Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 26, 2023

One of the big culprits that leads to a negative Eeyore leadership style, is HOW YOU RESPOND TO IDEAS. You’re in a leadership meeting, and your boss proposes an idea that sounds great IN THEORY. How do you help a team member who is perceived as negative? What would YOU ADD?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

How do we solve the right problem quickly and get ourselves and our team back to work? Help Your Team Solve the Right Problem 00:54 How do we solve the right problem quickly and get ourselves and our team back to work? Appreciate your leadership in this situation. We’ve got a problem. How do you respond?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Some typical sources are: It could be that the team member simply doesn’t like you. When you ask something that in some way feels threatening, this elicits fear and the natural tendency is avoidance: Your team member doesn’t do something because their feeling of safety feels threatened. Understanding resistance.

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General Leadership

MAY 25, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! You’re a leader of a team and you’ve invested a lot of time working through the kinks that come with making the members play nice together in the sandbox. Read more at [link]. … Read the rest.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Effective leaders use communication as a critical competency to build trusting relationships, align team members around a vision, lead necessary change, and drive action. The best leaders maneuver these five steps in a way that leaves their teams feeling heard, understood, and valued. Avoid Absolutes.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 22, 2019

The problem is that as employees observe how the leadership team acts in these critical situations, they withdraw trust. Relationships break down and accountability, ownership, personal leadership, proactive behavior and contribution all suffer– while politics, slow decision making, and self-preservation rise.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2024

Episode 253: In this episode of “Leadership Without Losing Your Soul,” you’re diving into the art of setting healthy boundaries and saying no at work. Begin with connection and clarity about the impact of their requests and propose alternative solutions that align with team goals.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 17, 2024

Stand out by identifying issues and proposing solutions. This proactive approach shows leadership potential and a vested interest in the company's success. Action Steps: Regularly brainstorm potential improvements to your team’s processes. Share your successes and learning experiences with your team to build credibility.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 29, 2019

How would our team describe our culture? I am proposing that as a leader, you look at your own work processes, habits, and attitudes and do a self-purge using some tips from Marie Kondo and organizers everywhere. As the leader, if you’re coming to work in a bad headspace, it’s going to rub off on your team. Take it all out.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Cross-Functional Collaboration – Action-learning based leadership development. Additional focus on creating non-traditional collaborations to bring innovation and fresh eyes to how our company goes about managerial-leadership development, team building, decision making, problem-solving, and innovation.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 24, 2017

But as a leadership expert, it also highlights a critical function leaders need to play both to drive organizational growth, as well as to boost employee productivity. As such, here are six steps that will help you strengthen team cohesion, regardless of what storms might be looming outside your organization’s walls.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 22, 2019

Clearly, one solution is to have highly engaged team members that are aligned and pulling together behind the same shared vision. In my own business, I have processes for everything from client proposals to onboarding, creating engaging social media content, and designing workshops. How do we get more done with less?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Horizontal alignment— Across the organization, all functions, departments, and teams work together towards a set of common goals. High performing businesses, athletic teams, pit crews, and marching bands are highly aligned, which produces clarity, focus, and energy. . Does the proposed initiative support our business strategy?

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Welcome to the April 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Crisis Leadership. Communication. ” Find Mary on Twitter at @maryilaward.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 13, 2023

When your team thinks of you as a negative person, you’re less likely to be invited to conversations where you would have valuable contributions to make. Hey, it’s David and you’re listening to leadership without losing your soul. Learning how to be a less negative leader is a critical skill to master and fast.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 25, 2022

When your team or supervisor thinks of you as a negative person, you’re less likely to be invited to conversations where you would have valuable contributions to make. But unless Winnie the Pooh and Tigger are on your team, shifting that perception of negativity will help you have more influence and contribute your expertise.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

Start by getting to know your team members—their dreams and goals, as well as their problems and frustrations. Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner ( The Leadership Challenge ) maintain the first function of leadership is to “Model the Way.”. What are the top three examples you want to set for your team? Then use these tactics.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This is an excerpt from When Bad Teams Happen to Good People by Valerie Patrick. Dr. Patrick is President of Fulcrum Connection LLC, and is a facilitator, leadership trainer, and professional speaker. The research literature on leadership finds that the most effective leaders are excellent managers and excellent leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 14, 2013

Posted in Leadership Development Partnerships Over the last few weeks, I have been working together with a team to prepare a proposal in response to The Children’s Trust (TCT) Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) “Safe and Supportive Communities: Place-Based Service Partnerships for At-Risk Populations.”

