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How to REALLY Listen

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

The REAL listening skills. Some years ago during a YPO Forum moderators training program, one of the participants had this explanation of the power of real listening faxed from his office. We believe that when someone shares a problem, the best response is to help them find a solution. Do you know how to REALLY listen? …

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How to Keep Your Team Goals on Track

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Training – In order to implement your goals, what skills are needed? Do you need to develop team skills such as conflict management or giving feedback? Rewards, recognition and compensation – How will you reward and celebrate team accomplishments as well as individual contribution?

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Teams Do Not Drift to Greatness

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Provide Education – Leaders know skills turn aspiration into accomplishment. Leaders need to help the team assess what skill gaps exist and ensure the team gets the training and education needed to close those gaps. This should not be a mystery!

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Stewardship Is an Alternative to Leadership

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Peter Block is a global bestselling author and consultant, and a partner in Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops that build the skills outlined in his books. His bestselling book, Stewardship has just been re-released in a 20th Anniversary, Revised and Extended Edition with a foreword by Steven Piersanti.

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Are You a Team in Name Only? 3 Questions to Help You Find Out

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Leaders who want to make their team more effective often ask me for help with teambuilding, training in team skills or advice on restructuring. My first question is always, “What do you want to accomplish? What will be different as a result?”.

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Coaching Tips for Managers – When the Bicycle Moment Occurs

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Did they put the training wheels back on? I consider these four questions: Do they have the skills and knowledge they need? Still there, watching from behind. They came to where you were sitting on the ground, praised your accomplishment and encouraged you to get back on the bike. Probably not. Do they want to do it?

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Simplify Leadership and Focus on What’s Essential

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Did she provide you with an opportunity where you could grow your skills? Bill is also the author of the bestseller Courage Goes to Work and Courageous Leadership: A Program for Using Courage to Transform the Workplace, an off-the-shelf training toolkit that organizations use to build workplace courage.