Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We almost live the life we long: for. And then we get to the end of our lives and realize that we were so close. If we don’t know what really matters, we will spend our lives accumulating the very things that do not matter—discarding the things that matter most.” If we think in toxic ways, we will get toxic outcomes.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Adapting to the Technological Needs of a Distributed Team In today’s world of work, being technologically agile is imperative for organizations that want to succeed with a distributed team. Many lives and businesses were impacted overnight. The changes came quickly, and it was an exciting journey for my colleagues and me.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

All In : How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams by Mike Michalowicz It’s never been harder building successful teams. They’ve tried everything from food perks and ping pong tables to endless team-building exercises and training—but nothing sticks. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Your WMI might change, and it might be different for you today than three years from now, and it might be different for home with your spouse or with good friends or coaching a team. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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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 that’s always been, in my mind, my metaphor for a team working really hard on something they’re passionate about.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 21, 2022

If you’re going to succeed, you have to build a team that’s able to work well together and get results, and you need to be able to do that quickly. In, How to Quickly Build Team Commitment, get four activities to speed up the process and improve your team’s commitment to outcomes and to one another.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Leaders are called to help people become what they were put on this earth to be as individuals and as part of a team or community.” Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

I’d like to have some semblance of unity on my team, but I’m not sure where to start. How do I CARVE OUT A TEAM CULTURE?” ” #askingforafriend How to Carve Out A Team Culture Even When Your Company Culture is Lacking Great question! Create your team culture by encouraging innovation and alignment.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Sam Walker on finding leaders: “I started to suspect that the real reason we can’t agree on the formula for elite team leadership is that we’ve overcomplicated things. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. John Daly on the importance of repetition: “There is a wonderful story of a man who was so in love with a woman who lived far from him that every day, for 500 days, he mailed a love letter to her. On the 500th day, she married the postman.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

Cultures of Growth : How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations by Mary C. A growth mindset culture can transform any group, team, or classroom to reach breakthroughs while also helping each person achieve their potential. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Pride lives in denial and ignores the truth. Pride lives inside our heads. Humility boosts team morale. Pride blames others. Humility promotes objectivity. Humility increases teachability. Pride is close-minded and defensive. Humility stimulates creativity. Humility expands flexibility. Pride is rigid and demands my way.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Of course, co-led teams are not always ineffective and dangerous. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Source: Everyone Leads: Building Leadership from the Community Up II.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2022

Help your team be more compassionate, courageous, and curious. And they want to hope for a brighter future—that’s where courage and curiosity can help your team to thrive. Imagine what would happen if every member of your team showed up 10% more compassionate, courageous, and curious this week. Compassion.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In an age where artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a buzzword but a tangible reality shaping every facet of our lives, there's a looming question that echoes through the corridors of corporations and startups alike: Can AI replace human leaders? This empathetic approach builds trust — a fundamental element in any successful team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 13, 2021

Start Here to Make Your High-Performing Virtual Teams Even Better. In this week’s Asking For a Friend, I share best practices I see continually being performed by high-performing virtual teams. Highlights from the Building High-Performing Virtual Teams Conversation. Looking For More Team Building Resources?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Certain principals cut across the lives of such leaders as they transcend traditional leadership roles and prioritize the well-being of the communities, economies, and global society they serve. To what extent is your leadership team attuned to their ethical responsibilities? Hamdi Ulukaya – Ulukaya immigrated to the U.S.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Now, with Uptime , Laura brings her unique approach to productivity and well-being to anyone who wants to be more effective and experience “calm accomplishment,” whether at work, at school, or in their own personal lives. H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2024 curated just for you.

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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. citizens have access to vaccines, we’ve been talking with people whose teams have worked remotely about their thoughts on returning to in-person work.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Source: Disruptive Thinking: A Daring Strategy to Change How We Live, Lead, and Love II. Those teams understand that information, challenges, and obstacles can come from any angle at any time.

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Leading Blog

MAY 11, 2023

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Labeling makes it difficult to create a workplace culture with constructive communication and teams committed to improving performance.” Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Management does not put them there.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 14, 2023

These groups are, in essence, a ‘living lab,’ a place to test, refine, and validate the theories and practices absorbed during your leadership development program. After all, if these techniques produce results, you owe it to your team to use them. Too much change all at once will overwhelm both you and your team.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

This is the time of the year when I spend a day with my C-suite clients to give them some space to get up on the balcony to consider what success will look like 12 months from now and what they and their teams need to focus on to make those outcomes more likely. How do you want to leverage and enable your leadership team this year?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. By contrast, if someone is liked, her colleagues will seek out every bit of competence she has to offer, meaning that a little likeability has far more mileage than competence in making someone a desirable team player.”

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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? 4 Ways to Make a Team Work Better Together by Planning for Breakdowns. So how do you implement planned recovery on your team?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

He faced a challenging product request that he believed would either overtax his team or disappoint the client. Relying on a “brilliant jerk” who gets results, has protective relationships with senior leaders, but makes life hell for their team. To lead well, you need to re-empower yourself and your team. Reframe the Problem.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

From the era of large mainframes, command line interfaces, and backing up data on tape to the modern world of cloud computing, user-friendly interfaces, and low-code/no-code software development, technology has continued to change rapidly and has significantly shaped our lives and businesses.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 27, 2024

The absence of daily, face-to-face interactions in remote settings can make understanding and navigating team dynamics challenging. Let’s explore practical ways to enhance these essential interpersonal abilities, ensuring remote workers like you can maintain robust, effective, and collaborative relationships with your teams from afar.

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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. Or, you have to translate new strategic objectives to your team and one person just can’t seem to go there. Why You Have a Negative Team Member. Invite the team on the journey with you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Want to empower your team? 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. Everyone had a new boss and a new team.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Some people argue that with the rise of technological advances, people will no longer want to go to live sporting events. Some people argue that with the rise of technological advances, people will no longer want to go to live sporting events. There is nothing like the atmosphere of a live sporting event.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 23, 2021

In this heartfelt and moving conversation, Debbie Cohen and Kate Roeske-Zummer help you chart a path that brings humanity (yours and your teams) to work through awareness, choice, and courage. 27:00 – What to do when you experience resistance in yourself or your team (look for the fear beneath it). It works—and it works better.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 23, 2021

The webinar was attended live by 2,004 professionals eager to learn how connection can help their teams to thrive this year. The webinar was attended live by 2,004 professionals eager to learn how connection can help their teams to thrive this year.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 4, 2021

You Can’t Stop The Uncertainty at Work, But You Can Learn to Live in Flux. April shares practical ways to live your life so that you’re prepared to better cope with (and thrive) no matter what comes at you. Watch Karin Hurt and April Rinne on Asking For a Friend LIVE. Run slower. See what’s invisible.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 23, 2023

And, he explained how he didn’t want to share about himself with his team or on social media platforms. As he was sharing his concerns, he was building significant trust and connection with his team. When we talk about being vulnerable, there aren’t parameters about what parts of our lives we have to share.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 16, 2023

It is essential for leaders because it helps them connect with and understand their team members’ perspectives. Empathetic leaders are better able to build trust and strong relationships with their team, which can lead to increased motivation, productivity, and job satisfaction. This will help them to feel heard and understood.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

When Millennials entered the workforce, they prioritized “work to live” and did not want any part of the “hustle culture” that prioritizes face time, long hours, paying your dues. Live your values. It is much harder to live them and to live them through adversity. Offer flexibility and put trust in your team.

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