Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2013

Business travel and back-to-back meetings. Last week was one of THOSE weeks. So much to do. The great, good, bad, and ugly. Pressures mounting on all fronts. Important investments in people, for which there was no short-cut. Demanding senior executive reviews and the requisite preparation. Mid year performance write-ups and discussions.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2019

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In this episode, David Giersdorf, a former senior executive in the global cruise, travel, and marketing services industry, gives the roadmap for leading through disruption. 2:00 – Early leadership lessons being “born” into the global travel industry. Leading Through Disruption.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 3, 2018

After visiting one of our clients in Guatemala City, Karin, Sebastian, and I traveled to Antigua, Guatemala where my daughter owns a clothing design business. It’s easy to talk about collaboration. It’s much harder to do it. She took us to Hobbitengango, […]. The post Collaboration – Can We Really Trust You?

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Whether you move across the room to shake a hand or travel around the globe to partake in local cuisine and share in the culture of a partner, the significance and impact of a firm handshake and face to face interaction cannot be overstated. “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 25, 2014

Your angry words will travel faster and farther than you ever thought possible. Handling this disappointment elegantly will foster deep respect. Stop Talking. Not to everybody–but chose your words and your audiences carefully. Don’t Be a Blamer. Accusations make terrible leadership apparel. Don’t Give Up.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 6, 2018

As we travel the world keynote speaking and working with leaders across a variety of organizations and contexts, we find one of the biggest challenges across cultures is how to have productive, difficult conversations. I was delighted to grab a few minutes for […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 10, 2024

” Scenario 4: Recent Travels Initial Question: “Been anywhere interesting lately?” ” “Any funny stories from your travels? ” Response: “I just got back from Italy.” Next Questions: “Italy! That sounds amazing. What was the highlight of your trip?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As we’ve travelled around the world sharing our Winning Well message– that yes, it is possible to get results that last without losing your soul– along with the tools to help, so many managers have shared, “well, I don’t think I’ve quite […].

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Get away from the office even if you can’t travel as usual. I, too, experienced those feelings as training and speaking engagements were postponed, moved online, or canceled altogether—I miss the opportunity to travel and interact with leaders in person. Make it a priority during this season to slow down and take a break.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 18, 2020

They introduce the concept with a story: A traveler on an important journey comes to a raging river. When fellow travelers point this out, she’s incredulous: “You don’t understand,” she says. “If They are weather in any organization. What do kind of weather do you bring? It seems there’s no way to cross. And she’s right.

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 4, 2025

As a successful basketball coach, Sean gained valuable insights on turning talent into teamwork and now he travels around the country to share those lessons.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 12, 2024

Don't bother traveling if face-to-face is the same as remote - except you're in the same room. Don't squander opportunities when remote teams meet in person. Energizing meetings are rare and hard to pull off. How can you create vibrant environments and get work done?

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 13, 2023

When thirsty travelers drink, they transform into barbarians. A stream gurgles alongside the road to success.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The Pez Outlaw, Steve Glew, would travel overseas to Europe, where he would buy the Pez dispensers straight from the factory. If you have a good product, people will want it: The movie is about a quirky man who travels overseas to get Pez dispensers not licensed for sale in the United States. He didn’t like to travel.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 31, 2025

We find travel, particularly when we’re engaging and collaborating with people in other countries, provides amazing opportunities to broaden our perspectives and challenge our assumptions. To deliberately work in areas you’re not good at, or to take on projects you’ve never tried before.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 30, 2014

This one seems obvious, but as we were travelling around the island, one of the most frequently uttered phrases we overheard from surfacing divers was, “I just keep forgetting to breathe.” Part reality. I look forward to hearing your real-life metaphors and application. 6 Leadership Lessons From Scuba Diving.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 11, 2025

Even small personal tasks like scheduling appointments, managing travel arrangements, or handling routine emails can eat up hours of mental bandwidth. Thats why an EA is so powerful. They act as your second brain, filtering out the everyday noise that disrupts your focus.

