Leading Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

We might think of them as blind spots that adversely affect our leadership effectiveness. In What Are Your Blind Spots? This is how they lay it out: Leadership Blind Spot #1: Purpose. Leadership Blind Spot #2: Story. The quality of the strategy story that supports your vision 3.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Traditionally the phrase “blind spot” refers to a part of the retina that is insensitive to light, which results in an actual spot in the eye where a person can’t see. Leadership blind spots are areas where our existing beliefs and experiences preclude us from having the most enlightened view of how to lead most effectively.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

This objectivity enables them to identify blind spots, challenge existing mindsets, and provide unbiased recommendations. By providing guidance, support, and feedback, coaches help individuals identify their blind spots, overcome obstacles, and transform their leadership style.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

“The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.” ” George Bernard Shaw We all have blind spots– aspects of our leadership style that we think are just fine… and we don’t fully see the impact on others.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 12, 2022

A coach can meet you where you are and make it truly about you—and speed your development without wasting your time on things you already know. A coach can meet you where you are and make it truly about you—and speed your development without wasting your time on things you already know. Identifying your blind spots.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Authors Jim Haudan and Rich Berens identify the five most common leadership blind spots that hamper success: Purpose, Story, Engagement, Trust, and Truth in their new book: What Are Your Blind Spots? The following excerpt is from What Are Your Blind Spots?:

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every time you want to elevate your level of execution, performance, or effectiveness, it will require a mind shift.” If we don’t know what really matters, we will spend our lives accumulating the very things that do not matter—discarding the things that matter most.” If we think in toxic ways, we will get toxic outcomes.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 8, 2018

Anyone who drives has undoubtedly experienced a blind spot. You quickly learn exactly what you have to do to check for a full field of vision before changing lanes the next time. But I could see neither an obstruction of the field or an ethical dilemma when I recently witnessed a colleague experiencing a “blind spot moment.”.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Protecting your business should always be one of your main priorities, but figuring out how to develop a full business security plan can often seem like a particularly tricky task. So, what are you waiting for? Read on to discover more and learn how to keep your business out of harm’s way! Image Source – Pexels .

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Lead from Within

JUNE 14, 2023

However, it’s important to remember that your own personal and professional development is just as crucial to the success of your team and organization. One way to prioritize your growth as a leader is to invest in coaching opportunities.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 25, 2023

Here are some important ways I know I am helping my clients: Pointing out Blindspots: A leadership coach can help CEO’s identify blind spots. By pointing out these blind spots, coaches can help leaders make necessary changes and improve their overall performance.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2021

Here are a selection of tweets from January 2021 that you don't want to miss: What Servant Leadership Is Not by @RenitaKalhorn. Show You Care: 4 Must-Have Strategies to Build Feedback Channels in Your Organization by David Grossman @ThoughtPartner. To see the future more clearly, find your blind spots by Eric McNulty @RicherEarth.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By turning to a skillful executive coaching company that knows exactly how to deliver results when it comes to leadership coaching and helping leaders do what they do best: optimize their performance, imagine further, and lead well. What Is Executive Coaching? What Do Executive Coaches Do?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 8, 2019

Guest post from Jim Haudan and Rich Behrens : What do a water cooler, bathroom, and hallway all have in common? Many leaders believe that their people feel safe in telling them what they think and feel. But this is a misconception—or a blind spot, as we call it in our book, What Are Your Blind Spots?

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 28, 2020

Developing a great relationship with your organization’s stakeholders is one of the most important aspects of leadership. Stakeholders can be anyone from your business partners to your suppliers, and the way you need to engage with them will change over time. Identify Your Key Influencers. Don’t jump in unprepared.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Here’s an outline of the coaching I’ve been providing these clients on how to start doing things differently: Increase your self-awareness. When you do, your commitment will reverberate throughout your organization. Expose your blind spots. Deepen your relationships. Invest in resources and people.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

To make the most of a turbulent world we need to be able to balance our emotions with a rational and deliberate thought process in real time that allow us to learn and thoughtfully and creatively move through the circumstance or what authors Jacqueline Brassey, Aaron De Smet, and Michael Kruyt, call Deliberate Calm.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 12, 2020

However skilled and competent they may be, they still have blind spots. And addressing those blind spots is the core of good leadership coaching. Whatever your current level of leadership, use this list to guide you as you work with your own coach, mentor, or support team. Assistance with Self-awareness.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

What we once glossed over now requires our attention and action. But what matters more is how leaders lead other people.” They can become blind spots—unspoken beliefs that control our behavior—that, on a conscious level, we would never admit to. It is what it means to be a lifelong learner.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else. Plus, if your team doesn’t like you, you’re not going to have the influence you need to make an impact. So, how do you gain respect, when your team’s just not there? What he did next made all the difference.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else. Plus, if your team doesn’t respect you, you’re not going to have the influence you need to make an impact. So, how do you gain respect, when your team’s just not there? How do I gain their respect?”

