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One-On-Ones: 7 Powerful Phrases to Use

Leadership Freak

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

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

Leading Blog

T HE TIME TO THINK about power is before you get it. Power is part of leadership, and it can be used in the service of others or for personal gain. Using her life experiences and lessons learned, she draws out principles that define good power. She observes that power that doesn’t produce tangible results is pointless.

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Is Thought Leadership the Same as Change Leadership?

Lead Change Blog

They are not the same, although together they can be powerful. Her articles are featured and syndicated today on InPower Women , Smartblog/Smartbrief on Leadership, The Glass Hammer and Success in the City and she’s gained warm receptions as a trainer to leadership teams and motivational speaker to women’s groups. Change Leadership [.]

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5 Ways to Encourage Your Team Toward “Yes You Can”

Let's Grow Leaders

Not just in a hammer and nail sort of way. In fact, that session was one of the most powerful I’ve ever seen. Be confident in the power of discomfort. They nailed it with all the impact of an electric nail gun. 5 Ways To Encourage Your Team Toward “Yes You Can” 1. Be Audaciously Confident.

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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. Little did I realize it at the time, but Dad demonstrating his willingness to let go of what he thought the solution was and to try other things was an invaluable gift.

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Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Thor: Ragnarok

Joseph Lalonde

Great leaders know how to use the tools at hand: Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, had always helped him channel his power. Those aren’t the only things the hammer could do. Thor had a powerful tool at his disposal. Many people have hidden powers and skills you never see. He had power within him.

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Top Down Leadership Does Work, If You’re Stuck in the Industrial Age

Lead Change Blog

Power and control, positional authority — we’re all familiar with autocratic leadership styles as these approaches have been around for centuries. Here’s where it gets sketchy… When left to their own devices under stress, these hammer-dropping leaders will lack the emotional intelligence to influence those they lead.

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