Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 11, 2025

Episode 298: Are you a new manager struggling to boost teamwork and communicate in ways that truly move your team forward? This episode explores seven essential communication skills every first-time manager needs. Skills to reduce conflict, earn respect, and build a more collaborative, high-performing team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

Most managers will say they want those outcomes and that they believe in an empowered team, but unintentionally prevent their teams from doing their best. Lack of accountability. One Big Reason Managers Disempower Their Team. The most common mistakes that disempower teams often result from a manager’s insecurity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 17, 2021

Method of Advanced Accountability. Hi Karin, I’ve read Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul. But, what do I do if one accountability conversation is not enough? How to Escalate an Accountability Conversation. You’ve set clear performance expectations.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Hold Others Accountable: Practice peer-to-peer check-ins and closure Habit: When people don’t follow through, I follow up with them. Look at the research about high-performing teams and one universal characteristic jumps out. Related Article: Great Teams Hold One Another Accountable (You Can Too). They work at it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 9, 2025

Watch a vague great conversation become a concrete, scheduled taskcomplete with accountability. 08:30] Use it in performance conversations. Discover how this technique turns awkward performance chats into clear, encouraging action plans. [09:18] 06:11] Example: from fuzzy idea to calendar event. This is how you get real.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2023

If your managers of managers are struggling to hold their teams accountable, dig a level deeper into the root cause This Asking for a Friend question came in from a manager of managers in one of our executive development programs. I’ve got a manager of managers on my team, let’s call her “Sue.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The start of the year is the perfect time to reset and refresh performance expectations. Outstanding performance starts with clear performance expectations —a shared understanding of what success looks like. The new year is the perfect time to reset and refresh performance expectations. “But they SHOULD know better!”

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This article unpacks how to manage confidential information with integrity and professionalism. This video struck a chord by providing practical, step-by-step guidance on how to reset boundaries and performance expectations. Key takeaway: Asking the right questions to verify understanding fosters clarity, accountability, and trust.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 6, 2025

Sales Coaching for Habit Change, Not Just Hopeful Conversations We were at the ATD (the global Association for Talent Development) conference, chatting with folks at our booth, when a sales manager stopped by, clearly frustrated with unsuccessful attempts at sales coaching and seeking better solutions. It’s true. They don’t coach.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 14, 2024

We would love to partner with you and your executive team to build a practical plan for a high-performing, human-centered culture (it’s what we do best). Ensure every executive team member team has a practical plan to model, communicate, and build a cadence of accountability and celebration around those habits. It’s toxic.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 28, 2023

Do You Tolerate Poor Performance or Let the Slackers Slide? Have you ever found yourself reluctant to hold an employee accountable because you worry they will leave or quiet quit? Or you let a performance issue fester for fear of not being liked? How to Be Okay When It’s Time to Fire a Poor Performer 3.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2025

Managers often assume everyone just knows how to have a sensitive conversation. Managers need to be talking with their HR partners, not just about policies, but about practice. (If It’s statistically likely that managers who struggle with this got dumped over WhatsApp, ghosted after interviews, or fired by email themselves.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 17, 2023

Want to Reduce Unwanted Team Conflict, Make it Easier to Talk About Team Accountability When team members don’t get along, one of the biggest sources of conflict is a lack of team accountability. When you talk to high-performing teams, it’s easy to see that this team accountability doesn’t just happen.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It’s been gnawing at you for a while now – the team isn’t performing at the level you know they’re capable. The post Holding Your Team Accountable for the First Time appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Even if you’re holding your team accountable for the first time. You know you are.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 2, 2022

If your Sales SVP thinks your leadership development program is a distraction, your sales managers will show up late and multi-task. They facilitate practical conversations about how the team can take performance to the next level. Your leadership development ROI compounds significantly as managers coach what they learn.

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Personal Productivity Introduction: Enhancing Productivity Through Self-Awareness Productivity isn’t just about managing time—it’s about understanding your unique behavioral patterns. Each style brings distinct strengths and challenges to productivity and time management. They take charge and push projects forward quickly.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

If you only care about next week’s results, bring in a User Manager. You know the type– the kind of manager who works to win at all costs. ” They’ve got their teams spinning, scared to under-perform. .” ” They’ve got their teams spinning, scared to under-perform. It’s their job.”

