Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 30, 2024

If you liked this article and you haven’t yet read our new book, Powerful Phrases for Dealing With Workplace Conflict, you can learn more and download the first few chapters here. Readers Choice Classic: How Do I Gain Respect When My Team Doesnt Like Me? Key takeaway: Clear, upfront communication saves time and frustration.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

To be effective, they must not only earn the respect of their employees and communicate skillfully but also inspire team members to do their job effectively. A resilient leader is able to turn an obstacle into a learning opportunity that will further their knowledge and enable them to thrive. Workers feel privileged to be there.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Learning from others mistakes and successes is the best way to guard against leadership hubris. You can learn from it. But you wont learn anything from the stuff thats vomiting forth, thats written for clicks, that delights in its nastiness, that takes pleasure in the hope it is inflicting pain. On Leadership does just that.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

I N MY early managerial days, I would often ask my bosses and peers how they learned the skill of delivering bad news. Almost always, their answer was: You will learn it over time, There is no compression algorithm for experience, or some variation of needing to put in the time. So, how do you decide when its time to take notice?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2025

What do I know? Do they know it? What do I need to learn? See Also: Matrix Organization: Powerful Questions to Reduce Angst and Increase Trust My Boss Thinks I Need to Be a Better Team Player: Now What Do I Do? The Power of a Collaboration Checklist 1. Who needs to know it? Whos connected to this work?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 17, 2025

We started calling it a Couth Code after countless executives asked us the same exasperated question: How do we teach couth? Start Here if Your Team Isn’t Meeting Expectations Click on the image above to watch a quick “Asking for a Friend” video from the Denver Convention Center What Do We Mean By Couth (noun) kth at Work?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Curiosity Versus Continual Learning via @AdmiredLeaders LISTEN: @jamesstrock interviews @megan_e_gorman Author of All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money Interesting book and interview! It wasn't mine to keep. Deal with the monkey first.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

How to Turn Your Vision into Action with Three Simple Questions by @WScottCochrane Why Do Some People Have Poor Judgement? 1 of 3 by @jamesstrock Washington and Adams Cast a Vision. 4 Leadership Lessons on Scarcity, Dominance, and Delay by @BrianKDodd CEO Coaching: Idiots at the Helm? by @TerriKlass All Preparation IS NOT the same.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

You can grind grain into flour by your own hand using a mortar and pestle, which human beings learned to do at the dawn of agriculture. Delegation of authority is letting your people do their jobs. To Empower Means GrapplingWith Yourself Do you recoil at the idea of sharing power, thinking, Never. Delegation.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

H OW do successful people think? The key to doing well is thinking well. Ask yourself, Why have I chosen this, and why am I still doing it? Self-awareness allows you to do more of what youre good at and less of what youre not. It can also send up the red flag that lets you know youre about to do something stupid.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As a leader, how do you avoid freezing like a deer in the headlights as chaotic change swirls around you? Here’s a graphic of a framework for doing that followed by an explanation of the four steps. The second step in the action framework, therefore, is to do what you can to reduce uncertainty by gathering data and insights.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 25, 2025

Fearful moments like this can lead either to paralysis that delays decisions and freezes actions or to panicky impulses to do something. Or we might try the opposite and rush to act, so that were doing something anything whether it might help in the long-run or not. And much of it is underpinned by the US dollar.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

W ITH THE SUPER BOWL around the corner, what can business leaders learn from elite athletes about high-level performance? Heres how they do it. We dont have control over all outcomes, but we do have control over our process. Committing to high standards and constantly learning, striving, and improving is critical.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Episode 276: Do you ever feel like your attempts to manage up leave your manager more frustrated than satisfied? Learn practical strategies to present information that adds value instead of confusion. Press play now and learn how to master influencing your boss for better results and less stress!

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Learn from leadership expert Simon T. Bailey [00:00:00] – Setting the Stage for Resiliency Simon and host David Dye open the conversation with a powerful idea: people are learning how to be resilient by watching their leaders. Each new wave is a chance to apply what you’ve learned and approach challenges with confidence.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 25, 2025

Press play now to learn how to become the kind of leader people dont just work forbut want to follow. If you want to be a leader people truly want to follow, learning how to recognize effort and impact authentically is key. [03:25] His secret to success? You guessed itencouragement.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Ignoring it can erode trust and productivity, but learning how to resolve conflict can strengthen relationships and team focus. [03:11] 07:15] – Deescalation Strategies Learn how to step into heated situations with calm and clarity. Questions like, What do you want me to know?

