Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

In the midst of managing these exponential leaps in technology, there is a war for talent. They report that just over 30 percent of participants are engaged (love their jobs), 16 percent are actively disengaged (miserable and destroying what others are building), and 51 percent are not engaged (they’re just there).

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 5, 2021

How to Overcome FOSU (Fear of Speaking Up) and Share Your Ideas. 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. Think back on your career. How would we start? Which is great, but not enough.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Recently Forbes Magazine cited a study reporting that a majority of employees are dissatisfied and that “many feel stuck in their jobs, unable to consider a career move even if they’re unhappy.”. Here are 3 tips for holding a great career conversation: Tip #1: Ask juicy questions. Bev and Julie show how to do this.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The best leaders take the time to regularly check in with their team members and ask the right questions to gain valuable insights into how to support and motivate them. And here they are: How can we invest in your future here? Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2024

Learn how to spot the early signs of conflict and use effective communication techniques to resolve conflicts in the workplace before they escalate. Managers spend a significant amount of time – around 6 hours per week – dealing with it. Does your office sound more like a boxing ring than a boardroom?

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Managing your first direct reports is one of the most challenging transitions a leader will ever have to navigate. There are lots of things an aspiring leader can do to get ready to be a manager, including on the job experiences, reading, taking courses, and learning from others. SL is a must-have leadership framework for any manager.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 12, 2024

How to Cultivate Trust: Great leaders actively work to cultivate trust within their teams. Address concerns promptly and actively listen to your team. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. Team members can engage in healthy debates, leading to more effective problem-solving.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Jon explains: “ Of all the skills leaders need to be successful, active listening may be the most overlooked and underrated. Active listening has become even more vital during the global pandemic, as many organizations work in a remote environment. These are all phrases we’ve heard from managers (and executives) recently.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Listen to your employees: Encourage open and honest communication by actively listening to employees’ thoughts, ideas, and concerns in a safe and non-judgmental environment. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. Show that you value their professional growth and contribute to building a culture of respect.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2020

Their newest book, Get People to Do What You Want: How to Use Body Language and Words for Maximum Effect , hits on some of the questions I always ask. If you learn how to recognize these drives, control your own reaction, and recognize the impact of other people you can take control of your life.” How did that happen?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Bernd Geropp shared How to become a better listener and imrpove as a leader. Bernd writes: “The majority of employees consider their boss to be a poor listener. Therefore, as a true leader, you should always ask yourself how to become a better listener. This posts provides some ideas on how to get started.”

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Career Advancement

JULY 19, 2021

Several key competencies will aid in the development of all of those skills: The ability to think outside of the box, maintaining a healthy curiosity about how to best respond to change. Practice active listening. Develop techniques for managing your own emotions, too. Invite them to share their feelings with you.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The best leaders know that to truly succeed, they must actively listen to their team and create a space where everyone feels heard and valued. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. Interrupting also creates an environment where team members may feel discouraged from speaking up and sharing their thoughts.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. You can listen back here.) How to close the say-do gap and tap into hidden talent? Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021.

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Lead from Within

JULY 19, 2023

Instead, make an effort to actively listen to and communicate. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. Stop relying on open door policy to facilitate communication: Don’t assume that an open-door policy alone will encourage your employees to share ideas or address problems.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 2, 2015

If you’re in HR or people management, you’ve likely met a chronically discontented worker—the employee who keeps asking for role tweaks, reassignment to a different team, project, or boss, relocation to a sunnier climate, and a desk in a quieter location. The employee’s internal dialogue? “If

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

He was the Canada BDC Regional Manager for Oracle. His specialties include coaching hiring/interviewing, revenue attainment, and career development. Be an active listener. Resources Mentioned: Books: How To Contact Richard McLemore. T oday’s guest on The Answers From Leadership Podcast is Richard McLemore.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

The name of the game today is figuring out how to multiply the Effective Intelligence (E.I.) Yet many executives still manage by “exception,” ignoring what is right and working well and spending supervisory time on problems and issues. How effectively do you and your management focus on addressing root causes versus chasing symptoms?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Think about it…when was the last time you viewed a negative soundbite of a CEO who was engaged in active listening? The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. Listen to your customers, competitors, your peers, your subordinates, and to those that care about you.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2016

When you’re managing managers, your responsibilities are two-fold: you need to make sure they’re producing good work (as with any employee) and that they’re effectively supporting their teams. You might know how to do the former, but how do you do the latter? And how do you serve as a good role model?

