect common breakdowns to help your team work better together. Does your team get derailed by miscommunication, hurt feelings, customer service challenges, or another department’s dropped balls? On the contrary–smart leaders know it’s not a matter of if they’ll happen, but when. Model Recovery.

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 17, 2023

Practical Ways to Ensure Your Leadership Communication Has a Better and Broader Impact This question came in from a senior leader working to ensure their communication has a broad organization-wide impact: “Hi Karin, We have a lot of moving parts around here. I’m quite sure my senior team is with me. They get it.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

The most valuable part of the book for me was the first chapter on transforming how you use your mind. Here are ten ideas for rearranging your brain to achieve “big goals in turbulent environments where conventional thinking often fails.” Love “has a lot to do with getting your brain in the right place to make good decisions.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 29, 2023

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. Something happens, and the alarms go off early. Now, Frank is on a mission to find out who turned on the crew. I know you’re not like most people. Joe was the planner.

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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. 5 Steps to be a Human-Centered Leader When You’re Stressed. It Happens.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

A CRISIS most often comes when you expect it least. How do you deal with the damage and move forward? Vice Admiral Mike LeFever and Roderick Jones state in End Game First , “In a crisis, you have to consider your end game first. At some point in the future, you will be out of danger and back in the day-to-day.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A Retrospective: Santa’s Big Leadership and Culture Change. Today, the North Pole is a paragon of human-centered leadership and culture. In fact, Santa has a lot to teach us about leadership. The North Pole’s leadership and culture at the time was a great example of what we call “ trickle-down intimidation.”

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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. Can you identify the issues that are obvious to everyone and find value in the different perspectives? ” – Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

“Karin, our team is growing. ” “Leading was easy when our team was small, but now our team is growing. What do I do now?” ” “How do I scale my leadership influence as my team size grows?” How to Keep Leading Well as Your Team is Growing.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

I N this interview, Jobs explains the dynamics of a team that pushes to excel—to be above average—excellent. There are some team leaders who would argue that a great team is all smiles and agreement. And as you evolve that great idea, it changes and grows. There are just certain things you can’t make electrons do.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article We’ve heard the fictional story of the women warriors of the Dora Milaje in the movie Black Panther. The movie is filled with tense moments… Moments that will make you rage with anger, cringe in your seat because of the abuse, and cheer for the Agojie. Listen to your gut.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Practical Tips to Help You and Your Team Heal. And I’ve had more than a few phone calls from really talented human-centered leaders hurting for the team members they’ve had to lose and deeply concerned about those who remain after the layoff. Getting Real with Your Own Emotions. I know it’s hard.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

Why All-Hands Meetings are so Important (Particularly Now) Now that “You’re muted'” is the catchphrase of the decade, having a great all-hands meeting or remarkable company offsite is a great way to foster human-centered collaboration. So it’s important to make your event remarkable.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 22, 2024

To do more, clarify who owns the decision and know when it’s time to move Is your team full of good intentions and meaningful conversations that don’t translate into action and results? Or do you have choke points of one overwhelmed expert or manager that keeps everyone else waiting around?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Clear communication gets you past “magical thinking” to create a shared understanding of success. Think about any significant conflict you’ve been a part of. It happens all the time. You assume they should know what’s expected because __ fill in the blank here (e.g. I’m not sure what I want.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 6, 2023

If you don’t pay enough attention to strategy, you and your team will end up lost in a wilderness of meaningless, unproductive busyness. But if you don’t pay enough attention to tactics and effective management, you’ll create needless conflicts, frustration, and hurt feelings.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 7, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article Bullet Train is one of the most unique and fun films I’ve seen in a long time. You’ll enjoy the film if you love fast action, witty banter, and a twist. You’ll also love Bullet Train if you’re a student of leadership. Kimura had failed to do what fathers do.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

Help your team master rapidly changing priorities with skillful preparation. Rapidly changing priorities can demoralize and frustrate your team if you’re not prepared to help them navigate the shifting landscape. These eight strategies will help you maintain your team’s energy and morale when goals change frequently.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 14, 2021

Whether your team is heading back to the office, will continue working remotely, or somewhere between, silence and space are critical leadership gifts to give your team. One team member said, “With no commute and without physical interruptions from other people, I’m getting way more done.”

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 27, 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. Jaeger was lost when he wanted to continue to search for a way to get past the mountains surrounding the town he lived in. See what the possibilities are.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2022

When you have a negative team member, strive to understand what’s happening. Leading a negative team member can be frustrating. You have a vision, and you’re energized about your new solution, but they’re skeptical, critical, and keep bringing up problems. Why You Have a Negative Team Member.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, it’s way better than being ignored or left on our own… but sometimes my team feels like we’re working in a zoo. All the observing and explaining is distracting my team, who really need to focus on our most important things and building our new team culture. What does success look like?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

How to be Even More Effective and Helpful as You Coach Your Team. If you’re a manager, you likely hear a lot about not only leading and organizing but also being a coach for your team. And, it can be hard to know exactly how to make that happen in the midst of everything else you have going on.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Welcome to the August 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Bernd Geropp provided One-on-one meetings – What matters most!

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Welcome to the October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. My line has become “thank you for wearing a mask. I am so grateful to you.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 3, 2021

What’s Going to Happen? If only you had a crystal ball to know what’s going to happen. But you don’t. What if we reorganize… again? What’s Going to Happen Next. There’s much you can’t possibly predict. A co-worker will really tick you off. You will fix it.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk is full of revealing, behind-the-scenes anecdotes that provide insight into why Musk does what he does and why he does it that way. Did you think I was also going to be a chill normal dude?” Below, you will find some excerpts that give you a taste of what you will find in Isaacson’s Elon Musk.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 16, 2022

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. In 2002, the live-action Scooby-Doo movie ( get your copy here ), directed by Raja Gosnell and screenplay by James Gunn, was released. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Scooby-Doo.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 12, 2021

Your human resources professionals can be wonderful strategic partners and collaborate with you to achieve amazing results—but it takes trust and a solid relationship to get there. You might not be aware of what your HR professionals offer. You might not be aware of what your HR professionals offer.

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