Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 21, 2023

You care deeply about your team, their results, and their long-term career success. “Karin, there is this person on my team that I really care about and want to be successful. Method of Advanced Accountability is a popular technique in our foundational leadership development programs.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Follow-up Prompts: “What’s one thing we each learned that we can jot down for our ‘How Not to Do It Again’ manual?” ” It’s not about glorifying the rubble; it’s about looking for the gold in the ruins. What’s Our Next Move?” “We Missed Our Objectives.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 25, 2023

We lead two highly interactive programs. The first was about how to build an innovative learning culture. Insights from our ATD Program, Practical Ways to Be More Daring. If you want great ideas, you need to be clear about what a good idea would accomplish. Then learning leaders used our “Own the U.G.L.Y”

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

You want clarity about what’s most important and why. And curiosity about how to approach your work differently. One way to get curious about alternative, time-saving approaches is to be sure you have a shared understanding of success. Focus is the antidote to overwhelm. Paint me a picture of the victory lap.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Someone asks you a direct question about confidential information. Be upfront about what you can and cannot talk about. Reaffirm your commitment to the other person or people who asked you about it and look for ways to support them or help them with what they need. 3) “I’m sorry, but I’m not able to talk about that.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 3, 2021

Q: Karin, I see all the feedback about your customized leadership development programs for human-centered leaders, and they look great! Do you have an open enrollment program they could attend? A: Most of the programs we do are highly customized for our clients. AskingForaFriend.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

I get the rationale, AND it’s going to make all of our lives a bit harder. Be transparent about the factors that led to the decision to return to office. Encourage Creativity : Challenge your team to think creatively about how they can turn this situation to their advantage. It’s time to communicate this to my team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Hi Karin, We just completed our leadership development program, and we’re feeling really good about how we’ve been applying what we’ve learned along the way. The leader-led Challenge and Support groups have been so helpful as we’ve worked to implement what we learned in our leadership training.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

He talks about why you should care about your blind spot and understand your “ghosts” and practical ways to get other perspectives. This is the magic behind Let’s Grow Leaders (our mission and our partnership). You can find more about our backstory here. Consider the concept “ghosts.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 29, 2023

In our leadership development programs, we help managers get better at remote team communication by tapping into four key principles of memory: recency, repetition, recall, and emotion. Recency Recency is all about sparking memory through recent experiences. Recall Recall is all about accessing information.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Think about any significant conflict you’ve been a part of. Clear communication can be tricky, particularly when you don’t think you should have to talk about something. Start by getting clear about what a successful outcome looks like for you. It happens all the time. What I’m hearing you say is _.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 19, 2021

One of the interesting parts of being regular leadership writers (we’ve been blogging here at Let’s Grow Leaders since 2012), is to see which of our leadership blog posts resonate the most with our readers and why. And, what topics would you like to see us write about in the second half of the year? Read more here.

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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. ” How to Say No at Work. Say yes to what’s most important.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 29, 2024

Note: This is part three of our four-part “Better Teamwork” series. In today’s fast-paced, uncertain world, it doesn’t make sense to keep doing what you’re doing without serious conversation about whether the status quo still makes sense. How would we handle this issue if our budget was cut in half?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 18, 2023

These moments call us back to our values and what matters most. Then people swapped them around throughout the year and we chatted about them in our meetings. More than a decade later people still talk about those times at my home. Our Own the U.G.L.Y. Is it a story of redemption and overcoming our worst nature ?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2021

You start by telling them something great about their performance. In today’s episode of Asking for a Friend, we talk about the challenges with this common coaching technique (and what to do instead). Want to do better than sandwich feedback, join us in our new open-enrollment leadership development program beginning this Fall.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Of all the leadership communication techniques we share in our leadership programs , the check for understanding always rises to the top as one of the easiest to do, while having the fastest impact. It’s why we include it as one of the 6 leadership competencies you can’t lead without in all of our foundational programs.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It’s easy for true gratitude to get lost in the swirl of formal recognition programs, everyday courtesies, and the relentless push for more and better. True gratitude transforms our relationships. Thanks and recognition are about the receiver. As leaders, it is our job to say “thank you” and recognize good work.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

This is the “I- Interesting” starting point of our Courageous Cultures I.D.E.A. model (read more about specific techniques to share your ideas here. ”or “I have an idea that’s going to improve our productivity by 15% in the next six months. It’s not as easy as it seems.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 18, 2022

Or I hear about a team in distress and their concerns sound so familiar. And sometimes, I’m working so hard that I forget one of the most important things to be curious about. How I’m feeling about the work I’m doing and the contribution I’m making. I care about you and the rest of the team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 23, 2023

This came up in one of our leadership programs last week. One of our participants raised his hand and said almost exactly this. He disclosed his concerns about being vulnerable with his colleagues. And, he explained how he didn’t want to share about himself with his team or on social media platforms.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

“Hi, Karin, our company is growing so fast, I’m not even sure what our CULTURE is. Team Culture: Create real clarity — get surgical about what you’re really asking people to do Create clarity and get surgically specific about the MIT (most important thing – one of our 6 core competencies of leadership ).

