Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 27, 2024

Why “Agree to Disagree” is Trouble Presumptuous Disrespect: When you say, “let’s agree to disagree,” you are telling the other person what they will do – without their agreement, input, or consideration of their perspective. Connection—Do you know one another as human beings? Do I have that right?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 6, 2024

Powerful Phrases to Help With Team Conflict What do you do when YOUR TEAM is in conflict? They’re coming to you, wound up, riled up, wanting YOU to solve THEIR team conflict for them… You might even think, “If I wanted this kind of drama, I would have taught kindergarten.” in this video.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 15, 2024

What to Say Next to Destress an Emotional Conversation at Work When people are fired up, angry, and defensive, it’s tough to have a productive conversation. Followed closely by burning microwave popcorn. Frustrations and resentments build up and poison the work. One person gets defensive, and the other person responds in kind.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. Then, as a manager, this same person could tell a few people what to do. No one person will be smart enough to keep up.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

How do we rekindle the love we once had? How do we become passionate again about changing ourselves or situations we now accept as normal? You habituate to things—a fancy car, a large-screen TV—but you don’t habituate to the joy of learning because learning by definition is change. Habituation works for us and against us.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Many organizations also do a pretty good job with formal recognition — taking time to determine who deserves the plaque, the award, and a celebration. People don’t have to follow you, don’t have to show up, and don’t have to bring their creativity or initiative. How they will show up. 3) Mix Up Silence and Growth.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

We constantly hear, “We’re doing so well with our office occasional/remote team, but gosh, I really miss THIS! It’s hard to do THIS on Zoom.” Let’s talk about some practical ways to do that well. We like to do this right at the start of an all-hands meeting for a few reasons.

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Great Results Team Building

JUNE 3, 2024

To truly harness its potential, leaders mustensure that these sessions are memorable and impactful, fostering meaningful learning experiences that translate into tangible results for the team and the organization. Instead, make learning personal. What skills do they aspire to build? What do you hope they gain by the end?

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 26, 2013

Follow-up is a mantra amongst Team, Management and Leadership Development everywhere…While we all talk about how important it is, many of us don’t do it. We confuse following-up with negative terms of management – Micro-Managing ; NOT trusting people ; Causing people to be Other-Directed ; Dis-Engagement ….

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Next Level Blog

MAY 15, 2024

I only had an hour with my group during the session so there was way more to talk about and share than we had time for but, all that said, here’s the roll-up of all our coaching advice on how to give and receive feedback. Take advantage of the simplicity of the keep, start and stop doing framework. It’s easily over 2,000 times.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

But what do you do if your senior leader is not showing up as often or as supportive as you would like? How do you ask for the leadership support you need without looking needy? How do you recommend handling a situation like this? Just like you, your executive leader is doing the very best they can.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

B RAD JACOBS, CEO and serial entrepreneur—United Rentals and XPO Logistics—has made and kept a few billion dollars and aims to show us how to do the same in How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. Love “has a lot to do with getting your brain in the right place to make good decisions. How do you get there? Love He begins with love.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

How Do I Communicate an Unpopular Return to Office Decision #AskingForaFriend? We’re past the point of making a case; I’ve been told that this is no longer up for discussion. So, how do you communicate these tough decisions effectively? I know my team is not a fan (and quite frankly, neither am I). work well here.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

With similar conviction, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said, “Empathy makes you a better innovator.It’s a quality my wife helped me begin to learn when our son was born with severe disabilities. Value and model integrity, always taking the high road and consistently doing what you say you will. Learn more at drjudithorloff.com.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

How Leaders Learn : Master the Habits of the World's Most Successful People by David Novak with Lari Bishop When you put learning at the center of everything you do, you grow your career, your leadership, your relationships, and your joy and fulfillment in life.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 2, 2022

You need leaders at every level engaged with your training as leader coaches to facilitate application and learning. If your Sales SVP thinks your leadership development program is a distraction, your sales managers will show up late and multi-task. But what if that same sales SVP showed up as an active coach in the process?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 24, 2024

If you’re naturally great at connecting, this can feel silly, but trust me, I’ve helped many people pick a few habits and put connecting on their “to-do” list. Task-oriented people are normally great at getting stuff done once they know what to do. And how do you train someone who struggles to connect well?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

We love learning about what’s resonating, and most importantly, how teams are applying what they’re reading as they grow leaders and encourage courage and innovation. You’ve got to do something with what you read. We also make it easy for teams to read together and discuss what they’ve learned.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

and advises him to “find the right leader—someone who has done what you want to do and follow the leader right away, get started, and don’t quit (“If you have to cross a minefield, it makes sense to follow someone who’s already crossed it.”).” Always do the thing that scares you most. Remember, action produces confidence.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 22, 2024

