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MARCH 4, 2024

If you want better collaboration, eliminate these phrases from your team communication. You didn’t mean to tick them off, but here you are. You know collaboration matters and you want to be a team player. So what went wrong? You’re not solving anything. work great here too.

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APRIL 8, 2024

Doing conflict at work well when you’re not in the same room, in different time zones, when you’re dealing with what Phil, our IT guy, would call “a crap ton” of rapid change is even harder. But you need your coworkers’ help to succeed at your job. And, work itself is changing fast.

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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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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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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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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? You’re overloaded at work.

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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? Haley looked at me.

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APRIL 3, 2023

Show Up With More Confidence, Find Your Voice, AND Leverage Their Expertise, If you’re choosing to read this, we know you know the type. These characters make you want to scream “stay in your lane!,” A know-it-all can challenge you to think more deeply. They offer unsolicited advice or undesired help.

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MARCH 13, 2023

Stop that Credit Stealer and Get the Recognition You Deserve “I was in a meeting the other day, and one of the executives thanked my boss for the success of a project I’ve been working on all year. And you know what she said next? Thank you. It was 100% me. It was 100% me. I’m out of here.”

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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

MARCH 18, 2024

You can achieve these outcomes when you recognize the challenges and focus on four dimensions of team collaboration. To us,” he explained, “that comes across as either you don’t like us or you think you’re better than us. Culturally, this does not work for me.” They offer again, you decline.

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MARCH 11, 2024

This article gives you some practical tips for better influence and less stress. You glance at your phone, and your heart does a mini samba. Sure, you’re all for ideas and collective wisdom, but why couldn’t this epiphany have struck a week ago? ” (which you have). Sound familiar?

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You connect with one another, establish clear success criteria, get curious, and build on one another’s suggestions, but nothing happens. And if nothing changes, it’s worse than if you never had a conversation. The answer is to build shared agreements – commitments – that move you from words to action.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

What follows is a lightly edited portion of Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview , released in 2012, explaining what is required from a team to achieve excellence. What follows is a lightly edited portion of Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview , released in 2012, explaining what is required from a team to achieve excellence.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

After all, you want to be helpful, responsive, and a team player. And yet, every time you say “yes” to something or someone, you’re saying “no” to something or someone else. ” Or, when you tell a co-worker, “Yes, I can take on this new client.” ” How to Say No at Work.

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MAY 15, 2023

Recognize the Humanity in Others as You Navigate Workplace Conflict To effectively navigate workplace conflict, prioritize connecting with the human at the center of it all. Consider using these impactful phrases to start a conversation focused on empathy and understanding as you navigate workplace disagreements. You might think.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

If you’re looking to change your reputation, today’s Asking for a Friend is a start. What would you add? Why It’s Hard Have you experienced this? Why It’s Hard Have you experienced this? Imagine your colleagues or employees describing you when you’re not around.

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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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OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you’re a manager preparing to write a tricky performance review for an employee on your team, I highly encourage you to ensure you’re not falling into one of these frustrating traps. And, if you’re preparing to RECEIVE your next performance appraisal, this article is for you.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

You need recognition. 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. Progress is good. And courtesy is vital.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Practical Tips to Help You and Your Team Heal. Leading through a layoff is one of the most unnerving challenges you can face as a manager. What’s equally difficult is helping your team recover, establishing a new normal, and figuring out how in the world you’ll get it all done with fewer people.

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

What is your point of view on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to both your industry and your company? How does that analysis of what your vision of the future is and what your organization needs to do to skate to where the puck will be? What are their goals, concerns, opportunities, and threats?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

It’s no exaggeration to say that if you’re done learning, you’re done leading. And your influence will grow too if you invest in your leadership growth. I recently spoke with a senior executive who surprised me with her vehemence. “At At my level, you’ve either got the skills or you don’t.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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.” Commit to greatness when you have no audience. It’s a choice.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Episode 253: In this episode of “Leadership Without Losing Your Soul,” you’re diving into the art of setting healthy boundaries and saying no at work. Imagine you’re in a sticky situation. A colleague wants you on a new project, but you’re swamped. How do you push back without burning bridges?

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

” One of my early bosses and mentors, Gail, said this to me almost daily during a turbulent time at Verizon. .” ” One of my early bosses and mentors, Gail, said this to me almost daily during a turbulent time at Verizon. We were merging systems, policies, programs—you name it. Want to empower your team?

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JANUARY 26, 2023

When your responses are perceived as negative it’s time to change your approach “Don’t be so negative” can be incredibly frustrating feedback to receive when you’re genuinely trying to help and don’t want to be perceived as negative. How you respond to ideas will influence how you’re perceived Imagine this.

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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? When you can check for understanding, you ensure that everyone is on the same page.

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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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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Everyone is watching how you respond when a high-performer quits. When a high-performer quits, it can feel like your world is imploding as you scramble to keep the work going AND find the right unicorn to fill that spot. But, what you do next matters. Now I see they didn’t really care about me at all.”

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Of course, the time you spend on getting your formal employee recognition right matters. Of course, the time you spend on getting your formal employee recognition right matters. But you know what matters much, much more? More people saying thank you more often. “I just wish my boss would say thank you!”

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

With similar conviction, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said, “Empathy makes you a better innovator.It’s a quality my wife helped me begin to learn when our son was born with severe disabilities. Value and model integrity, always taking the high road and consistently doing what you say you will. Connection.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Career advice you wish you had learned sooner. For me, there’s no question…my smartest career advice is to “invest deeply in peer relationships.” ” It took me a minute to truly understand that, and once I did, it was a game-changer. . You need a vision, strategies, and a plan. .

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Your team yearns for a cadence of sincere “thank yous” more than grand gestures Every week we hear from hard-working, high-performing employees who long for more appreciation at work. It’s about time, I’ve been killing myself all year without even a thank you! “I just wish my boss would say thank you!”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 18, 2022

I’m curious if you are too? Not to mention actually learning what’s REALLY going on. Not to mention actually learning what’s REALLY going on. I’m hoping you’ll share your number 6. Not how you should be feeling. Not how other people are feeling (you can do that in number two).

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

Have you ever felt this way? You’re in the middle of a challenging workplace conflict, and you’re at a complete loss for words. You’re mad. Maybe you even say something you can’t take back. And then in the middle of the night, the perfect words come to you. They’re mad.

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