Let's Grow Leaders

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. The really infuriating thing is that she had NOTHING to do with that project. Who wants to work for a credit stealer?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

When co-workers, managers, and their subordinates lose respect for one another, it negatively impacts their work and the work of the people around them. Or—once again—there may be nothing done at all. Is there a better way to address and curb disrespect at work? And their work environment will improve because of it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

an executive hears a presentation and immediately responds with questions, concerns, critiques and challenges, without a pause to consider the depth and breadth of work entailed, the long hours, and the creative thinking. As leaders, it is our job to say “thank you” and recognize good work. I see how diligently you’re working.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 7, 2023

– Male, 58, Denmark, World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration Survey The Most Important Courageous Conversation is With Yourself It can be tempting to avoid a courageous conversation at work. It’s helpful to start with why. Why does what I have to say matter?” Connect with that “why.” Get clear on your intention.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Here’s how it works: A Place for Every Idea : In this garden, no idea is too small or too wild. It’s a space where every seed of thought is valued and preserved, ensuring that nothing is lost in the hustle of immediate priorities. Inspire team innovation with an idea garden, saving great ideas for future growth.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And there’s nothing more frustrating than being told, “Not now. There are several areas of your leadership and work where you can invest to give yourself the best chance at that bigger responsibility: your knowledge and wisdom, the results you achieve now, relationships you build, and opportunities to speak up. That was a lot of work!

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Generation Why : How Boomers Can Lead and Learn from Millennials and Gen Z by Karl Moore Perhaps more than ever before, young people entering the workforce are searching for meaning and authenticity in their careers. Culture Shock : An unstoppable force has changed how we work and live. and global productivity will go up or down.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2021

Meaningless platitudes followed by a vague assertion that something you’ve never heard about should have been better – this kind of feedback is worse than nothing at all. Some managers hang in the land of “great work, love what you’re doing” and never address real performance concerns or tell their people how they can grow.

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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? If Distracted Donna is feeling stressed and slowing you down by asking for information you’ve already shared, then the way you’ve been communicating isn’t working. Sound familiar? It’s Last Minute Linda.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

Effective leaders prepare their teams for changing priorities, create structures to help the team shift, and advocate for their team to ensure their work is meaningful. I worked hard and gave the project my evenings and weekends until it was done. No acknowledgment of my work. Set Expectations. Advocate for Your Team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

“Seizing control” had nothing to do with power or politics. Now that I grow leaders for a living, I’ve often thought about Gail and her approach to empowerment and why it worked so well. Create real clarity about what matters most and why. Want to empower your team? Find opportunities in the chaos.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

You’ll say, “There’s nothing I can do about it.” The Impulse to Do the Mere Minimum When given an assignment at work or at home, you are sure to do the minimum required. Les Parrott tackles each of these impulses and explains why and how to replace our first impulse with a second impulse that serves us well.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

10:49 Put it in writing, communicate it over and over, train everyone to it, role model it, keep everyone in alignment, defend the culture, celebrate it when it works. Why Many Customer Loyalty Programs Don’t Work. 22:27 Nothing has changed in customer service. 24:42 Why would customers terminate you?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 28, 2023

Unclear Expectations You haven’t done the work upfront to define success. If that’s true, you’re right-you have more work to do. But if you’ve invested in the employee again and again and it’s still not working, it’s possible that this is not the right fit. So everybody’s frustrated.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 1, 2021

There’s Nothing Normal About Where We’re Headed Next- Time to Embrace the New Abnormal. Three points really resonated with me and the work we’ve been doing to support our clients in this transition. There is nothing normal about making sure you have your mask and hand sanitizer with you as you leave for work.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

All while working with people who have their own ideas of what should be done. That’s why you’re a leader. Nothing more, nothing less. You have the privilege of leading and guiding the employees in your organization. You have the privilege of raising up the next generation of leaders.

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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. The pandemic has certainly created upheaval and transformed work.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Instead, Quiet Quitting is a movement by employees to leave work on time, ignore unimportant emails or calls after hours, and set personal boundaries. Or to say that employees are entitled when they feel they’ve put in their agreed-upon 40-hour work. They’re tired of living lives that are nothing but work.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

You care about your team and the work they’re doing. They’re working hard. 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. Great work never happens in a vacuum.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Karin and I have the privilege to work with leaders around the world who inspire us every day with their commitment to their people. Whatever activity keeps your mind sharp and body working the way you want it to.). Do you invest time in professional relationships that will support and nurture your work and growth?