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Maximizing Impact, Minimizing Costs: A Strategic Approach to Coaching in Resource-Constrained Government Institutions Government institutions serve as the backbone of a nation, charged with upholding public trust, managing essential services, and advancing societal welfare (Sedgwick, 2016). Heslin et al.,

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, when you don’t pay attention to tactics and effective management, you create needless conflicts, frustrations and hurt feelings. Leaders and managers often struggle with the difference between strategy and tactics or vision and operations. Do you and your team hold one another accountable for commitments?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2021

My phone buzzed with a text message from Amena, a junior manager. Because many managers lack the courage or know-how to give meaningful feedback and help their people grow, they default to useless negative feedback that isn’t just a waste of time—it’s painful and destructive. Many managers err on one side or the other.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Close the Loop with Celebration and Accountability. For example, in a particular role, you might have categories like: document accounts, respond to inquiries, and complete research for proposals. That’s not a lack of urgency – it’s a rational approach to managing multiple priorities. Respond with Proportion.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Perhaps your manager can’t or won’t address it right now. Check here for more on how to hold an effective INSPIRE conversation to address performance challenges or misaligned expectations.). In these situations, it’s appropriate to invite them to talk together with your manager. Let’s go talk with our manager and sort it out.”.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2024

High-performing teams invest in clear workplace communication by ensuring shared understanding. But if your organization doesn’t invest in effective workplace communication, you’ll face a constant series of misunderstandings that waste time, create conflict, and drag down everyone’s performance. I can’t be accountable for that.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If you’re ready to build a culture that unites, inspires, and fuels performance, hit play now and start transforming the way your team works together! 19:33] Accountability and culture: why they go hand in hand. Recognizing and valuing emotions helps build a culture that supports both engagement and performance.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This episode offers a practical solution to help you ensure your messages are clear, reduce frustration, and boost your team’s performance. 14:22] Addressing Intentional Misunderstandings Some team members may intentionally avoid understanding to escape accountability. is ineffective and what to ask instead.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 4, 2016

Winning Well means that you sustain excellent performance over time because you refuse to succumb to harsh, stress-inducing shortcuts that temporarily scare people into “performing.” Managers who win well bring confidence and humility in equal measure and focus on both results and relationships. How did you know?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

If you’re a manager, you likely hear a lot about not only leading and organizing but also being a coach for your team. Today on Asking for a Friend I talk with Sara Canaday about tips from her new book “Coaching Essentials for Managers.” As a manager, you supervise and organize the workload for those you are managing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 19, 2021

How to Provide More Meaningful Performance Feedback (February 2021). If you knew your manager really cared about you, would you want them to give you meaningful performance feedback? Most employees yearn for more meaningful performance feedback—and are just not getting enough. Read the article here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The highest-performing teams don’t shy away from conflict. ” Equip Your Team for Mutual Feedback and Accountability One of the most important set of powerful phrases to help build feedback skills is the I.N.S.P.I.R.E. Method for accountability conversations. ” “Here’s what I understood _.

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International Coach Academy

AUGUST 24, 2022

How to Coach the Individual to Use Available Tools and Resources to Become Developing Managers of People™. In business, Managers are most often promoted because they were super-duper employees making widgets, now they are the manager of a widget-making team. Many apply the lessons learned from managers they work(ed) for.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

You’ve clarified what matters most and you’re committed to accountability. For many leaders, emotional splash comes from their intensity and drive-useful attributes, but ones that need to be managed. The staff in front cringed (along with all the customers) as their manager berated an employee. What’s happening? Process it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

” I’m thinking about the handful of managers I had over the years who were the epitome of a jerk at work — the bullies who crush courage with their toxic leadership behaviors or who seem to be lacking a moral compass. In Courageous Cultures , I share a story of a well-intentioned manager who was coming across as a bully.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 19, 2015

We didn’t need more retail customers, we needed to convert the small business customers that were already coming into our stores to manage their personal accounts. I was told the problem was, “How do we hold our outsourcers accountable?” Tune in on Wednesday for more suggestions on improving bad performance.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 22, 2024

You’re not trying to micro-manage. Use Technology Carefully Used well, tools like project management software, automated checklists, and collaborative platforms are great ways to ensure tasks are completed accurately and on time. On the highest-performing teams, accountability is a team sport.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2024

You might make the mistake I (David) made when I was so grateful for volunteers that I didn’t hold them accountable for their work. But make that first “yes” as manageable as possible. Our teenagers would get so annoyed when adults try to micro-manage their leadership efforts. That’s risky too. They’ve got it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Practice Celebration and Accountability. Creating real trust and the psychological safety that leads to great performance takes time. Practice celebration and accountability. The answer to this question comes through both celebration and accountability. And practice accountability. Start with Shared Purpose.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

” I’m thinking about the handful of managers I had over the years who were the epitome of a jerk at work — the bullies who crush courage with their toxic leadership behaviors or who seem to be lacking a moral compass. In Courageous Cultures , I share a story of a well-intentioned manager who was coming across as a bully.

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