Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 10, 2023

This isn’t ‘kissing up’ or playing the corporate game — these are simple techniques you can try to earn your boss’s trust and show them that you are a valuable team member. One of the most important ways to gain their trust is to consistently meet and produce work that meets or exceeds their expectations.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

Empowered teams will transform results, solve problems you didn’t know exist, and rapidly respond to change. There are some times you do “give” power over…for example, when you ask someone to make a decision or offer an opportunity to try something new. It isn’t the work you do or how smart you are.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 18, 2023

Being dependable and following through on your commitments is essential to building trust and credibility in your personal and professional life. This will help you to stay focused and motivated. Prioritize your tasks: Make a list of what you need to do and prioritize them based on their importance and urgency.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

There will be times when you face outcomes you intensely dislike. A seeming no-win scenario is also a chance to distinguish yourself, earn people’s trust, and innovate. Here are seven ways to lead through these tough circumstances, build your credibility, and sleep well at night: Reframe. Leave If You Must.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 24, 2024

Embracing these facets will not only make you a more effective leader but also inspire those around you. Embracing these facets will not only make you a more effective leader but also inspire those around you. Building a Resilient Mindset: Resilience is not just for employees; CEOs must embody it as well.

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Modern Servant Leader

AUGUST 24, 2022

So, when an executive recently described their need to build greater accountability in their sales department, I took the opportunity to frame an example through the lens of servant-leadership. When expectations are missed, it hurts other departments, which impairs overall business. Explain Why Accountability Matters.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2022

When you have a negative team member, strive to understand what’s happening. You have a vision, and you’re energized about your new solution, but they’re skeptical, critical, and keep bringing up problems. Or, you have to translate new strategic objectives to your team and one person just can’t seem to go there.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2021

One of the elements missing in the description of a 365 leader is initiative. You can tell the story as written or change it to meet the needs of your organization. You can add: Pieces of litter on the floor, Empty bottles of drinks, money on the floor, chair with something on it (gum, spilled drink). Discernment. Perspective.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

Addressing low trust in a relationship is a challenging issue. As soon as the “t” word— trust —is mentioned, emotions start to rise, defensiveness climbs, and people begin to feel uneasy about where the conversation is headed. But how do you do that? There are three basic steps: Diagnose which element of trust is low.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

It’s a great opportunity to praise. James Mattis said, “If you can’t talk freely with the most junior members of your organization, then you’ve lost touch.”. It will be easy for you to stay in touch when you touch base a lot. That’s when you have conversations. Conversations are how we build human relationships.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 2, 2023

The new year is a great time to talk about what you need at work. But, how do you ask for what you need, without appearing needy? The new year provides a natural opportunity to invest in a deeper human connection with your team, your co-workers, and your manager. It’s hard to trust people we don’t know.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 10, 2023

Navigating Workplace Gossip, Better Meetings, Know-it-Alls, Passive Aggressive Co-workers, and More… It’s that time of year when we pause to review what you’re reading here on Let’s Grow Leaders. We inventory the most-read leadership articles of 2023 and here’s what you’re most interested in so far.

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Lead from Within

JULY 4, 2023

Poor listening skills are one of the main causes of poor communication in leadership, and it can have negative impacts on teamwork, idea generation and trust. This will help you build stronger relationships and create more authentic and meaningful interactions. This will help you build trust and respect with your team.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Last week, I ran a poll on LinkedIn on one of the biggest things I coach executives about – making the shift from being the go-to person to building and leading a team of go to people. When I asked, “Which works better for you? Being a go-to person or building a team of go-to people?”, As Cynthia Horner, M.D., Be Patient.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 31, 2023

You can’t be a trusted, influential leader after one week on the job. But there is a way to do all these things that’s available to you and every leader: the power of small habits. Elliot saw an opportunity for publicity and staged a competition: a $5 prize to the boy who could first fly a kite across the Niagara Gorge.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

If you want better insights, ask clearer questions. Particularly during times of uncertainty and change, one of the easiest ways to know what’s really going on is to (1) get clarity about what you don’t know and (2) ask your team some courageous questions. Can you show me another page?” What is a Courageous Question?

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

As a leader, we are all too familiar with the struggle that often exists between the need to get things done (results) and the need to build and maintain relationships, with clients and team members. So how do you know what to do when? It enables you to identify who needs encouragement, coaching, more challenge, or training.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It allows you to understand your employees, make informed decisions, and build strong relationships. These habits can hinder communication, create misunderstandings, and damage trust. It can also disrupt the flow of conversation and prevent you from fully understanding what they are trying to say.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 18, 2024

If you just depend on SEO, then competitors will capitalize on your telegraphed moves. Paid Advertising Paid advertising will get you to the top of the search results in no time. Social Media Marketing Any company that isn’t using social media is missing out on a ton of revenue. Your audience will always seek out good content!

