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Connection is key to help your team manage change When you have a clear picture of where you want to go but your team won’t come along as quickly as you want, it can feel like you’re trying to pull a car […]. MORE
Manage the splash: You always impact those around you. Some leaders tend to lift people toward bright. Some leaders tend to drag people toward dark. The impact of your leadership is measured by the effect you have on others. Even if people turn from you, you have impact. Patterns produce splash – your impact on those around … … Continue reading → Personal Growth Growth Leadership Development MORE
Take responsibility to manage your team, even if it’s via video. Since COVID-19 hit, I’ve been opening public zoom meetings for anyone to drop in and tell me what’s going on for them.… … Continue reading → Managing MORE
You’re working hard to manage your stress and create a sense of calm for your team. The post How to Manage Your Stress Without Frustrating Your Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. MORE
Reduce them to free your team. The post Too Many Meetings – How to Free Your Team to Build, Create, and Thrive appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Winning Well eliminating meetings leadership management Meetings results and relationships MORE
The ability to influence the people you report to-especially a frustrating boss-is as essential to your leadership success as the ability to influence your own team. Ask yourself these five questions before you try to manage up. MORE
By Linda Fisher Thornton This week I'm sharing an edited compilation of three previously published posts that are relevant for leaders and organizations wanting to honor human rights in chaotic times. MORE
On a monthly basis at the beginning of a meeting, ask your direct reports to share something on their mind. It can be anything they care to share with the team such as something they did outside of work that other team members might be interested in or something that’s going on at work that they want the team to know about. Give each person five minutes to share. This is the sixty-sixth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.” #66 Reconnect Your Team. MORE
Most moments of managerial courage come down to the micro-decisions you make when you’re just a little bit scared, and the stakes really aren’t that high. The post How to Be a More Courageous Manager appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. I will never forget this ironically courageous, closed-door conversation, which sealed my belief that managerial courage is one […]. MORE
When someone … Continue reading → Purpose entrepreneur productivity time managementA common response—when you ask somebody for their help or their input—is “I don’t have enough time.” This is an interesting response given that we all have the same amount of time – 24 hours in a day. MORE
Working remotely is not easy, especially for people who are relatively new to it. Distractions and diversions, intrusions and interruptions can make it hard for people to excel. The goal is to create communication that is a dialogue built on trust, not a one-sided monologue. MORE
When it comes to results—no one can touch him. How do you manage a strong, arrogant, slightly obnoxious high-performer? The post How to Manage a Strong, Arrogant, Slightly Obnoxious High-Performer appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. MORE
Unfortunately for HR reps, they often have to deal with the brunt of conflict resolution concerns. Whether its co-workers who don’t like each other or a negative relationship between a boss and employee, conflict leads to poor productivity and affects everyone else in the workplace. Posted in Leadership Development No one enjoys dealing with conflict at work. MORE
" Perceptive listening requires you to be totally focused, completely mindful, and perceptive of the conversation -- about what is spoken and what remains unspoken," explains John Jantsch , author of the book, Duct Tape Selling. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Listening. MORE
Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Managers of people can get a bad rap. As an employee, can you relate to any of these scenarios? Leadership Development Self Leadership emotional intelligence Management people management Self Development Sometimes it’s deserved. You receive a series of emails from your boss on the XYZ Project. If he would have read through his inbox, he might see that all his questions are eventually answered. He wouldn’t [.]. MORE
Delegate the Right Decisions to Save Time and Reduce Anxiety for Everyone. You want to empower your team to make the right decisions. After all, some decisions are not up to them. Heck, some are not even up to you. How This Tool Works. MORE
I spoke with her about the most important questions to ask yourself and your prospective mentor. . It requires paying attention to the other person’s words, intonation, and body language from start to finish.” Why is it hard to find a good mentor ? MORE