To do more, clarify who owns the decision and know when it’s time to move Is your team full of good intentions and meaningful conversations that don’t translate into action and results? Do discussions regularly bog down in analysis paralysis? 7 Ways to Help Your Team Do More 1. 7 Ways to Help Your Team Do More 1.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

William Ury says, “We actually need more conflict, not less—if we are to learn, grow, evolve. But if you start from that assumption, that is most likely where you will end up—it’s impossible. But if you start from possibility, you might just end up with a practical solution to de-escalate the conflict. We’re human.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

A few months into my work there, a man named Jack took me aside and said, “David, I noticed that when you come into our all-hands meeting, you walk straight up to the front row, sit down, open your notebook and are ready to take notes.” People will certainly learn about one another slowly over time, but why wait? Politely say “no”?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Even though Musk’s approach doesn’t necessarily provide a blueprint to be copied any more than Steve Jobs’ approach did (even though both individuals got results), it does offer lessons to be learned and applied in our own leadership. He learned to shut down fear,” she says. “If Adversity shaped me,” Musk says. “My

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Leadership growth requires feedback and continual learning. It’s no exaggeration to say that if you’re done learning, you’re done leading. I don’t believe I can learn anything by asking my team esoteric questions about where I can improve.”. On my first overnight shift, I followed the procedures.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. In our personal lives, social media has us keeping score by likes and followers. The world of work is due for a new revolution. Slow productivity is exactly what we need.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 17, 2024

Standing out and moving up the ladder requires more than just showing up and doing your job. Share your successes and learning experiences with your team to build credibility. Be clear about what you hope to learn or achieve through the mentorship. Invest in learning new skills relevant to your career goals.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If we don’t know what really matters, we will spend our lives accumulating the very things that do not matter—discarding the things that matter most.” Discipline yourself and prepare yourself to be the best at what you do. Be ready to step up when the call comes.” You learn as you go. Get on with it. “If Where did I fail?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Troubleshooting Microsoft What precisely did Nadella do to steady the company and launch it into a high-octane period of growth and innovation? In 2022, he upped the ante, investing $10 billion in OpenAI to acquire just short of a majority stake. Innovation powerhouses don’t leave innovation up to chance. How did this happen?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 13, 2023

The really infuriating thing is that she had NOTHING to do with that project. “I noticed you brought up the idea about in our staff meeting today. I’m curious, do you remember the conversation we had the other day when I shared this idea with you?” What do you think we can do to fix this?”

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It's one of the reasons why in so many of my leadership keynotes and workshops I touch on what leaders need to do to become better listeners. And it was following one of those leadership keynotes that I was asked by one of the leaders in attendance about one of my failures as a leader and what I learned from it going forward.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Navigating Workplace Conflict is Getting Harder: Here’s What You Can Do The workforce has been through unprecedented change in the last few years—for better and worse. Closely followed by advice related to speaking up, talking about it, and addressing the problem head-on. “Be Is conflict wearing us all down? At what cost?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 8, 2024

Remembering micro-moments of courage makes it easier to do the right thing next time. People are more likely to hold onto a negative experience with speaking up or taking a risk, than a positive one. Then, invite them to reflect on the following questions: What motivated me to be courageous in this circumstance? Did you learn?)

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 22, 2023

What do you do? Do you wait and wait and wait? Or do you take action? Make sure you’re not waiting around when you should be doing what needs to be done. They would do this to the best of their ability so that no one would be hurt. We can get trapped in the idea that we must do things perfectly.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2022

You have a vision, and you’re energized about your new solution, but they’re skeptical, critical, and keep bringing up problems. They shake their head, sigh, and say things like, “Who comes up with these ideas? Eliminate these toxic behaviors from your leadership before doing anything else. Your Leadership. Lack of appreciation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2022

Consistently, compassion, courage, and curiosity continue to top the list, closely followed by flexibility and authenticity. Imagine what would happen if every member of your team showed up 10% more compassionate, courageous, and curious this week. So, where do you start in order to nurture compassion? Do I have that right?”.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But doing those habits without the right focus on outcomes can become a box-checking exercise. They’re doing what you asked, but are focused on counting metrics (how busy they are), vs. quality metrics, (how well they are accomplishing these tasks). Some team members will do what they know how to do or are comfortable with doing.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

If someone’s disrespectful behavior crosses a policy or legal line, there may be an investigation followed by disciplinary action, interventional coaching, a lateral transfer, demotion, or termination. At the core of this process is a simple question: What do you respect in the other person? Do your co-workers respect this person?

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