Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

7 Ways to Encourage Your Team to Be More Resourceful. What does it mean to be resourceful? Our favorite definition of resourceful is, “The ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.” Quick and clever. Overcome difficulties. Who doesn’t need more of that on their team right now? And yet during times of stress, ambiguity, and change , when you need your team to be THE MOST resourceful, some managers clamp down, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

D URING the pandemic, one of us became a bit of a Star Trek fan. Minal was never really into science fiction, but she ran out of shows to watch and found herself intrigued when Stacey Abrams, who is famously a Trekkie, said that Voyager was her favorite Star Trek show, even though Deep Space Nine is considered the political allegory. Still, Abrams cited Voyager, and we can’t help thinking it was because of Captain Janeway.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Forbes senior contributor and career coach Kathy Caprino about a topic that’s on a lot of employers’ minds these days: how to prevent your firm from being negatively impacted by the “Great Resignation.” . We talked about what’s driving employees to quit, the types of work cultures that are most engaging, and how to create the type of work environment that people don’t want to leave.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It used to be that watching TV meant watching it live. Then we had VHS recorders where we could watch something later (if you could set it up). Then came DVRs, which made it easier, and you could store more shows than you could ever watch. Now we have streaming – and the true advent […]. The post Bingeing for Your Future appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When ownership is low, getting things done is always hard. 7 signs you’re in a low ownership culture: Normal requests are greeted with moaning. It’s an ‘every person for themselves’ culture.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Being able to speak up at work has numerous benefits, both for the individuals concerned and their teams and, of course, the wider organization. Recent research from New York University highlights how frequently this doesn’t occur, however. The researchers sat in on around 80 team meetings to explore the dynamics of who speaks up, whose ideas get listened to, and so on.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It’s easy to think that innovation and creativity are largely intrinsic endeavors where our motivation should come from wanting to make a real difference in the world. Research from Rice University suggests we should perhaps rethink this approach, however, and make better use of rewards to encourage creativity. “Organizations spend a lot of resources and exert a great deal of effort in designing incentive schemes that reward the employees who exhibit creativity at work, ” the researchers

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Our brains are under constant assault from stressors. To reduce the amount of stress you feel and to improve your resilience, move. Move around physically. Exercise. Walk while on conference calls. Move. Movement has huge benefits in terms of stress reduction and resilience. Today’s guest post is by Jon Wortmann, thoughtLEADERS principal and author of Hijacked by Your Brain.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Telehealth platforms boomed during Covid-19 as healthcare providers attempted to maintain social distancing to protect patients from the virus. It’s a transformation that has received warm support from patients, at least according to a recent study from Anglia Ruskin University. “Our research found there is considerable potential for apps to actively support older people with their pain management and also improve communication with health professionals when physical services are un

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Leadership and Change

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Here’s part 3 of building a high-performance culture, based on Daniel Coyle’s The Culture Code and my consulting practice. The third ingredient to improving collaboration is a collective, meaningful purpose. When your purpose is ultra-clear and inspiring it serves as a beacon: everyone adjusts their course in the right direction – like a swarm of […].

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Some years ago I worked with a client who wanted as his legacy that he added value to people. We spent half a day at my office brainstorming what that would look like and how to do it. Eventually we determined 27 actions he could take. I wonder how many of us are intentional each day about adding value to others, to making each day matter to someone other than ourselves.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Lather, rinse, repeat is not just for shampooing. It is a necessary leadership principle. I haven’t check in a while to see if it is still a thing, but years ago I was bored (and curious) so I checked. It seemed every the bottle of shampoo gave these instructions. I’m still not sure why we need directions for something so simple, but if taken literally, there would be an endless loop of repeating the same steps until the bottle is empty.

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Niagara Institute

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pen and paper. Car and driver. Strategy and tactics. What do all these have in common? One without the other is rendered almost useless. Having a great strategy without executing it is just a dream. Or taking actions without a plan of what you’re trying to achieve is just busywork.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The pandemic, as horrible as it is, has been a wake-up call. It has shaken us out of our complacency. We have begun looking into the way we live in ours. Many of us have concluded that our jobs were mere impasses, and quit during the “Great Resignation” wave. This mass exodus shows that people no longer want to spend their lives doing work they don’t like and will search for opportunities that offer a sense of purpose.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Three strategies to (finally) make it happen.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A guide to uncommitting gracefully.

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