In the VUCA world, employees are struggling and constantly challenged to move out of their comfort zones. To keep up with this rapid change, individuals need to adapt to the changes. A McKinsey Global Institute report on future of the workforce shows that between 75 million and 375 million people globally will have to change their occupation and acquire new skills by the year 2030. Managers and their teams are feeling insecure, causing major health hazards. MORE
As we think ahead to the surreality of these times, many of us are trying to figure out how to support, encourage, understand our employees, in particular, how to find, nurture and develop our blue lobsters. But they don’t have to be. MORE
Difficult stakeholders are a chance to grow your influence You look at the phone and your heart sinks. It’s the night before you’re supposed to wrap up your assignment and brief the leadership team on what you’ve done. The post How to Manage the Most Difficult Stakeholders appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Communication Project Management communication project management stakeholders MORE
Has this ever happened to you? She thanks you for the feedback, and promises to try harder. But a week later, they’re back to […]. The post How to Hold a Better Performance Improvement Conversation appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. MORE
At WD-40 about 60% believe they can achieve their career goals without leaving the company. The strategy is simple, but not necessarily easy.* Learn Leap Repeat “Every single person in your organization is… Continue reading → Leading Growth Leadership Development MORE
Prepare to be inspired and then to work hard as you read Bo Eason ’s book on how to be the best in the world at what you do. How to leave behind those who don’t help you move forward. That’s a dangerous place to be. Your job is to right the ship. MORE
W E’VE HEARD that hard work is the secret to success. Laura Huang explains just how to gain that advantage in her insightful and encouraging book, Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. Those that have an edge, Enrich , Delight , and Guide to make their Effort go further. MORE
As a business leader, you’ll often find yourself in the position of working with external subject matter experts (SMEs) to supplement your team’s knowledge base, or help you with a particular task that your team isn’t built to complete on its own. These SMEs are often critical and can be helpful in many ways: they can help you find the right information to make a decision, or point you in the right direction when investigating a problem. MORE
Dr. David Burkus, a highly regarded business school professor and author of Under New Management , challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don’t work — and reveals what does. Drawing on decades of research, David proves that not only are many of our fundamental management practices wrong and misguided, but they can be downright counterproductive. MORE
How well we think, learn, and engage in the human tasks of the future depends on how well we manage and optimize what’s going on with our minds, brains, and bodies. If we are to be hyper-learn, we need to listen to understand other perspectives. MORE
“How do you help a new manager be more confident?” ” He continued, “I mean it’s tricky to have a difficult conversation or run a […]. The post How to Help a New Manager Be More Confident appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. MORE
A better boss starts with a good relationship and great performance A listener to a recent episode of my Leadership without Losing Your Soul podcast asked a question about how she could tell her leader about the content she’d learned. Winning Well leadership management managing up MORE
Lead like it’s the first time to give your team energy. Early in my career, I learned a vital leadership lesson about how to give your team energy. The post How to Give Your Team Energy They Need appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. MORE
Both significantly benefit from moving outside offices to a comfortable working environment. The problem is that employees’ interest and motivation in doing their work may fall over time due to many reasons. How can an employer tune his employees on high […]. MORE
If you’re looking to buy them for your team, CEO Reads offers some great quantity discounts, and we would be happy to customize with a personalized template. What does it mean to Win Well? Winning Well means that you sustain excellent performance over time because you refuse to succumb to harsh, stress-inducing shortcuts that temporarily scare people into “performing.” These managers practice steady, calm accountability along with celebration. MORE
Fitting in is unsophisticated self-sabotage, but effectively standing out requires finesse. None of us is dumb as all of us.” Astronaut Mark Kelly* Gifted jerk-holes: Like black holes, jerk-holes suck life out of the… Continue reading → Leading MORE
While you might be lucky enough to survive in business with little or no advice from others, you will certainly not maximize your potential for success by doing so. All CEOs and entrepreneurs need advice in a wide variety of constantly changing areas…That said, I’m always somewhat perplexed as to why people hire certain professionals. Furthermore, the real world experience they do possess may offer little benefit or applicational value to your specific circumstances. MORE