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

For myself, this September also marks a special milestone in my writing career – specifically, it marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of my first leadership book, “ Leadership Vertigo ”. And yet, less than 30% of bosses are actually having these conversations.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

The process of conducting a performance appraisal can be a daunting task for many managers and HR professionals. Providing effective performance feedback examples and performance appraisal comments can help managers provide constructive feedback that empowers employees to achieve their goals.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share some thoughts on how to make sure the lunatics don’t gain control of the asylum… Let’s begin by defining “Crazy.&#

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 12, 2016

I’ve asked more than over twenty thousand managers and leaders that question over the years. You go through the motions of active listening, nodding and looking interested and encouraging, but the truth is you’re just waiting for them to stop talking so you can offer up your idea, your solution, your insight, your suggested next step.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

The very bane of human existence, which is in fact human nature itself, will always create gaps in thinking & philosophy, and no matter how much we all wish it wasn’t so…it is. So the question then becomes how to effectively deal with conflict when it arises. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 13, 2016

Leaders also need to be intentional about managing their emotions because of how emotions spread to others. Good leaders know how to be inclusive. When people feel excluded it triggers “social pain,” i.e. feelings of exclusion that activate the part of the human brain that feels physical pain. Practice active listening.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

However in the text that follows I’ll address how to spot ineffective leaders by assessing six critical areas of leadership DNA. They are active listeners, fluid thinkers, and know when to press-on and when to back-off. Put another way, not all leaders are created equal.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Be an active listener. When you listen, you learn. Leaders need the ability to really listen in order to understand. The best leaders are problems solvers; they do this by managing conflict and helping people accept solutions and change. Manage time wisely. As a leader you have to know how to take risks.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

They have traveled the farthest on the path of change, starting in business more than 50 years ago under leaders who taught them, “Because I said so,” now heading into the sunset of their careers as valuable mentors for next-gen leaders asking, “How can I help you?”. 2 from [link]. 3 The Global Leadership Forecast 2018. 6 from [link].

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Manage complexity. Knowing how to keep secrets lets others know they can trust you. Be an active listener. The person who knows how to listen is the person who will always be trusted. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. How to Succeed as A New Leader. Follow through on your promises.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 11, 2018

Most of us have heard before that one of the most important facets of good conversation is being a good listener, but it’s more than just listening to the other person talk. You need to know how to listen and respond in a way that demonstrates you’re contributing to the conversation.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

I started out my career by aspiring to be like Dick Clark. The coach is active listener, mentors on values, actions. Insight offered about own life-career. The mentor stands for mentees throughout careers, celebrates successes. Mentor actively recruits fellow business colleagues to become mentors.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

My knowledge of corporate leaders' 360-degree feedback indicates that one out of four of them has a listening deficit—the effects of which can paralyze cross-unit collaboration, sink careers, and if it's the CEO with the deficit, derail the company. This released GE managers' energy to grow their businesses with new ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

The goal is to figure out if the client thinks the project and deliverables are on track, if the process and methods used to manage the project and do the work are effective, and to find out if the client has any issues or concerns. Active listening is another underappreciated source of informal feedback.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

Know how to keep everyone moving forward on task with motivation and inspiration while also being responsible and adaptable to change and new information. The best leaders–the ones people truly respect–know how to lead with confidence. The best leaders know how to control how they feel and think.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

That is what this book is all about – applying those lessons learned to provide clear direction on how to be the very best leader and communicator you can possibly be.” These are real people opening up about their emotional journeys and how they managed to lead with humanity during these unprecedented times for business and society.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2022

That is what this book is all about – applying those lessons learned to provide clear direction on how to be the very best leader and communicator you can possibly be.” These are real people opening up about their emotional journeys and how they managed to lead with humanity during these unprecedented times for business and society.

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