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. Love is in an expansive emotional state that allows you to neutralize conflict and get everyone to a better place.” How do you get there? The change was dramatic—no bad, no ugly, just the good. Love He begins with love.

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OCTOBER 21, 2023

Growing Leaders through Modeling Behavior & Honest Feedback Hi Karin, What are a couple of the BIGGEST MISTAKES leaders make when GROWING LEADERS? Not modeling the way I can’t tell you how often someone in our leadership programs raises their hand and says, “This is fantastic! Have you taught my boss?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Executive coach Daniel Harkavy on the core coaching competency of discernment: “Discernment refers to the ability to see what is not visible, to understand what is not being said. And where do you get discernment?

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

What to Say Next After a Team Setback: Beyond the ‘F’ Word We’ve been there too—project outcomes that don’t meet expectations, missed deadlines, or even complete strategy breakdowns. ” But what if you could be the one to change the conversation—to focus on the path forward instead of dwelling on setbacks?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Jason Jennings on having a clear destination: “Not having a clear destination means never knowing the steps you need to take to get to where you want to go, never knowing if you’ve arrived or if you’ve achieved what you set out to accomplish.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 22, 2024

The Communication Channel You Choose Matters: It’s What You Say AND How You Say It If you’re managing a team, you know how crucial your choice of communication can be. ” What does this mean for you as a manager? .” ” What does this mean for you as a manager?

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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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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

If you want to push your career and your organization forward, you need to get bold. Using examples of some of the most extraordinary disruptors, Shawn Kanungo offers eight lessons to help you become bolder in The Bold Ones. You become the expert. You get comfortable with the status it brings you.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Despite all the change going on, have you noticed your team sometimes gets stuck in a rut of uninspiring routines? It’s easy to hunker down and do things the old way, particularly when so much else is changing. But what if the old habits, make it even more tricky to thrive in the midst of change?

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JULY 17, 2023

You’re an experienced leader with a track record of success. You’re brilliant at what you do, and you’ve got where you are today because you consistently have the answers. But could this need to have the answers stop you from achieving even more? Why Is It So Hard to Be Wrong?

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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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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Umberto Eco on leading by example: “I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Powerful Phrases to Move From Feeling Invisible to Invincible If you feel invisible at work you’re in good company. This was a powerful lesson that when you feel overlooked, you must start by seeing yourself. If you suspect bias or discrimination, please contact HR, you need more than a Powerful Phrase, you need support.)

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MARCH 22, 2024

In this episode, you’ll join David Dye as he hosts Ed Hess, author of “Own Your Work Journey,” in a deep dive into discovering the power of meaningful work in the era of Ai. Ed gives you the tools to take ownership of your thinking, listening, and collaboration skills so you can thrive even during fast technological change.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

To Change Your Reputation Set Human-Centered Goals and Stick With It It can be super challenging to move beyond the stories of the past that affect your leadership reputation. If you’re looking to change your reputation, today’s Asking for a Friend is a start. What would you add? What would they say?

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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. And if nothing changes, it’s worse than if you never had a conversation. Just avoid the temptation to over-organize.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Someone asks you a direct question about confidential information. If you tell the person what you know, you violate confidentiality. But if you lie to them, you violate their trust. But if you lie to them, you violate their trust. Be upfront about what you can and cannot talk about.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Episode 250: In this episode, you’ll hear David catching up with Dan Michelson, the author of “Holy Shift: Moving Your Company Forward to the Future of Work.” Embracing Change: The Power of Trust and Optimism in Leadership 4:03-5:36: Reflecting on his journey, Dan shares his unexpected path to leadership.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

But if you start from that assumption, that is most likely where you will end up—it’s impossible. But if you start from possibility, you might just end up with a practical solution to de-escalate the conflict. You become what William Ury calls a possibilist. C ONFLICT will always be with us. We’re human.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We almost make the decision that would have changed everything. Every time you want to elevate your level of execution, performance, or effectiveness, it will require a mind shift.” 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.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

” 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. Sometimes you’ll be tasked with delivering news that you know won’t be popular.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

“As a young manager, having not done well at leading, my team approached me and addressed what they saw needed to change. We had a respectful and open conversation about our needs and agreed on what each party needed to change. After all, it takes energy to initiate it, and you can’t predict exactly how it will go.

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MAY 21, 2023

My Feedback Isn’t Working…Performance Management for Repeat Issues You take performance management seriously. You care deeply about your team, their results, and their long-term career success. If this sounds familiar, today’s Asking or a Friend is for you. What can I do? You could use our I.N.S.P.I.R.E.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

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? Put simply, your leadership brand is how others would describe you in one sentence.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Taking a moment for a team year-in-review fosters curiosity and connection I don’t know about you, but we love a good “year-in-review” list. There’s something about looking back over the entire year and seeing what stands out. ” What are your year-in-review highlights? What are your personal bests?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

T HE TIME TO THINK about power is before you get it. Rometty divides the book into three parts that correspond with our own journey as we grow into adulthood: the power to change me, the power to change we (a group or organization), and the power to change us as a society. This could keep people from trusting themselves.

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MAY 2, 2022

You need leaders at every level engaged with your training as leader coaches to facilitate application and learning. But what if that same sales SVP showed up as an active coach in the process? After the training, what if they check for understanding to ensure their team understands the new techniques and why they matter?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

You need recognition. It changes us. It changes the game. You won’t find gratitude in a spreadsheet or calendar. As leaders, it is our job to say “thank you” and recognize good work. People don’t have to follow you, don’t have to show up, and don’t have to bring their creativity or initiative.

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JUNE 19, 2023

What to Say When a Passive-Aggressive Coworker Tries to Ruin Your Day Passive-aggressive behavior is contagious. Now you look like the jerk—not good. What Are Examples of Passive-Aggressive Behaviors? Let’s start with what we mean by passive-aggressive coworker behavior. After all, how dare you label me?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

Empowered teams will transform results, solve problems you didn’t know exist, and rapidly respond to change. What is an Empowered Team? There are some times you do “give” power over…for example, when you ask someone to make a decision or offer an opportunity to try something new. You should have one-on-ones.

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OCTOBER 14, 2023

Hi Karin, We just completed our leadership development program, and we’re feeling really good about how we’ve been applying what we’ve learned along the way. The leader-led Challenge and Support groups have been so helpful as we’ve worked to implement what we learned in our leadership training. Ask for feedback.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 2, 2023

You can lessen your frustration and help solve bad delegation by aligning expectations. What did she say?” “She looked at what I’d done and frowned.” Pretty soon she says, ‘This isn’t what I wanted.’” “But it’s what you asked for!” It’s not what we need. So, you expect other people to do the same.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

A Retrospective: Santa’s Big Leadership and Culture Change Is there anyone more beloved than Santa Claus? You might have a fantastic personal brand and a world-renown altruistic mission, but that doesn’t mean you can ignore your leadership and culture. ” The leaders take their cues from what happens at the top.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

I F YOU WANT to change your culture, you need to change the stories that the people in your organization share with each other. Barney, Manoel Amorim, and Carlos Júlio write in The Secret of Culture Change that these culture-changing stories are the secret of culture change.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Navigating Workplace Conflict is Getting Harder: Here’s What You Can Do The workforce has been through unprecedented change in the last few years—for better and worse. Stress, disengagement, quiet quitting, and mass resignations… Has all the rapid change led to more workplace conflict? At what cost?

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