You’re learning that back-to-back video conferences are more exhausting than in-person meetings. Zoom is exhausting, in part, because everything is harder during disruption. But National Geographic, USA Today, and others are posting articles… Continue reading → Leading MORE
Love it or hate it, working remotely is likely to remain a reality for some time to come. A fairly common challenge, now that people have had time to settle into new workflows, is that more employees may be struggling to keep up. Get to know people individually. MORE
Project management isn’t for the faint of heart. You’re pressured from above to produce results and from below to cultivate relationships with your project teams. The post Project Management: How to Hold the Best Accountability Conversations appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Communication Winning Well accountability conversations project management MORE
Plant this seed within your core Provide it space to sprout, and tend to its rise Ensure it penetrates through each organizational layer Cultivation, participation, and appreciation will be your essential tools Allow this seed to transform into a solid footing A personal and organizational launch pad This mighty seed has significant yield A vigorous and holistic whole. They provided me with the essential space and pivotal opportunities to learn, experiment, fail, and grow. MORE
There’s Nothing Normal About Where We’re Headed Next- Time to Embrace the New Abnormal. Your team is looking to you for guidance on what happens next. Wow, it felt great to be on the other side of a keynote speech for a change. We need to prepare our teams for that. MORE
If you knew your manager really cared about you and had your best interest at heart, would you want them to give you meaningful performance feedback? Even if it was hard to hear? MORE
The following great advice about how to apologize is from the book, The Courage Solution , by Mindy Mackenzie. Asking humbly, "How can I fix this?" Keep in mind that an effective apology requires you to have actually begun working on a solution by the time you get to this step. MORE
Do you struggle to manage your emotions? We were speaking to an international gathering of leaders from across Europe when a young man approached the microphone and asked: “How, as a leader, do you keep your personal feelings from […]. The post How to Manage Your Emotions When You Make Leadership Decisions appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Winning Well emotions leadership leading yourself management problems MORE
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APRIL 5, 2021
Delegate the Right Decisions to Save Time and Reduce Anxiety for Everyone. You want to empower your team to make the right decisions. After all, some decisions are not up to them. Heck, some are not even up to you. How This Tool Works.
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Connection is key to help your team manage change When you have a clear picture of where you want to go but your team won’t come along as quickly as you want, it can feel like you’re trying to pull a car […].
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FEBRUARY 24, 2020
When it comes to results—no one can touch him. How do you manage a strong, arrogant, slightly obnoxious high-performer? The post How to Manage a Strong, Arrogant, Slightly Obnoxious High-Performer appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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" Perceptive listening requires you to be totally focused, completely mindful, and perceptive of the conversation -- about what is spoken and what remains unspoken," explains John Jantsch , author of the book, Duct Tape Selling. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Listening.
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Difficult stakeholders are a chance to grow your influence You look at the phone and your heart sinks. It’s the night before you’re supposed to wrap up your assignment and brief the leadership team on what you’ve done. The post How to Manage the Most Difficult Stakeholders appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Communication Project Management communication project management stakeholders
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FEBRUARY 22, 2021
How well we think, learn, and engage in the human tasks of the future depends on how well we manage and optimize what’s going on with our minds, brains, and bodies. If we are to be hyper-learn, we need to listen to understand other perspectives.
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Love it or hate it, working remotely is likely to remain a reality for some time to come. A fairly common challenge, now that people have had time to settle into new workflows, is that more employees may be struggling to keep up. Get to know people individually.
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FEBRUARY 11, 2021
If you knew your manager really cared about you and had your best interest at heart, would you want them to give you meaningful performance feedback? Even if it was hard to hear?
