Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

To Gain More Confidence Saying No at Work, Start with Your “Yes” It’s never easy to say no at work. After all, you want to be helpful, responsive, and a team player. And yet, every time you say “yes” to something or someone, you’re saying “no” to something or someone else. When you tell your boss, “Yes, I will work late tonight,” you might have to tell your daughter, “No, I can’t come to your tee-ball game.” Or, when y

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article We’ve heard the fictional story of the women warriors of the Dora Milaje in the movie Black Panther. Imagine if they were real. They may have been. The Woman King is based on a true story. The film looks at the Agojie, a band of warrior women that protected Dahomey in the 1800s. They were fierce, deadly, and violent. They were also very effective.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Should we monitor (or measure) progress or activity? It is a good question – one that you may not have thought about or realized how important the answer might be. That’s why I’m writing this. To give us all some food for thought and perhaps a new perspective on this important question. Let’s start by […]. The post Should We Monitor Progress or Activity?

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Leaders love the most. Haters ruin the most. “All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.” E.B.

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

At a time when so many employees are feeling stretched, disconnected and overwhelmed by the challenges of our new working reality – and businesses wrestle with significant change and cost pressures – communication leaders are looked to for answers.

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Kate Nasser

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Leaders, the benefits of not showing your initial negative reaction. Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™ Author Leading Morale | Leadership. The post Initial Negative Reaction: Value of Leaders Not Showing It | #Leadership appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Cross-Functional Collaboration – Action-learning based leadership development. An organization-development process developed for a company. Instead of pulling new and experienced supervisors into a series of classes and lectures, we wanted to engage in action-learning. Internally we developed the acronym GEEKS ( gather, entangle, empathy, knowledge-share ) for the process.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A recent report from European Women in VC revealed that while 2021 was generally a great year for startup fundraising, precious little of that money found its way to female-led startups. Indeed, the data shows that just 2% of available venture capital went to all-female startups, which is a dip from the already rubbish 3% in 2020. Incidentally, it’s perhaps worth noting that mixed teams did little better, securing just 9% of available capital.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Speaking spontaneously can be a powerful way for leaders to communicate with their teams. But such spontaneity comes with many pitfalls that can derail the speaker’s message. Beware of rambling on, using inappropriate humor, and not staying attuned to your audience. Today’s post is by Judith Humphrey, author of Impromptu: Leading in the Moment ( CLICK HERE to get your copy).

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As I write this I’m preparing to meet with someone with much more experience in leadership than me. If I had one word to describe him it would be wise. Wisdom is critical to the field of good leadership. Being wise in leadership comes with time and experience. My hope is simply to soak up some of that wisdom during our time together. . All of us can have moments of wisdom.

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Niagara Institute

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

“Forget praise. Forget punishment. Forget cash. You need to make their jobs more interesting.” This type of statement is one that you could easily scroll past on LinkedIn or see as the headline of a news article today. Yet, you may be surprised that this particular statement was actually on the front page of a Harvard Business Review article - from 1968.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Kaizen, the Japanese management practice of continuous innovation, can be applied to knowledge work.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Takeaways from an analysis of more than 20,000 job listings.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

How to work with someone who’s moving their career forward at the expense of yours.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Companies that have diversity of thought are higher performing — and more resilient.

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