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As a matter of fact, I’ve passed gas a few times since I’ve been here in your office. “Doctor,” he exclaimed, “I don’t know what medication you gave me, but now my gas… although still silent… stinks terribly!” What if you’re “that boss?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The line by Jack Nicholson’s character echoes what we’ve found is a common blind spot among today’s leaders: An openness to hearing the truth. What people see, perceive, or feel can be completely off-base or accurately spot-on. At the end, ask the group for the story that describes what the team is great at.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

And your influence will grow too if you invest in your leadership growth. We looked up and 90% of the managers had clustered around “prioritizing what matters most.” I’d realized what my arrogance could have cost me. Invest in Your Leadership Growth. Leadership growth requires feedback and continual learning.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What is leadership performance coaching? During the coaching process, a leadership coach holds up a mirror to senior executives, so they can identify some of the things that are blind spots to them as a leader. You’ll learn how to get out of your way, unlock potential, and start making significant transformative shifts.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

No matter who you are or what you do, it’s important to surround yourself with people who can speak into your life, especially if you are looking to grow. We all have blind spots and room for improvement in our lives, and it often takes an objective outsider to help us see these things and manage them better. .

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

One question I often ask my clients is “What are the obstacles you encounter in working to create a great team?” It foster blind spots and dehumanizes an organization’s culture. Any time you’re able to advocate for adopting a more modern structure, give it your all. Why does everything have to be so complicated?

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2018

But the blind spot that leaders at most businesses have is a lack of engaging strategy to tell that story. Most organizations have a semigeneric vision statement, accompanied by what seems like too many slides to outline their strategy for what winning looks like for the organization. How you tell your story matters.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It’s a collaborative journey that encourages leaders to reflect on their strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots, ultimately leading to enhanced self-awareness. Executive leaders are already masters of their craft, achieving remarkable success in their fields.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2013

The first step in accomplishing this is through reflection—being aware of what is going on around you. Center your mind, body and spirit. Build your support community. Overcome your blind spots. Blind spots by their very nature are hard to recognize. Snyder recommends: Adopt a growth mindset.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 19, 2014

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: We all have our blind spots, those things we either can’t see or choose not to see. Let’s face it; blind spots can lead to shortfalls in our success as a leader or a team member. So if you are already aware of your blindside, great!

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Take the most popular of them, the SWOT analysis, where you try to figure out the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats facing your business. SWOT doesn’t account for the dangerous judgment errors revealed by recent research in behavioral economics and cognitive neuroscience, what scholars call cognitive biases. Groupthink.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 30, 2018

There is something about you that you’ve either consigned to your deep unconscious or you’ve been ignoring it because it’s too painful. But you’re starting to notice that you aren’t at your best as a leader, and you need to know more about it before you can move forward. It’s called a blind spot but it’s a lot like the undead.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 23, 2020

And the best predictor of a low evaluation is overrating your own leadership skills. If you want to position yourself for success, you need to understand your strengths and weaknesses—to know where you excel and where you’re average or even a bit below. It’s the only way to fix your blind spots. Let go of denial.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

APRIL 18, 2017

We all have behavioral blind spots, and uncovering those can help you to see what others see, when they see it, and whether they’re helpful or not in certain circumstances in leading people. Many of the behaviors you exhibit are habits – things you say and do that have been shaped through years in your subconscious.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In the spirit of learning from the past to create the future, here are five ideas to help you frame your 2021 business plan: Define changes about your target customer. In the spirit of learning from the past to create the future, here are five ideas to help you frame your 2021 business plan: Define changes about your target customer.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2018

Part of the problem is the way we approach what we “know” and do. This is what Otto Scharmer hopes to do with Theory U. Theory U begins with our blind spot. Action comes into the world from what is going on inside of us. So we begin to understand Theory U with the blind spot. He calls this presencing.

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