Leading Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Oxford University professor Paulo Savaget makes a distinction between disobedience and deviance in The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems. There are four workarounds each using a different attribute. W ORKAROUNDS are a deviation from the norm. They are nonconformity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 5, 2021

In our research for Courageous Cultures , 40% of respondents said they lack the confidence to share their ideas. Can you imagine how much better things could be if we all came to work with one important question on our minds, “How can we make things better?” I really care about this company and the success of our team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

Particularly during times of uncertainty and change, one of the easiest ways to know what’s really going on is to (1) get clarity about what you don’t know and (2) ask your team some courageous questions. Our boss told us that we needed to be “change agents” and model excitement for the new system—no matter what.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Hustle culture is causing burnout and pain in our lives, making us feel divided. In our ideology-driven and polarized age, certainty has taken the place of curiosity and open-mindedness has given way to obstinance. What we need is an upgrade in our understanding of what it really takes to influence others.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 12, 2021

They work in different industries. And each person has a different focus for their work. But despite these differences, all three shared similar insights to help you collaborate and lead more effectively. That means you want to build the relationship now, before either of you has problems to solve or strategies to implement.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Entrepreneurship is a chance to trade a solution to someone who has a problem that needs solving. Solve more problems, solve bigger problems, solve problems more widely, and you’re an entrepreneur. The work is to solve problems in a way that you’re proud of.” . Hire problem solvers. – Seth Godin.

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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? We’ve got a problem. When people are confronted with problems, a lot of times you get one or two reactions from managers. When people are confronted with problems, a lot of times you get one or two reactions from managers.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 31, 2016

It is very common for people to see their situation as special and so different that they can only learn about management from some situation identical to the one they face. What are the best practices for your organization will differ a bit from another organization. Related: Do We Need to Find Management Ideas from Our Industry?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 9, 2023

Such disappearing stunts are not that different from their close cousin in the dating scene. While many things have contributed to this erosion, our experiences would be better if chose to treat each other better. ” The problem is, there’s another human being at the end of this ghosting at work scene.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 24, 2024

We don’t really get how much impact they have. In the UK, where most jobs are in services and knowledge, technologies that boost our thinking could make training better, let more people work, and let us do more skilled tasks. But, a lot of these tech things are still starting out and not really focused.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This challenging and poignant question came up in one of our “ Asking For a Friend” segments following a recent keynote. This challenging and poignant question came up in one of our “ Asking For a Friend” segments following a recent keynote. What he did next made all the difference. To ask more questions.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Everything we feel, every choice we make, and everything we do all starts with our perception of our environment. Our perceptions automatically influence our feeling, and they in turn, automatically influence our actions. When trying to change, we need to get to the root of the problem—our perception.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

T HERE ARE PROBLEMS that can be solved by a simple cost-benefit analysis. But there are problems where the solution lies beyond that — something deeper — something irrational even. In 1838, Charles Darwin faced a wild problem. But marriage, like most wild problems, can’t be reduced to measurable rational reasons.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 13, 2023

What we’re talking about here is a different thing. We’re talking about how we’re interacting with our colleagues and how we’re responding to ideas and things like that. Let’s say they want to hire a contractor because it looks like it’ll save money, save time, or solve a problem.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

This challenging and poignant question came up in one of our “ Asking For a Friend” segments following a recent keynote. This challenging and poignant question came up in one of our “ Asking For a Friend” segments following a recent keynote. What he did next made all the difference. To ask more questions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

“Yes, my team can do that for you,” might mean, “I’m going to have to postpone our team’s strategic planning offsite. In our leadership programs, we always recommend facing difficult conversations with confidence and humility. Confidence Sentence Starters: I’ve studied this problem extensively.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 3, 2023

And we really need to think about something. I want to ask you to consider whether or not you’re the problem for the ills of your life. After talking with these people, I discover that the problem often lies within them. Are You The Problem? We can easily overlook our own faults. It’s the new year.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2022

These essays are really meant to be read and reflected on but are also opportunities to start conversations. Let’s try something a little different. I also want to use season 11 in a little bit different way, partly centered around a new book that I have coming out, which is not a, strictly speaking, leadership development book.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Afterall, we got this far in our careers by following our instincts, practicing what we learned, and applying appropriate business strategies. Before we answer that question, let’s think about what’s really happening. Our brain loves the recipe approach. Really caring, not just saying that we do.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It’s really easy to have a busy, busy day, with alarmingly little to show for it. It’s really easy to have a busy, busy day, with alarmingly little to show for it. The problem could be distractions from the most important activities. Here’s the sad truth. We’ve all been there.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 26, 2021

