Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To distinguish yourself as a young leader, build your knowledge, focus on results and relationships, and speak up. You’re a young leader with responsibility for a small team and you want more responsibility. And if you manage a young leader, please don’t use those despair-inducing words.) Give it time.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2022

During difficult times, what leadership values matter most? We’ve been asking this question of the leaders we work with around the world. Why these three leadership values? Of course, these leadership values are not just for people leaders. On this team, we struggle together.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

But what do you do if your senior leader is not showing up as often or as supportive as you would like? How do you ask for the leadership support you need without looking needy? How do you recommend handling a situation like this? Just like you, your executive leader is doing the very best they can.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 7, 2023

We had a respectful and open conversation about our needs and agreed on what each party needed to change. I am still grateful that they decided to trust me and be open about how they saw the situation!” After all, it takes energy to initiate it, and you can’t predict exactly how it will go. Connect with that “why.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

Courageous questions are specific, vulnerable questions that get right to the root of the matter. Courageous questions help eliminate FOSU (fear of speaking up) and create the psychological safety your employees need to speak up and ask for what they need. Why Courageous Questions Matter. Wait, What? Laura asked.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 13, 2023

I wonder how many times she’s done that? ” These are just a few examples of credit-stealing examples we’ve heard recently. When we share this finding in our keynotes, you can hear always hear an audible, mmm hmm, sweep over the ballroom. We often hear, “What am I supposed to say? It was 100% me.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

And if they’re like so many teams we work with, they yearn for better recognition. They want to know their work matters and that you (and your boss) appreciate all they do. So how do you help your team’s performance stand out? Focus their efforts on what matters most. Help them become leader teachers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 2, 2022

You need leaders at every level engaged with your training as leader coaches to facilitate application and learning. The Power of Leaders as Coaches. If your Sales SVP thinks your leadership development program is a distraction, your sales managers will show up late and multi-task. ” We get it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

It’s also the perfect time to empower your team, to step up and take the lead. Gail was a world-class role model of how to empower your team. We were reorganizing every department. Many senior leaders were in the midst of relocating their families to Manhattan which added to the distraction. Gail knew we knew that.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Everyone is watching how you respond when a high-performer quits. But, what you do next matters. And for everyone paying attention to your response (see also: How to Build a Great Culture in a High-Turnover World.). If their mind is made up, here are some thoughts on what to do next and a video of why it matters.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Whether you’re presenting to a group of 17 or 70,000, live or virtually, present like a confident change-maker, without fear or imposter syndrome, no matter your experience level. Present like a Pro 08:47 What it means to think like an actor and why should we start there as a way to think about what we’re doing without presentations?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Today in our “Great Teamwork Series”, we share 12 collaboration habits to help get (and keep) everyone on the same page. You can use these habits to assess how you’re showing up to influence your team. Related Article: How to Build a Great Team Culture 2. Easy to say. Harder to do.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Create real clarity about what matters most and why. Although politics, people, and policies were in flux , we knew unequivocally what mattered most for our roles. And, showing up as true strategic partners to ensure the business was thriving. Getting the right people in the right seats. I know I did.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 20, 2023

How do you get them to take your idea seriously? Why You Should Try First, inertia is real. Get the confidence to persevere by connecting to WHY your idea matters and THE IMPACT that it will make. Read more about how to engage others as you share your I.D.E.A.s You’re confident it’s game-changing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Many leaders expect an organization to operate like a machine, but that leads to failure. Learn how to make complexity an advantage and how to embrace it. 09:16 How complicated things can be fixed and often have something like a user manual, and complex systems have no user manual. Leading in Complexity and Uncertainty.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 13, 2023

Learning how to be a less negative leader is a critical skill to master and fast. Learning how to be a less negative leader is a critical skill to master and fast. How to be a less negative leader. Welcome to the show, hope you’re enjoying Season 12. And how do I know?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 22, 2021

When it comes to having better influence at work, words matter. But, what’s REALLY tragic is to see well-intentioned leaders with great ideas getting talked over or ignored, because of HOW they contribute. No question, we had to address that. But you know what else was happening nearly every time she spoke up?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 11, 2024

Sure, you’re all for ideas and collective wisdom, but why couldn’t this epiphany have struck a week ago? Oh, and here comes Over-Involved Ivan, who has taken the liberty of setting up a few extra focus groups (talking to the same people you did last week). I want to ensure we’re addressing any of your big concerns.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2021