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FEBRUARY 10, 2020
“How do you help a new manager be more confident?” ” He continued, “I mean it’s tricky to have a difficult conversation or run a […]. The post How to Help a New Manager Be More Confident appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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JANUARY 15, 2019
Most moments of managerial courage come down to the micro-decisions you make when you’re just a little bit scared, and the stakes really aren’t that high. The post How to Be a More Courageous Manager appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. I will never forget this ironically courageous, closed-door conversation, which sealed my belief that managerial courage is one […].
Leading in Context
AUGUST 26, 2020
By Linda Fisher Thornton This week I'm sharing an edited compilation of three previously published posts that are relevant for leaders and organizations wanting to honor human rights in chaotic times.
Leading Blog
MARCH 13, 2020
W E’VE HEARD that hard work is the secret to success. Laura Huang explains just how to gain that advantage in her insightful and encouraging book, Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. Those that have an edge, Enrich , Delight , and Guide to make their Effort go further.
Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 7, 2021
Lead like it’s the first time to give your team energy. Early in my career, I learned a vital leadership lesson about how to give your team energy. The post How to Give Your Team Energy They Need appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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APRIL 5, 2021
Both significantly benefit from moving outside offices to a comfortable working environment. The problem is that employees’ interest and motivation in doing their work may fall over time due to many reasons. How can an employer tune his employees on high […].
Leading Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Plant this seed within your core Provide it space to sprout, and tend to its rise Ensure it penetrates through each organizational layer Cultivation, participation, and appreciation will be your essential tools Allow this seed to transform into a solid footing A personal and organizational launch pad This mighty seed has significant yield A vigorous and holistic whole. They provided me with the essential space and pivotal opportunities to learn, experiment, fail, and grow.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Fitting in is unsophisticated self-sabotage, but effectively standing out requires finesse. None of us is dumb as all of us.” Astronaut Mark Kelly* Gifted jerk-holes: Like black holes, jerk-holes suck life out of the… Continue reading → Leading
Lead Change Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Dr. David Burkus, a highly regarded business school professor and author of Under New Management , challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don’t work — and reveals what does. Drawing on decades of research, David proves that not only are many of our fundamental management practices wrong and misguided, but they can be downright counterproductive.
Lead on Purpose
OCTOBER 2, 2017
When someone … Continue reading → Purpose entrepreneur productivity time managementA common response—when you ask somebody for their help or their input—is “I don’t have enough time.” This is an interesting response given that we all have the same amount of time – 24 hours in a day.
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DECEMBER 18, 2018
Do you struggle to manage your emotions? We were speaking to an international gathering of leaders from across Europe when a young man approached the microphone and asked: “How, as a leader, do you keep your personal feelings from […]. The post How to Manage Your Emotions When You Make Leadership Decisions appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Winning Well emotions leadership leading yourself management problems
Leadership Freak
MAY 1, 2020
You’re learning that back-to-back video conferences are more exhausting than in-person meetings. Zoom is exhausting, in part, because everything is harder during disruption. But National Geographic, USA Today, and others are posting articles… Continue reading → Leading
Eric Jacobson
APRIL 7, 2021
Prepare to be inspired and then to work hard as you read Bo Eason ’s book on how to be the best in the world at what you do. How to leave behind those who don’t help you move forward. That’s a dangerous place to be. Your job is to right the ship.
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 19, 2013
Unfortunately for HR reps, they often have to deal with the brunt of conflict resolution concerns. Whether its co-workers who don’t like each other or a negative relationship between a boss and employee, conflict leads to poor productivity and affects everyone else in the workplace. Posted in Leadership Development No one enjoys dealing with conflict at work.
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MARCH 25, 2021
Reduce them to free your team. The post Too Many Meetings – How to Free Your Team to Build, Create, and Thrive appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Winning Well eliminating meetings leadership management Meetings results and relationships
Lead from Within
JUNE 16, 2020
Working remotely is not easy, especially for people who are relatively new to it. Distractions and diversions, intrusions and interruptions can make it hard for people to excel. The goal is to create communication that is a dialogue built on trust, not a one-sided monologue.