With millions of cars speeding along our roadways, it’s not a matter of if a car will hit a pole, but when. There will be times where we all will hurt one another despite our best intentions. Does your team get derailed by miscommunication, hurt feelings, customer service challenges, or another department’s dropped balls? Weird, right?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 30, 2020

We get busy, and we start looking for a solution without first analyzing the problem. And we “solve” the wrong problem. Reframing helps us to see solutions that we would otherwise not see, as we see the issue from different angles. It is a symptom of the problem. No problem is too big or too small. How to Reframe.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 12, 2021

Diagnose the Situation: Is this a vent or a problem that needs to be solved? For Problems] Discuss and Choose an Appropriate Solution. Apparently, he’d seen me struggling with a common problem new leaders face and chose this lunch to deliver some coaching. As we waited for our food to arrive, I got up to wash my hands.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 4, 2023

Why do we have to have a conversation about maintaining our infrastructure? Are conversations about how we will maintain our business, work, or team infrastructure more difficult topics for some leaders? Are conversations about how we will maintain our business, work, or team infrastructure more difficult topics for some leaders?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

In Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World , former Chairman and CEO of IBM Ginni Rometty redefines power as a way to “drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few.” New thinking brings about new behavior resulting in different outcomes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 8, 2021

“Hey Karin, I want to develop critical thinking I really do. In fact, in our Courageous Cultures research, 45% of respondents said they had not been trained in critical thinking or problem-solving. Our I.D.E.A. For example, what was different about April that caused the trend to reverse? AskingFriend.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In part, because he thinks differently than most people. Through most of our life, we get through life by reasoning by analogy, which essentially means kind of copying what other people do with slight variations. It’s really not that fun. E LON MUSK is a polarizing figure. Please do not do them.” It’d be a very long list.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 11, 2023

Joe is SO SMART, and there’s a problem. ” #askingforafriend Joe is what we call in our book, Courageous Cultures , a SILENT PONDEROUS type. If he’s consistently sharing thoughts with you after a meeting, ask him why, and really listen. What should I do? How can I help Joe?” Explain why his voice matters.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And unlike team or group coaching, it uses diverse perspectives to tackle workplace problems Regardless of who you are or where you work, there will be times when the challenges and pressures you face simply feel insurmountable. But her peers coached her to look at the issue differently. What was more important: happiness or pride?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Not really. The difference is that geniuses create. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow up…. If our passions drive us in ways that ultimately change society, that change is a mark of genius.” “If our passions drive us in ways that ultimately change society, that change is a mark of genius.” Probably not.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 6, 2020

Understanding the difference and managing both is key to dealing with a crisis successfully. There are different kinds of crises, but this dynamic applies to both types. He adds, “That’s a fundamentally different kind of human challenge. This idea is encapsulated in his phrase, “ learning our way forward.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Guest post from Stephen Shapiro : To find better solutions to your most difficult business problems, paradoxically, you don’t want o focus on solutions. Simply changing one word yields a completely different set of answers. But if you make the problem statement more specific, you focus people on what matters most.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A common dilemma for the leaders I work with is that, in spite of their best intentions to operate at a big picture strategic level, they find themselves regularly getting pulled into the weeds of day-to-day details that really aren’t the highest and best use of their time and attention. And the benefits aren’t just accruing to him.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

This book takes a different approach. they ask a different question: “Why haven’t they changed already? Upstream : The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Both of those questions really turn on whether or not people feel engaged with their work in meaningful ways. The second P is for Picture – what does it look like when we’re fulfilling our purpose? The third P is for Plan – what’s the plan that will create the picture that fulfills our purpose? Does what I do matter?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

A PROBLEM OF OUR TIME—and perhaps every generation—is that we ask the wrong questions. Our future depends on it. Until you ask different questions, you can’t move beyond the incremental progress most of us find ourselves in. Breakthroughs require different questions from the ones we’ve been asking. And listen.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 2, 2024

In our daily work lives, we often team up with colleagues to tackle problems. As we get to know our coworkers better, we might spot someone who’s especially good at thinking creatively or coming up with new ideas to help our organization. It could even be you!

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