Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And that might have been the end of the story, except for some sugar. This was a powerful lesson that when you feel overlooked, you must start by seeing yourself. Powerful Phrases to Ask Yourself If You Feel Invisible What should you do when you feel like you’re wearing an invisibility cloak at work?

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

If you’re the team leader, you have to be consistent in attending to the dynamics to keep the team performing at a high level. Likewise, when it comes to broader initiatives that you’re driving or leading in your organization, you can never take your eye off the ball. Look for other options when you disagree on the first iteration.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Without question, being an effective listener is definitely a critical skill for leaders to demonstrate, especially as workplaces continue to become more demographically diverse. And yet, even the best leaders can fail to truly listen and understand what their employees really need from them, especially during times of uncertainty about.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Commit to greatness when you have no audience. Be ready to step up when the call comes.” Two key leadership ideas: Leaders create clarity, raise standards, and call people to more. Great leaders are not afraid to define what it means to be on their team, organization, or movement. Get on with it. “If You learn as you go.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

Then we have 8 minutes of weather, 10 minutes of sports news, and finally, a positive “human interest” story to send us off with a smile. But the stories that really boost ratings and pique interest begin with, “BREAKING NEWS! Leader Behaves Badly.” Like a car wreck at the Indy 500, Bad Leader Stories are memorizing.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

When I was a little boy and my grandmother was still alive, we would travel to Philadelphia every Thanksgiving to spend the holiday with her. But they were really telling stories. But they were really telling stories. Stories were his main tools. He was one of the first to use stories in his sermons.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2020

Show me a great leader and I’ll show you a talented storyteller. In fact, leaders who lack the ability to leverage the power and influence of storytelling are missing the very essence of what accounts for compelling leadership begins with the story. Leadership and storytelling go hand-in-hand.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

” When employees come to us venting their frustrations that their boss doesn’t value or appreciate their hard work, it’s usually not about who got the plaque in the end-of-year meeting. Some leaders I know make this the first task of the day, every day. You don’t even need to know the whole story.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

W E KNOW GREAT STORIES are the foundation of great communication. It’s not the idea but the story about the idea that begets followers. The question is, are you telling the right story? And by story, he means “a narrative about something that happened to someone.”. Each story has a specific objective.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 29, 2022

These book recommendations will help you become a better leader and, more importantly, a better person. The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey: The habits Stephen Covey laid out in his book, The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, almost 40 years ago are as relevant today as when the book was first released.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

It is the story of the arrogant and underperforming regional director Johnny Valentine who is on the verge of losing his job. Your dream has to become an obsession, or when difficulties arise, you will quit. RG tells him, “When there’s hope in the future, there’s power in the present.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Just like a great Thanksgiving meal is nice, but not sufficient when it comes to letting your family know how grateful you are, it’s hard for a grand gesture to make up for week after week of feeling over-pressured and undervalued. Of course, when you begin your day with a bit of celebration, you feel better too.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 4, 2022

They would tell him he would fail. You don’t have to be a leader to lead: Josh Glew, Steve’s son, had become interested in what his father was doing. The title of a leader only means so much. Their actions are what makes them a leader. Start doing the things leaders do. That I could achieve more.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 23, 2024

Successful leaders understand that their ability to attract and retain top-tier professionals is a direct reflection of their leadership prowess. By aligning the company’s story with their personal aspirations, leaders entice top talent to join their journey.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 24, 2024

Mentoring relationships, like financial advisor relationships, are more effective when we have the full picture. You can help most with professional advice, when you know each other as whole persons. 12 Fable Teaching: Tell Stories We remember stories more than advice. Share it with each other.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2023

When people know your values as an organization, but you don’t see those values being lived out, the problem is likely one of two invisible conflicts within change. When you’re going to build a good corporate culture or team culture, you don’t want to ignore the conflict between values. Culture Change Not Working?

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 25, 2022

I remember tearing up during The Neverending Story, the adventures of Willow, and many other fantasy movies. Labyrinth tells the story of 16-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) in her quest to rescue her baby brother, Toby (Toby Froud), from Jareth. Jareth had his goblins take the child when Sarah wished Toby would go away.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Great Leaders Tell A Great Strategy Story. Most businesses have incredibly compelling stories to tell, full of drama and interesting plot lines. But the blind spot that leaders at most businesses have is a lack of engaging strategy to tell that story. How you tell your story matters.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

Campbell, a co-author of the infamous Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, once proposed camps for the children of world leaders located in the countries of their adversaries. The concept was, for example, senior Russian leaders would never launch an attack on the United States if their children were attending a U.S.-based based camp.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 20, 2022

Example: “Can you tell me where the bathroom is?” Go ahead and “write your story” with your judgments and lived experiences in it as a DRAFT (triple spaced, plenty of margins) leaving room for edits as you experience the situation. Whatever story you write can affect how you listen to people.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 21, 2023

Before we pose the questions, though, let us share a story that illuminates why contemplating them is so valuable. Doug Conant’s Story: Being Honored and Honoring Others Doug Conant is the leader who turned around Campbell Soup Company when he served as President and CEO (2001-2011). Who had influenced him?