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The key is learning to step out of the storm, focus on what matters, and help your team do the same. And neither do you. Learn to say, Ill get to this after I finish my current priority. just not do? Who do I need to keep happy today? Lets break down the biggest distraction trapsand how to escape them.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Do you think mastering your leadership path means always having the answers? Learn how to shift from a traditional, bottleneck leadership style to one that inspires trust, builds resilience, and drives high performance. Don’t miss this episode—unlock your full leadership potential and learn to lead with radical humility.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Here’s what you’ll gain from listening: Learn why asking “Do you understand?” Mastering An Essential Communication Skill [00:00] Introduction to Communication Skills You’re about to learn one of the most powerful communication skills that can save you time, reduce frustration, and elevate your leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 4, 2025

Episode 297: How do you give critical feedback to your boss without risking the relationship, overstepping, stressing out, or burning bridges? Hit play now and learn four proven communication tactics that will help you influence up and take more control of your work life. 15:30 What to do if your boss doesnt want feedback.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Here’s what to do about it You think you’re listening, but you’re missing so much. Here’s what to do about it – where she shares three simple steps for strengthening your “listening muscle”. You will learn that the more you practice listening completely, the better listener you’ll become and the more benefits you’ll reap.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2025

What Youll Learn in This Episode: The brain science behind how people retain and internalize key messages. Learn how recency, repetition, recall, and emotion play a crucial role in strengthening your leadership communication strategy. [05:54] Learn how repetition and multiple formats ensure long-term retention. [12:26]

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 18, 2025

So how do you hit the ground running without face-planting in your new job? You dont want to be the enthusiastic new hire doing donuts in the company parking lot because you missed the destination. Ask: What do you wish you knew in your first month here? Learn the Rush Hours Every office has themeven virtual ones.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2025

Just Because They Should Know, Doesnt Mean They Do A few weeks ago I shared a (as it turns out, quite popular article and video) on building a Team Agreement or what we like to call the Couth Code. So why do people default to text or Slack for difficult conversations? We “learn” from others. Start here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Listen in to discover: Practical ways to incorporate fun that enhances learning and productivity. 02:52 – 04:05 | Early Lessons in Leadership Phil recalls his first leadership experience as a camp counselor, where he learned the value of making tasks enjoyable.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Once we learn to harness the energy of fear and minimize its dark side, we can enhance our performance in the direst of times. It sounds deceptively simple, but Ive benefited from doing this for many years now. So, denying fear or trying to block it out is futile. And unnecessary. The door is open. Ive been expecting you.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

At N2Growth, our consultative approach integrates reliable data with real-world applications to ensure that evaluations do more than just rate past performance; they also predict and shape future behavior. These insights are often transformative, helping leaders reevaluate entrenched behaviors and embrace a mindset of continuous learning.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

You see a problem and do something to remove it. Managing blindspots is learning to accept them as inevitable and, in some respects, positive because they force you to remain vigilant. After it has been eliminated, conditions are no longer the same. This can only be achieved by improving communications throughout the organization.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

When you open yourself up to others and let them in, you tap into a collective power that’s way bigger than anything you could do solo. What Executives Need to Do So, if you’re an executive trying to level up, here’s what you need to start doing right now: 1. Remember, the best way to learn is to teach. Listen up.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 28, 2025

Foundational Shifts To Run Meetings Better [00:58] Most meetings fail because theyre time-wasters; learn why respecting time is the first step to reclaiming your leadership credibility. [03:59] 19:04] Run meetings with intention by asking three game-changing questions: Who will do what, by when, and how will we know? [22:49]

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Here is what you can do as a leader about your fears: Embracing Imperfection: The Power of Vulnerability Leaders often fear showing vulnerability, believing it to be a sign of weakness. These workshops encourage learning from mistakes and viewing failure as a stepping stone to success.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 24, 2025

Episode 287: Do you know how to use active listening to turn workplace conflicts into meaningful connections? In this episode, youll learn: How active listening helps others feel seen and heard. 09:13] – Start with Curiosity, Not Judgment Learn how approaching conversations with genuine curiosity can transform relationships. [10:10]

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Where were constantly checking in on our teams, having meetings, 1:1s to make sure everyone is doing their job and on track. We come from a more abundant mindset instead of scarcity and are then able to trust those around us more and give them permission to thrive in their positions on their ownfor them to show us what they can do.

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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. Now, imagine if you had leaders at every level doing that with their teams. When you involve leaders as coaches, your leaders have a structured way to go back and role model what they’ve learned. Wait, What?

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