N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Many say there is an art to the follow-up. For starters, follow up action is a signal many employers look for in judging candidates on their professionalism, general organization, and cultural fit. So how do you do follow up well? Could they be right? Does it really matter?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Have you heard this from your managers (or said it yourself)? They’re defensive, it’s like they have a wall up. 1:04 – We’ll hear from team members explaining each of seven reasons they struggle to hear or do something with the feedback they receive. The post Does Your Team Ignore Your Feedback?

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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? Or do you have choke points of one overwhelmed expert or manager that keeps everyone else waiting around? 7 Ways to Help Your Team Do More 1.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2022

When you have a negative team member, strive to understand what’s happening. Leading a negative team member can be frustrating. You have a vision, and you’re energized about your new solution, but they’re skeptical, critical, and keep bringing up problems. Why You Have a Negative Team Member. Your Leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 11, 2021

I must follow up on everything or we miss deadlines. You can help your team be most effective and lower your stress by creating a common understanding and shared commitments through these five steps. Your team pays attention to how you respond to tasks, opportunities, and problems. Your team won’t know what’s important.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What do you do to help your team shift from busy to productive? Is your team doing what you asked, but they’re focused on counting the metrics, and how busy they are as opposed to the quality metrics of how well they’re accomplishing those tasks? 03:36 How do we practically ensure your team’s busy day is worth it?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 12, 2021

Handling team conflict well distinguishes outstanding leaders. You’ve got a clear focus on what matters most, your team seems to work well together, but then you get that call: “I need to talk to you about…” It’s conflict, a disagreement, or a clash of personalities. 6 Ways to Deal with Team Conflict. Reflect to Connect.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In this final installment of our “Great Teamwork Series” we share 12 collaboration habits to create commitment and build momentum with follow through and results. 12 Habits Great Teams Consistently Do to Create Commitment and Build Collaboration 1. After all, you want to be helpful, responsive, and a team player.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Best Hybrid and Virtual Teams Communicate About How they Communicate. As we shared in 6 habits of highly effective hybrid and virtual teams , the best hybrid and virtual teams have this in common– they work at it. They don’t take their virtual team communication for granted. ” “Ugh.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else. Plus, if your team doesn’t like you, you’re not going to have the influence you need to make an impact. So, how do you gain respect, when your team’s just not there? He gained the respect of his team.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 9, 2024

Making Hybrid Work for you and your Team Managers can face challenges when implementing effective hybrid working. The research highlights the crucial role that management skills play in overcoming the obstacles to making hybrid work and the impact of targeted training. Yet, many organisations have adopted a reactive approach.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 17, 2023

Want to Reduce Unwanted Team Conflict, Make it Easier to Talk About Team Accountability When team members don’t get along, one of the biggest sources of conflict is a lack of team accountability. When you talk to high-performing teams, it’s easy to see that this team accountability doesn’t just happen.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 14, 2022

Help your team think bigger by engaging, equipping, and encouraging. They shared a frustration we hear all the time: “Our managers think too small! Helping your team think bigger will take time, so you want to start by engaging them in the process. Engage the team in a conversation about how they achieve those outcomes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

“Karin, our team is growing. ” “Leading was easy when our team was small, but now our team is growing. ” “How do I scale my leadership influence as my team size grows?” How to Keep Leading Well as Your Team is Growing. Teach your team how to think. How do I lead well now?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

To Lead Highly Productive Teams: Keep Them Focused on What Matters Most If you want to increase productivity at work, maintain a relentless focus on what matters most in four areas. First, ensure your team understands their big strategic priorities – the outcomes that matter most for the organization. So, stop trying.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

“My team lacks urgency. I’ve got to follow up on everything or we miss deadlines. Let’s start with five steps to get things done and help your team develop a common sense of urgency. (02:00). If your team lacks urgency, pay attention to how you respond to tasks, opportunities, and problems. (03:34).

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 10, 2024

” Weak managers don’t leverage the strengths of their teams. ” Control Freaks: It’s All About the Boss Many bosses believe in take-charge management. ” Control Freaks: It’s All About the Boss Many bosses believe in take-charge management. . “You haven’t asked us to help you.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else. Plus, if your team doesn’t respect you, you’re not going to have the influence you need to make an impact. So, how do you gain respect, when your team’s just not there? He gained the respect of his team.