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

One of the real joys of being authors is hearing from leadership book clubs and teams who are reading our books together. We love learning about what’s resonating, and most importantly, how teams are applying what they’re reading as they grow leaders and encourage courage and innovation. You can download our FREE I.D.E.A.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 16, 2021

0:33 – We’re excited to announce (after many requests) our live-online OPEN ENROLLMENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT program. If you’ve wanted to attend a program or have a couple managers, but not enough to bring us to you, this is a perfect opportunity. How to Choose Who You Promote Into Leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 28, 2022

” This question came in from one of our recent leadership development programs. Rather than letting conflict simmer beneath the surface, these are meetings where people can ditch the diaper genie and have candid conversations about what’s on their hearts and minds. Give people a chance to prepare.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 15, 2023

Begin by acknowledging the situation and expressing your optimism about finding a resolution collaboratively. I care about __ (you, this team, this project) and I’m confident we can find a solution that we can all work with.” You’ve come together to talk about it. In front of your boss and all the people. I don’t trust you.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 7, 2023

We had a respectful and open conversation about our needs and agreed on what each party needed to change. That’s why so many people go for the diaper genie and wrap the conversation in so much self-protection that what they’re talking about has very little to do with what they really want to say.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 26, 2024

Let’s talk about how to find a great company culture that’s the right fit for you. 5 Steps to Finding a Great Company Culture in Your Job Search Hi Karin, I’m about to graduate from college and I’m starting to look for jobs. Come prepared with specific questions about what you value most.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2023

“Hi Karin, I watched your #AskingforaFriend about how to encourage people to speak up more in meetings, but I’ve got the EXACT OPPOSITE CHALLENGE. Download our free I.D.E.A. Try programs like interactive polling apps, virtual whiteboards, or collaboration software to give your team alternative ways to share their ideas.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This “Asking for a Friend” question came in through our Let’s Grow Leaders Learning Lab during one of our recent leadership programs. I don’t want to escalate a problem, just to ask for the creativity and support that seems to boost results for other teams by sending a signal about priorities.

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International Coach Academy

JULY 13, 2023

John is feeling anxious about the changes, believing that he lacks the knowledge and skills to keep up with the new technologies and that he will not be able to successfully adapt to the changes. In the following, I will show some example steps including questions that have guided our conversation about the presented issue.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 8, 2023

” #askingforafriend Embracing Assistance: How to Accept Help and Lead Successfully Let’s talk about a situation many leaders face, but few openly discuss. You’re perceived as someone who isn’t a team player, more concerned about credit than actual results. It was all these other people.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2021

This technique will get your team talking about hopes and fears. You want to get your team talking about their concerns, but if they’re like so many of the employees in our courageous cultures research , they are likely holding back. The Easiest Way to Get Your Team Talking About Their Concerns: Reduce the Friction. .”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 14, 2021

Mixed Feelings about Going Back. citizens have access to vaccines, we’ve been talking with people whose teams have worked remotely about their thoughts on returning to in-person work. Conversations about going back to the office have included a wide range of feelings. Over the past month, as more U.S. Others are not.

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International Coach Academy

JANUARY 16, 2024

A Case Study By Julia George, Moms/Parent Coach, UNITED STATES Study – Julia Hazlett Who are the main players in this case study Julia – I as the coach to a peer client in the ICA program Lauren – my client for seven coaching sessions What is the core problem or challenge you applied your coaching skills to?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2023

This week on #AskingForaFriend I have a conversation with my friend Dr. David Burkus about what makes a great team. A Human-Centered Approach to Great Teamwork You can catch the discussion about the surprising research at the countdown timer stamp of 9:09…and read about it here: Surprise #1: Talent has little affect on great teamwork.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 7, 2023

AskingforaFriend A participant in one of our long-term leadership development programs asked this question when we were talking about components of trust and building deeper trust and influence. ” I love his practical insights on the difference between being vulnerable at work and in our personal lives.

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