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Sometimes, the stories are more profound than any coaching or guiding I could do. Last week, one of my clients heard the story of two Zen Monks and it had a profound impact on his leadership. The story goes as follows, there were two Zen monks who are on a journey together. As leaders, we all have choices to make.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

If you take the time to reflect on your leadership heritage, you will become a better leader. You’ll be able to explain yourself better when others ask about your leadership choices. Your parents gave you your first idea of what a leader could look like. Your first boss had a powerful impact on the leader you became.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

T HERE ARE THINGS we believe that when we really think about them, we might find that they are not helpful. The Basics: While there was a time when employees were only paid to complete a specific set of tasks, there is way more to it than that today. Leadership Blind Spot #2: Story. In What Are Your Blind Spots?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

What is the motivating story behind the work you do? Be a leader people can count on to tell the truth–especially if it’s uncomfortable or unpleasant. And here’s how you’ll know when I know” will be a critical part of your leadership communication. Accountability tells everyone that their work matters.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Brave Together is a deep exploration into how we can live and lead as co-creators, filled with unexpected stories, powerful principles, and a future-oriented framework. Now he distills stories and insights from NASA into an actionable guide to accomplish your biggest goals. When you think about your enemies, you get emotional.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2021

When we discuss 360 degrees, we can recognize this as a reference of measurement in angles, a circle’s circumference. His description of organizations needs leaders who can lead in every direction. The qualities and attributes of leaders identified as 360 leaders include: Adaptability. Discernment. Perspective.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 14, 2022

When employees step out of their comfort zone and try something new, magical things happen. They are unwilling to give their employees time to try new things, even when the organization would benefit. They are unwilling to give their employees time to try new things, even when the organization would benefit.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 7, 2023

And, much is lost when you can’t talk about what needs to be said. We often hear, “I wish I’d said something sooner,” when people finally muster the courage to have the conversation. This is where you get in touch with your own fears and the story you’re telling yourself about what might happen.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The same can be said for telling the story; you cannot expect your leaders to carry the load alone on this issue. If you want to become an employer of choice for Top Talent, consider the possibilities if you Deputize Everyone to help Tell the Story. If you deputize everyone, when do you activate these people?

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish tells us the results. The story is entertaining. When the Governor returned home to find his house filled with revelers and Puss In Boots, he blew his lid. Know when to leave: A giant attacked Puss In Boots. Do you know when to make your exit? Leaders can fall quickly.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

All of the resources below are designed to help us think better and therefore perform better as leaders and guides. It proposes that the best teachers are also leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers. When traditional approaches are inadequate or resisted, advanced leadership skills are essential. Blog Post ).

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Jon Gordon on leading with optimism, positivity, and belief: “Ultimately, being a positive leader is all about leading with faith in a world filled with cynicism, negativity, and fear. A leader’s job is to fill your people with faith. How we respond to our world depends on the stories we tell ourselves.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 10, 2023

One tool you receive when you participate in our foundational leadership development program is the Confidence Competence Model. Now you’ve matured into a high-performing, mature leader, but your well-meaning boss, who has known you from the beginning, can’t see the (Tom) you’ve become. But what if they don’t?

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Leaders must have the courage to make decisions with well less than perfect information. Jack Welch, who led General Electric as its CEO from 1981 to 2001observed that mid-level leaders at GE struggled with having the courage to make a decision. Still, a leader must decide. Character is the foundation of leadership.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

We may think we are gaining wisdom, when in fact we are just reinforcing the wrong lesson just as powerfully. Our experiences quickly become part of a story we tell ourselves. And these stories become the basis for the judgments and predictions we make. And we can see stories where none exist—no cause-and-effect.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 22, 2022

There’s also a lot to learn about leadership through the Christmas story… 5 Leadership Lessons From Christmas. The Biblical Christmas story can be found in two key pieces of scripture: Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2. Leaders accept hard things: Mary and Joseph were not married when Mary miraculously conceived Jesus.

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