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2020. It proposes that the best teachers are also leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers. It unlocks new ideas and solutions, and enhances team performance. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. Develop leaders!

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 10, 2024

Leadership involves a high-level view, guiding a team or organization towards long-term goals. These symptoms might manifest as an obsession with minor details, delays in decision-making, or a sudden drop in team morale and productivity. Identify tasks that other competent team members can execute effectively.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 4, 2024

Here are ten strategies to gain your boss’s trust and become an indispensable team member. Identify areas where you can add value and propose solutions. Your proactive approach will be appreciated and demonstrate your dedication to the team’s success. Be willing to share your knowledge, resources, and time.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. Most of these teams struggle to innovate, often delivering incremental improvements at best. Simply telling a team to focus on innovation won’t suffice. You need to thoughtfully select people with the right mindset for the team. The problem?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 31, 2023

Transform your leadership and team’s results with the power of small habits Your team won’t become a high-functioning powerhouse after one offsite. There are no leadership hacks or shortcuts that will transform your organization or results. Scheduling the finish increases accountability and energizes your team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2024

Conflict as an Inevitable Aspect of Leadership (10:24) Kilmann’s perspective on conflict as an inevitable, natural process. He argues that effective leadership involves embracing and navigating workplace conflict constructively to foster organizational and personal growth. Kilmann, Ph.D.,

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

For me, though, the most fascinating event in the book was a meeting a week after the attack – because it captured George Washington in the process of inventing a brilliant new style of leadership in the face of overwhelming challenges. Leadership, in the balance. Lasting testament to leadership. Objections were brushed aside.

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How do you lead a team that’s not there? Yet leading virtual teams is the future. Studies show that 25% of jobs involve teaming from distant locations. Studies show that 25% of jobs involve teaming from distant locations. Leaders find creative ways to shink the distance between team members. Click To Tweet.

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 14, 2023

This proactive approach showcases your commitment to the company's growth and demonstrates leadership qualities. She noticed that tasks were unevenly distributed in her team, with her handling the lion's share. Suggesting Solutions : She then suggested a bi-weekly team meeting to distribute tasks more equitably.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Emotionally Intelligent Leadership – Unexpected ROI at Apex Corporation. Anne writes, “Apex Corporation began the journey to emotionally intelligent leadership fifteen years ago.

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HR Digest

APRIL 28, 2022

Emotional intelligence has been proposed as a factor in determining whether or not a leader is effective. Here we look at the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness. As you will see, emotional intelligence has important implications for your leadership success. What Is Emotional Intelligence?

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Lead from Within

JULY 3, 2023

It’s a question that has been asked by many, and there are countless definitions and qualities that have been proposed. As an executive leadership coach, I have observed that the most successful leaders possess a combination of key qualities that enable them to effectively guide and motivate their team towards success.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 20, 2013

Leadership is a personal trait that often proves elusive to many people, however is intimately related to personal success. Leaders also foster social change, and most of our cultural, social and economic progress is the result of leadership. So, too, does the way to impart leadership to an eager young mind.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

You’re a young leader with responsibility for a small team and you want more responsibility. There are several areas of your leadership and work where you can invest to give yourself the best chance at that bigger responsibility: your knowledge and wisdom, the results you achieve now, relationships you build, and opportunities to speak up.

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Growing up playing sports, coaching my kids’ sports teams, and being a sports fan in general has taught me numerous lessons about life and leadership. However, the most important lesson I’ve learned about being part of a successful team, or leading one, is the need for trust. Great teams thrive on trust ( click to tweet ).

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Often, and especially in contemporary times, the real story of innovation doesn’t involve lone geniuses or flashes of inspiration, but teams, organizations, and leaders who cultivate systems and cultures where new ideas can sprout and flourish. That’s a myth. At the time, this was a bold suggestion.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

Applying the tools of design thinking to help your team conquer its goals doesn''t mean hunkering down on your own with an org chart in a dimly lit office to devise the perfect execution strategy. Design thinking is about engaging with your team at its most fundamental levels. Those creative shower moments rely on lots of data.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 30, 2020

Leaders can easily over-promise the benefits of the proposed change effort, and when those benefits aren’t achieved, trust is broken. Team members want to know how the change will impact them individually. Rather than carrying all that weight alone, why not spread it out among your team? Set realistic expectations. Make it safe.

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