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One-On-Ones: 7 Powerful Phrases to Use

Leadership Freak

Words are hammers. You spend large amounts of time talking. Understand, embrace, and increase the impact you have during one-on-ones. 7 powerful phrases. 10 powerful questions.

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Reshaping the Leadership and Culture Development Puzzle

The Practical Leader

.'” The timeless quest for shortcuts, “secrets,” or faster routes to growth and development is behind so much fad surfing. Many leaders and development professionals search for new technologies and quick and easy approaches to personal, team, and organization development. It’ll never work.

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How Hammers Become Screw Drivers

Leadership Freak

Little Mary just knocked a glass of milk on the floor. That’s what two year old’s do. There’s a group of five leaders at the table. Bob waves the waiter over and says, “Could someone clean this up?” Mindy says, “That happened because the milk was too close to the edge.” Joe says, “Don’t worry, [.].

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Good Power: Changing a Life. Changing Work. Changing the World.

Leading Blog

And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. When we move beyond just developing ourselves to developing others, it signals that we are transitioning from the power of me to the power of we. How do we do that? Speaking about tough truths in affirmative tones let critiques land constructively.

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The Frustrating Magnetism of Strengths

Leadership Freak

“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” ” Abraham Maslow Your strength is your hammer. Comfortable tools are… Continue reading → Leading Marks of leaders Personal Growth Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development leadership journey' If only the world was a nail.

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Is Thought Leadership the Same as Change Leadership?

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development As the command-and-control model of leadership rapidly gives way to influential leadership styles, let’s look at two leadership models that are available to just about anyone at any level, change leadership and thought leadership. Leadership Development change leader thought leadership'

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Choose growth

Lead Change Blog

His hammers, screwdrivers, and pieces of wood showed me the power of choosing a growth mindset in lieu of settling for a fixed one. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. Developing yourself.”. They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort.”. “In

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