Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

You work hard to set a positive example for your team. You care about success, and you want your people to succeed. You’re intentional about your culture. But somehow, your leadership presence isn’t working. You don’t have the connection or influence you hope for. Where do I need to stretch and grow as a leader?

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As a leader, having executive presence is crucial to gaining the trust and confidence of those around you. It’s about showing people that you lead you’re a capable and reliable leader. So, you can inspire trust and belief in your ability to lead. You should be true to yourself and your values.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Is conflict wearing us all down? The pandemic-inspired shift to remote work and hybrid teams left many people longing for deeper human connection. Many organizations are still wrestling with the new reality of remote and hybrid workforces. What advice would you give your former self if you faced this workplace conflict again?

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

Leaders engage in a number of related activities including managing and leading, discovery and delivery, as well as giving and receiving feedback. . There is no one approach (ratio) that can be used in every situation. You must determine what’s required to achieve your goals. . In contrast, leaders want change.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The CEO must create a vision that inspires others. The CEO must use soft skills like empathy and self-awareness to better understand and influence others. Tell us what you think. It makes sense and it saves lives. According to Dr. Suri, this is when a surgeon must make a quantum shift in attitude and perspective.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It has called on us to reinvent and transform. It has called on us to learn to think better. The more we use technology and outsourced thinking, we diminish our ability to think for ourselves. Common sense no longer helps us connect the dots. Teaching by Heart : One Professor’s Journey to Inspire by Thomas J.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Wouldn’t it be nice if a new year truly ushered in a fresh start? The optimism we may have ordinarily had in past years as we turned the calendar to January and considered all of the new possibilities that lay ahead of us is a little harder to muster up this time. Great leaders trust people with the truth.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 14, 2020

The coronavirus has given me a chance to observe many leaders dealing with this invisible enemy. I’ve found the very best leaders are good at four things: They understand the current situation. Birx and Fauci have illustrated the importance of studying the key metrics, trends, and the models being used to predict the future.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Great leaders know they have the power to influence their team’s success. Here are 12 of the most powerful ways leaders can create dynamic teams: Create direction. Providing direction is literally the charge of a leader, so know where your team is headed. Don’t just enable your team members to do their current job.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 10, 2023

Today, I highlight his newest title, The Ultimate Guide to Power & Influence , which is a Wall Street Journal Bestseller and has also been on the USA Today bestseller list. In our rapidly changing world, adaptability and influence are key to success. Share the lessons with your team.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

T HE ABILITY TO REINVENT YOURSELF is core to your success as a leader. The ground is shifting under your feet. The only way to stay relevant and therefore effective is to invest in building your skills as a leader. As you take on more responsibility, the demands on you as a leader change.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2021

His description of organizations needs leaders who can lead in every direction. Then Jon Lockhorst’s new book, Mission-Critical Leadership , reconfirms the importance of leadership at every level with the ability to support others at different levels. Leaders do not work every day, but their qualities are present 365 days a year.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 26, 2020

Leaders influence and inspire people to make positive changes to improve the status quo! . Using the right leadership style, helps people make the required changes and become more effective. Are you proficient at using all three styles? Specifically, the leader describes—the goal, plan, and deadline.

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Career Advancement

MAY 11, 2020

Do you feel like you’re just treading water right now, trying to keep your team afloat? Never forget that disruption gives you an opportunity to rise to the top of your field. No one has all the answers to how to navigate this new situation, I assure them. ” – Peter Drucker. Spend time reflecting.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 16, 2019

Hewitt: Leadership is one of the most regularly used words in the world of business, and arguably one of the most important. The latter, because of its lack of position power, implies the ability to influence without it. Secondly, to lead in the sense described above requires influence, but this requires confidence.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

W HENEVER we work with leaders, we have our own important worries—things like fairness, the amount of change we’re being asked to embrace, and our own personal goals. When you think about it, we have three prime questions when facing any leader. When people first meet us, they want to know who we are. Where are we going?