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 6, 2017
As a business leader, you’ll often find yourself in the position of working with external subject matter experts (SMEs) to supplement your team’s knowledge base, or help you with a particular task that your team isn’t built to complete on its own. These SMEs are often critical and can be helpful in many ways: they can help you find the right information to make a decision, or point you in the right direction when investigating a problem.
Mills Scofield
OCTOBER 12, 2020
As we think ahead to the surreality of these times, many of us are trying to figure out how to support, encourage, understand our employees, in particular, how to find, nurture and develop our blue lobsters. But they don’t have to be.
Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 21, 2021
The ability to influence the people you report to-especially a frustrating boss-is as essential to your leadership success as the ability to influence your own team. Ask yourself these five questions before you try to manage up.
Skip Prichard
MARCH 10, 2020
I spoke with her about the most important questions to ask yourself and your prospective mentor. . It requires paying attention to the other person’s words, intonation, and body language from start to finish.” Why is it hard to find a good mentor ?
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Has this ever happened to you? She thanks you for the feedback, and promises to try harder. But a week later, they’re back to […]. The post How to Hold a Better Performance Improvement Conversation appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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JUNE 17, 2013
Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Managers of people can get a bad rap. As an employee, can you relate to any of these scenarios? Leadership Development Self Leadership emotional intelligence Management people management Self Development Sometimes it’s deserved. You receive a series of emails from your boss on the XYZ Project. If he would have read through his inbox, he might see that all his questions are eventually answered. He wouldn’t [.].
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JUNE 29, 2011
While you might be lucky enough to survive in business with little or no advice from others, you will certainly not maximize your potential for success by doing so. All CEOs and entrepreneurs need advice in a wide variety of constantly changing areas…That said, I’m always somewhat perplexed as to why people hire certain professionals. Furthermore, the real world experience they do possess may offer little benefit or applicational value to your specific circumstances.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 4, 2016
If you’re looking to buy them for your team, CEO Reads offers some great quantity discounts, and we would be happy to customize with a personalized template. What does it mean to Win Well? Winning Well means that you sustain excellent performance over time because you refuse to succumb to harsh, stress-inducing shortcuts that temporarily scare people into “performing.” These managers practice steady, calm accountability along with celebration.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 5, 2018
Project management isn’t for the faint of heart. You’re pressured from above to produce results and from below to cultivate relationships with your project teams. The post Project Management: How to Hold the Best Accountability Conversations appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Communication Winning Well accountability conversations project management
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
Manage the splash: You always impact those around you. Some leaders tend to lift people toward bright. Some leaders tend to drag people toward dark. The impact of your leadership is measured by the effect you have on others. Even if people turn from you, you have impact. Patterns produce splash – your impact on those around … … Continue reading → Personal Growth Growth Leadership Development
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
A better boss starts with a good relationship and great performance A listener to a recent episode of my Leadership without Losing Your Soul podcast asked a question about how she could tell her leader about the content she’d learned. Winning Well leadership management managing up
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
At WD-40 about 60% believe they can achieve their career goals without leaving the company. The strategy is simple, but not necessarily easy.* Learn Leap Repeat “Every single person in your organization is… Continue reading → Leading Growth Leadership Development
Eric Jacobson
JANUARY 23, 2020
The following great advice about how to apologize is from the book, The Courage Solution , by Mindy Mackenzie. Asking humbly, "How can I fix this?" Keep in mind that an effective apology requires you to have actually begun working on a solution by the time you get to this step.
Michael Lee Stallard
JANUARY 4, 2015
On a monthly basis at the beginning of a meeting, ask your direct reports to share something on their mind. It can be anything they care to share with the team such as something they did outside of work that other team members might be interested in or something that’s going on at work that they want the team to know about. Give each person five minutes to share. This is the sixty-sixth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.” #66 Reconnect Your Team.
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