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 3, 2021

“Corey, Aaron, and Justin, I would like to have you three be the leaders from our class to represent us. They were in trouble, missed school, and had difficulty in academics. They loved painting, measuring, and building these towers. A change just happened for them—an opportunity to lead with pride. Did someone tell you?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Through interpretation you can enrich the data with meaning; you can identify the story it’s telling.”. When you involve people with various skills and perspectives, you’re likely to receive a richer interpretation.”. D ATA without soul is harmful. Science, math, and data do not excuse us from thinking. Involve Diverse People.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This transformation starts with recognizing that doubt isn’t a sign of weakness, but rather an opportunity for growth. Seek Perspective: Consult with mentors, coaches, or trusted colleagues. Seek Perspective: Consult with mentors, coaches, or trusted colleagues. Embrace Vulnerability: Acknowledge your doubts and fears.

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Leading with Trust

JULY 18, 2021

I was interviewed about the opportunity to build trust as organizations develop plans to return workers to the office. Organizations have an opportunity to intentionally increase trust with their people by the open and collaborative way they handle plans for people returning to the office, says trust expert Randy Conley. “As

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2018 that you might have missed: Empathy and creative thinking are valuable skills in the workplace, but they’re hard to teach by @Lyndagratton Frustrated or Focused - Leadership Tips for Managing Emotions by @davidmdye. 5 Excellent Ways You Can Crush Negative Thoughts by @LaRaeQuy.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 28, 2021

With deeper presence, a leader is able to remain centred when facing unexpected disruptions, be open to new directions and build trusting relationships. With deeper presence, a leader is able to remain centred when facing unexpected disruptions, be open to new directions and build trusting relationships.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Because of this, there are many opportunities for just about anyone to have influence and thus to begin their own journey of leadership. Because of this, there are many opportunities for just about anyone to have influence and thus to begin their own journey of leadership. But as that manager achieves success, trust begins to build.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here. You were born to be an entrepreneur. You were taught to be an employee. Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2021. Risk : A User's Guide by Stanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico.

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Leading Blog

MAY 29, 2019

It is the “differentiator, the spark, that ignites all of the key elements that teams are looking for, such as chemistry, trust, and camaraderie. You can really see the value of this mental approach in action. It’s an acknowledgment for your thankfulness to have the opportunities and challenges that life presents.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 3, 2023

Great Results Teambuilding is the home of the April 2023 Leadership Development Carnival… And it is an honor to host this impressive version of monthly curated articles with insights that will equip you to become a more effective leader! “If you don’t get them on the swings, get them on the merry-go-round!

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2017

Have you ever worked for a boss who always said no ? If you have, my first guess is it was a frustrating experience. My second guess is you don’t hold said boss in high regard as a leader. Smart leadership creates an environment where yes is not viewed as a weakness, but as an opportunity.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 8, 2019

But if your boss is less than stellar, how can you tell if you are working for the wrong kind of leader? Here are some warning signs that you should pay attention to: Your leader lacks vision. It’s hard to build success when a leader lacks vision. It’s hard to build success when a leader lacks vision.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

As a leader, do you ever feel like your habits automatically engage to turn a new experience into an old pattern of response? If so, you might consider using a surprising approach to personal and professional development: learning from experience. Experiencing (feeling) and Thinking are ways you take in information. Reflecting.

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HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

The question gnaws at you. You juggle video calls, instant messages, and project updates from a team scattered across the globe. Can you create a sense of unity and achieve results without physically being in the same space? Without it, you might as well be herding cats – remotely, of course. Absolutely.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 19, 2018

Here’s how to build engagement, inspiring your people to achieve more than they thought possible. You might be surprised at how much this will build morale, not only helping you weather the storm but emerge from it in better shape than ever. If you need to bring an idea to upper management, create the idea as a team.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

T HERE WAS A TIME when you felt inspired. Like you could take on the world? You can create the conditions where inspiration is much more likely to occur.” We need to broaden our horizons, reconnect to our why, seek growth, seek out the new, and create opportunities. But somewhere along the way, things changed. Inundation.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 6, 2020

In a true crisis, you are faced with rapid, real-time innovation under stress “embedded in fear.” Unlike a routine risk event where you have figured out in advance what the key issues are and which ones take precedence, in a true crisis event, you will often see, says Dutch, “competing priorities which you have never had to trade-off before.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This often results from a lack of confidence or fear of making mistakes, leading to delays and missed opportunities. Micromanagement : Overly controlling leaders who do not trust their team to perform tasks independently can stifle creativity and initiative.

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