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Niagara Institute

JANUARY 23, 2024

Aristotle is famously quoted as saying, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom,” and nothing can be more accurate regarding leadership. Self-awareness is not only a tremendous personal trait, but it is also highly beneficial to leaders and the companies they work for.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

In Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn’t Feel Like It Should. You might be tempted to hold on to where you’ve already been, but that will slowly steal your wonder and leave you with nothing but the hell. Understanding how the rides work reduces our stress and helps us to enjoy the ride. Who do you need to have on your team?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2021

Knowing why you go to work, why you react as you do under pressure, what scares you, and what makes you proud. The true trusted leaders we know all have one thing in common, if nothing else: they know themselves very well. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2022

Perhaps you ask for their ideas and they cross their arms, purse their lips and say nothing. Why You Have a Negative Team Member. When you don’t practice consistent accountability, you send a message that you don’t value the time and work of your team members who get it done. That’s got to be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Best-in-class organizations require best-in-class leaders because nothing impacts a company’s trajectory more than the people in executive positions. Why do companies use executive search firms? There are many reasons why companies choose to use leading executive search firms when they’re filling roles.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2021

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. Delegate so nothing falls through the cracks. Work from the Why. The 3 Most Important Leaders Skills. Time management.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

What’s the “why” behind your organization’s “what?”. to earn a living), young professionals instinctively desire to make a difference through their work. to earn a living), young professionals instinctively desire to make a difference through their work. Why can’t work be like that too? Connection to Purpose.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 5, 2021

You want to share your ideas to improve the business, but if you’re like many employees we work with sometimes it’s hard to know just how or when to share them. And 67% said they worry nothing will happen to their ideas anyway– so why bother. Why is this idea interesting? Cultivate Curiosity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 12, 2023

Moody people are hard to work around. But that kind of conflict at work is stressful and draining. Why don’t they get their F-@%# act together? or “I get why this is so bad (restate impact to customer or business)” These phrases help you acknowledge their emotion. Not ideal for sure. No one wants a moody boss.

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Leading Blog

JULY 23, 2021

Why Uncertainty is Difficult. Often, trying everything achieves nothing because their efforts are uncoordinated and conflicting with insufficient resources to execute well. You need to excel in three areas of capability when managing uncertainty: managing me, managing the work, and managing others.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

N O MATTER WHAT you are doing, you can be motivated by the work you do. Performance coach Stefan Falk has written Intrinsic Motivation: Learn to Love Your Work and Succeed as Never Before to help you do just that. Consciously create emotional expectations for your experience of work and psych yourself up to meet or beat them.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Work on what is right in front of you. Study: The Bible tells us that there’s nothing new under the sun. More importantly, figure out why they did what they did. You’ll begin to prepare for the unexpected future when you can figure out why great leaders led and made decisions the way they did.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

What has always worked better and is required for successful leadership in this day and age is something Steven M. Furthermore, it’s about “connecting people to purpose so they feel inspired not only by an organization’s leaders, but also by a sense of purpose, meaning, and contribution in their work.”. Inspiring – Connect to Why.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Understand your “why” so you can help those you lead find theirs. This “why” is the core of your leadership. Nothing speaks louder than this. Thought Leader- Join in discussions, share ideas, read others’ work, create content yourself, acknowledging others’ work, gain a reputation of knowing and maybe begin a blog.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

The evolution of new technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly influenced consumer habits worldwide, consumers are becoming more demanding, and companies are working on efficiencies to offset the negative impact of inflation on their P&Ls. Leaders are working on efficiencies to offset these challenges. Why or why not?

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 9, 2019

Or is leadership nothing else than facilitating change? One of the reasons is that the new way of working is contrary to the current organizational (or team) culture. This new way isn’t the way we’re used to working with each other. Leadership is about leading. Also, when you need to lead into change.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

That will require hard work , sacrifice, and determination. Your frame of mind can work for you or against you. Why handicap yourself and make your life more difficult than it has to be? If you stop focusing on all the reasons why you can’t do something , you just may surprise yourself when you see what you can do.

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