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Here is a new book I imagine nearly everyone will benefit from. It's both a self-help book and a book for leaders who want to lead with positivity. At the core of the book is a thirteen-week negativity fast, during which you’ll progressively eliminate sources of negativity in your life for 90 days. It is, The Negativity Fast.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The news media are more likely to devote time to a violent crime or devastating fire than to the everyday work of great teachers. In November 2015, the New York Times featured an article headlined The Art of the Thanksgiving Table. In November 2015, the New York Times featured an article headlined The Art of the Thanksgiving Table.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Effective leaders in this space have the ability to optimize supply chain operations, streamline processes, and identify cost-saving opportunities. Effective leaders in this space have the ability to optimize supply chain operations, streamline processes, and identify cost-saving opportunities.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

New ideas are resisted and decisions delayed. This post shares how leaders can use a coaching approach to revive brains before talking about goals and plans.” Liz Weber of Weber Business Services contributed Marry Your Values to Your New Work Culture. Inspiration. Communication.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

This blog post is going to be a little different than what you’re used to here at Lead Change. For us here at Lead Change, it’s taught us that sometimes you just need to pause and open up the opportunity to reset. As a result, we’re pausing operations on the site and will not be accepting new contributor submissions.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 5, 2021

Julie explains: “ Getting a great start on the new year is easier and more effective after reflecting upon the previous one. Julie explains: “ Getting a great start on the new year is easier and more effective after reflecting upon the previous one. Creativity/Inspiration. Communication. Is 2020 yet “in the books?”

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Just recall your history when bloodletting was common—even barbers could do it! We start with a standard definition of leadership—influencing people to act toward achieving a goal. The question becomes how best to influence. Let us examine a few popular leadership “tonics.” Here are a few solutions.

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 25, 2022

When you explore other industries other than your initial focus, you can find new inspiration and in-depth areas behind concepts you otherwise would not have examined. Some of the biggest influencers in the world are musicians, and they can teach us a multitude of ways to guide our own career and leader positions.

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Lead from Within

JULY 14, 2020

As a leader, what you do and how you do it, what you say and how you say it will all be imitated by those you lead. A leader’s power is contagious. Whether you know it or not, the way you carry out your leadership will influence others. Whether that influence is positive or negative is up to you. Model the way.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. And, shows you how to inspire those you lead.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Jeff Evans of Designed Learning shared Influencing Without Direct Control. What I want is influence with others so that I am heard, and my ideas are utilized.” Yet many supervisors and managers on the road to becoming valuable and valued leaders fail to do so. Here are 10 Must-Have Items for Your Survival Kit.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.” Therefore, by influencing an executive, a leader influences others who are high on the organizational hierarchy.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What good is empathy in an uber-competitive, saturated marketplace where leaders need to capitalize on every opportunity to stand out? The Empathy Edge definitively answers these questions showing how for-profit leaders can use empathy to gain the upper hand. So, what’s in it for the leaders themselves?

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 28, 2019

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.” — Benjamin Disraeli. I wanted to learn as much as I could from him and use similar techniques as my own leadership responsibilities grew. Virtual mentorship is something you do on your own.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 19, 2023

I get to host an excerpt from Frank Sonnenberg’s new book, Leadership By Example.* For instance, you want your employees to be industrious and effective contributors to your business and your kids to be thoughtful and productive members of society. Following orders is a far cry from following your heart.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2020

As we transition to being more mobile, we won’t be “returning” so much as “evolving” to confront a new reality. As we transition to being more mobile, we won’t be “returning” so much as “evolving” to confront a new reality. We believe doomsday stories more than the future leaders are inventing. Relax as they talk.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Here is a new book I imagine nearly everyone will benefit from. At the core of the book is a thirteen-week negativity fast, during which you’ll progressively eliminate sources of negativity in your life for 90 days. Your inner voice isn’t always helpful. It is, The Negativity Fast. Empathy and How to Lie to Yourself.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The following post is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution…One Person at a Time in celebration of its five year anniversary along with quotes from the authors about their experience. Influence is given. People give influence based on competence, trust and purpose.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Lorrie Coffey of Horizonpointconsulting explains Four Simple Steps to Improve Your Business Writing. Lorrie Coffey of Horizonpointconsulting explains Four Simple Steps to Improve Your Business Writing. You must consciously choose your emotions to hold meaningful conversations that move people forward. Communication.

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Decker Communication

APRIL 19, 2023

It was an event marked by 127 years of incredible tradition, inspiration, and sober celebration 10 years after the finish line bombings of 2013. As I reflect on Marathon Monday, here are two moments that I plan to use as future SHARPs: For alignment and trust, it’s all about communication. miles at the Boston Marathon.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Liz Weber of Weber Business Services provided Your Silence Speaks Volumes: Speak and Lead Proactively. Liz writes: “ Do you find yourself reserving your input in meetings until after your team has shared or brainstormed? Your silence may be doing more harm than good. Communication. Especially those with allergies.

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