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 26, 2021

Expect common breakdowns to help your team work better together. Does your team get derailed by miscommunication, hurt feelings, customer service challenges, or another department’s dropped balls? 4 Ways to Make a Team Work Better Together by Planning for Breakdowns. So how do you implement planned recovery on your team?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

If you’ve ever played a team sport like soccer or basketball, you quickly learn that while it is helpful to have an “all-star” player, the best teams leverage the talents of all their players on the field and elevate everyone’s game in order to consistently win. On the other side of the spectrum is developing a set of values as a team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 22, 2024

The Communication Channel You Choose Matters: It’s What You Say AND How You Say It If you’re managing a team, you know how crucial your choice of communication can be. ” What does this mean for you as a manager? They might think, “My manager doesn’t care about me, or have my best interest at heart.”

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 2, 2021

How to Have an Effective Project Team Meeting. Following good meeting management procedures can have a highly positive effect on your project: People will be more willing to attend meetings that run smoothly. The team will feel a sense of accomplishment that increases commitment and willingness to do project work.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It's a FACT: Successful leaders figure out how to strategically motivate their team every day. You are the beacon of motivation for your team — if you aren't presenting your best self every day, nothing else will motivate your team. Find out each 'fuel' and make sure their tank is filled up daily.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Many managers today are task masters. Today, many organizations make the mistake of letting their managers do whatever they want without focusing on each associate — they make the process mechanical and impersonal. You have managers, not coaches. Most of all, they listened when you failed and celebrated when you won.

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Lead from Within

MAY 22, 2023

Conflict is inevitable in any team. The best leaders know how to navigate team conflict successfully and emerge stronger as a result. Once the root cause has been identified, it’s easier to come up with a solution. Leaders can create an environment where team members feel comfortable sharing their thoughts and feelings.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

To be an effective leader, you need to be able to motivate and inspire your team to do their best work. As a manager, your employees need to know what is expected of them in order to meet and exceed your expectations. If your team is unclear about what they are supposed to be doing, it will be difficult for them to do their best work.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Rubin likes to say that if we treated relay races the way we treat our team members, we’d tell them, “I’m not paying you to stand here. So go run up and down the bleachers while you wait for the baton.” There’s a reason that professional sports teams pay millions of dollars for a coaching team. I’m paying you to run.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Learn how to effectively manage your business and team so you can be more productive and not let roadblocks or obstacles get in your way for too long. Be as transparent as possible if you want to effectively manage your business and team. Effectively manage your business and team by recognizing hard work.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In the realm of facilities management, the twin pillars of efficiency and sustainability are increasingly becoming inseparable. Understanding the Synergy First off, let’s unpack the idea behind sustainable facilities management. Engage Your Team: Sustainability is a team sport. That’s the goal.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2017

This month’s festival is all about team time. Next month’s Frontline Festival follows up on this month’s with a theme all about growth and change. Try steps for leaders to take for building teamwork in the workplace from Amanda Cameron of Patriot Software, LLC Follow Amanda. Follow Susan.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

One of the biggest mistakes in project management is that simply telling someone to do something is enough for it to get done. Follow-up is the key to making sure the work actually gets done. Effective follow-up can increase your chances of getting projects completed on time while also decreasing your stress.

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Next Level Blog

MAY 3, 2022

Fortunately, that happens a lot including as recently as a few weeks ago when I was talking with Rishi, a country manager on a leadership team I’m coaching. In a prep conversation for an upcoming team coaching session, I asked Rishi what’s been working lately with the team he leads. One is that it encourages action.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Most managers forget that educating your troops is an ongoing process. Great leaders build a learning journey for every team member who reports to them. Success relies on the consistent growth of your team, expanding their knowledge base and experience. Implement job rotation to mix it up. "You know your job — just do it!"

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 17, 2017

This month’s festival is about team building. Leaders need to adjust to the skill and abilities of the people, and don’t expect new people to fit into the team exactly as those doing the job previously. Follow John. Follow Sean. Follow David. In Are You a Team Player ? Follow Jesse.

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 25, 2022

Learning and applying these lessons can provide management insight and superior leadership qualities. To be a leader, you need to have followers. Leaders inspire trust from others and provide people with value to continue to follow and stay loyal to them. Sustaining a leadership role requires support; it is as simple as that.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I sat in a committee meeting drawing up a job description for a new senior management role. Then she said that they’d start looking for candidates the following week. Challenging me to speak up for myself. I’d love to set up some time to talk to you about how’s Wednesday at 3?” Silly, right? I got the job.

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