Senior leaders share the most important leadership skills to master now. As we work with senior leaders to build their leadership development programs, the conversation always turns to the most important leadership skills their frontline and middle-level leaders need. The 3 Most Important Leaders Skills.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 7, 2023

Building rapport doesn’t always come easy when we’re dealing with different personality types, time constraints, or being forced to create relationships online where trust and connection are naturally more difficult to cultivate. 22:04 Allowing people to open up naturally by demonstrating your own vulnerability first.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

But, if you stumble through the presentation, you’ll likely end up with a pile of action items just to prove the project is in good hands. “Why do these executives have to be so intimidating? . “Why do these executives have to be so intimidating?” How do I get better at this? AskingforaFriend.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Brave Together : Lead by Design, Spark Creativity, and Shape the Future with the Power of Co-Creation by Chris Deaver and Ian Clawson How did Apple overcome a culture of secrecy? How did Pixar out-innovate Disney? Why do companies kill creativity? What if instead we focused on working creatively with others?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But you can speed up the process and improve team commitment to outcomes and one another by focusing on these four activities. The driving question for any team is “Why are we here?” How are people better off because of your team’s effort? Keep asking why until you get to the foundation of the difference you make.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 4, 2023

” How do I convince my coworkers I have a great idea? AskingforaFriend Why It’s Important So Important to Get Your Coworkers on Board with Your Great Idea Your great idea could make work (and life) better for everyone and could have a real impact on the results of the organization. What should I do?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Is your team doing what you asked, but they’re focused on counting the metrics, and how busy they are as opposed to the quality metrics of how well they’re accomplishing those tasks? In this episode, we look at three busy day examples and what was preventing each team from being productive, even though they were busy.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

This book describes how 25 outstanding leaders used emotional intelligence to deal with critical challenges and opportunities. The book distills the leaders' experiences into nine strategies that can help any leader or potential leader to be more effective. But how does virality actually work?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 11, 2023

Recently we received a question from a manager and this manager writes, “I am a working manager. 00:37 So today we’re talking about a question that came from one of Let’s Grow Leaders Asking For A Friend segments, which is something we do in our leadership development programs.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 29, 2024

Some of the best teams we know are great because they stay curious and creative. They show up genuinely interested in other perspectives and what’s possible. We’ve curated this list of curiosity habits and resources to make it easier to infuse curiosity into your team’s culture.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wrote, “the fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.”. Leaders are dealers in hope. When we get it right on the inside, we can do right on the outside.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 12, 2023

As a leader, gaining the respect of your employees is essential for building a positive and productive work environment. By spelling out the word respect, we can use this framework to guide our actions and behaviors as we work to earn the respect of our team. P lay fair and smart: Fairness is a key component of respect.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Executives are the best business leaders in the world. They are subject matter experts in their field, the brightest minds, and equipped with the immense technical skills and experience to be at the helm of the world’s most powerful and disruptive companies. What Is Executive Coaching?

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 10, 2021

It’s one thing to know something intellectually—to learn interesting new data, to gain an understanding of why something works the way it does, to be inspired by a message—but if it stops there and you don’t develop heart knowledge, then you’re less likely to see meaningful or lasting change as a result. So why don’t we see more of it?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2023

Or as one of our favorite Courageous Cultures clients in Switzerland tells us, “sometimes you just have to put the fish on the table and talk about what’s stinking up the place.” ” We know you believe that, because you’re here, investing a bit of time in energy to do this well. But here’s the thing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this episode, David gives you practical tools to help avoid these frustrating moments and build a far more effective, collaborative relationship with your leader. How to Help Your Boss Stop Wasting Time with Bad Delegation ( 02:07 ): A question of bad delegation? It’s not what we need. We need to do it differently.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2021

Because many managers lack the courage or know-how to give meaningful feedback and help their people grow, they default to useless negative feedback that isn’t just a waste of time—it’s painful and destructive. But like you, most leaders don’t intend to give poor feedback or hurt people, so what goes wrong? You need to step up.”.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

So, how do you gain respect, when your team’s just not there? This challenging and poignant question came up in one of our “ Asking For a Friend” segments following a recent keynote. This challenging and poignant question came up in one of our “ Asking For a Friend” segments following a recent keynote.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 16, 2021

When you hear stats like 4 million Americans resigned their roles in one month or that 40% are considering a change in job , you might feel nervous about the future of work, and how the heck you build a culture of sustained performance in all that turmoil. He was the last of ten other senior leaders who had resigned over the prior six months.

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