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General Leadership

APRIL 6, 2014

Today, I witnessed a convoy traveling down an Afghan road. .” They are so worried about quickly making progress that no regard is given to intent, probability of success or the hazards encountered along the way. From the opposite direction, two Humvees from another nation sped by at 5-times the speed limit.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 31, 2020

“As you travel through life, whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the doughnut and not upon the hole.” – Anonymous Like the hole in the doughnut, it’s easy to look for what’s lacking instead of what’s present. Usually it’s one of the first instincts we have when contemplating. Click to continue reading.

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 19, 2022

They want to travel more. Everyone wants more time. They want to spend more time with their kids. They want to enjoy life more. It’s a fact of life that we all desire to do and be something more. Most people aren’t pursuing what they want. I think I discovered a significant reason why […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 24, 2017

A few months later, I (David) enjoyed a wonderful dinner with Jonathan as he traveled through Denver, Colorado. We first met Jonathan when he was introduced as the President of the Global Speaker’s Federation. He struck us then as a statesman and diplomat.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 16, 2020

Or people have self-quarantined after travel. Schools have closed, forcing your people to work remotely. Or your state has issued guidance to have people work from home if possible. Or perhaps out of an abundance of caution, your organization has decided to allow people to work from home. Whatever the reasons, if this is you, […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 4, 2021

16:16 The Portfolio Career – set a directional intention but be open to emerging possibilities along the way; travel in a “cattywamply” way – purposeful toward a destination yet unknown. It’s about what is your point of sufficiency – about not having to constantly strive for more (i.e.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 26, 2020

Be Considerate of Others: The wilderness holds a special place for those who travel into it. LNT asks that travelers respect not only the place, but the experience as well. LNT advises us to see what is there and to preserve it for future generations.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The trail is well-traveled and well-marked. It was inspiring to get to know Nido Quebein, President of High Point University, along with his concept of Productive Failures and Unproductive Success. Success can slow us down in other areas as well. 5 Ways Success is Holding You Back. “Success doesn’t come to you; you must go to it.

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General Leadership

MAY 17, 2017

John Maxwell. There was an explosion of extremely poor customer service in the first 4 months of 2017.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 21, 2024

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken I experienced something worth sharing recently, and we can take at least three lessons from it. I’m always looking for good customer service stories that teach or remind us about creating an amazing customer experience. I experienced something worth sharing recently, and we can take at least three lessons from […]

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General Leadership

APRIL 12, 2014

In seat 3E, reclining near the bulkhead and glancing impatiently at his watch, sits Disney Imagineer and weary road-warrior, Matt Cotaldo, who is travelling…again…from his homebase in Los Angeles to check on the installation of a new ride his team has designed. Your teammates will be happy to play a role in deconflicting the route of travel.

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Leading Blog

JULY 15, 2021

You’ll take your share of bumps and bruises while traveling – bruises of the ego as well as of the body, mind and spirit – but it might well turn out to be the most reliable thing in your life.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 7, 2014

I was able to involve them in some of my travel as I built the business, and also to be around. . “How do you feel about your choices now?” ” I asked. Laura lit up: FANTASTIC! My kids are all good human beings doing well in the world.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2024

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2024

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. systems, air travel feels a bit more like a chore than like a treat. I F YOU’VE HAD to be on a plane in the last year or so, especially within the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2020

Dux has gone AWOL from the military to travel to Hong Kong for the Kumite, the ultimate martial arts competition. A Reel Leadership Flashback Article. Bloodsport is the 1988 action movie that is actually a biography of the real-life Frank W Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme). Pick it up on Amazon) The Kumite is a brutal, violent event.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A transpersonal leader has travelled a road where these attributes have been developed, alongside a honed appreciation of how to improve judgment and decision making. Anybody can travel the path to Transpersonal Leadership. That’s right, without a need for approval from the top.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2019

Traveling to Selma, Alabama, Florence, Italy, Pella, Greece, Green Bay, Wisconsin, and finally, West Texas to complete the picture, they discover the four cornerstones of engagement. And if the level of care is high enough, it will result in energy, effort, enthusiasm, and initiative” or more simply: Engagement = Level of Care.

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