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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As a leader, manager, and team member, you stand at a crossroads every time this question arises. Frustrated that they “just don’t get it?” ” You have a chance to lead and overcome a failure to communicate. Nearly every leader we’ve ever worked with feels it. ” (or sometimes not so silently).

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JULY 27, 2015

After giving her a hug and a copy of my Overcoming an Imperfect Boss book, I realized I’ve never dealt with that. She planned to leave my book on his desk the next day as a conversation starter. (I ” She screamed (pretending to be her bully boss). “Everyone tells me you are smart, but I just can’t see it!”

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

“What do I do if my boss is a “gamer” manager–the kind of manipulative boss you talk about in your book Winning Well )? AskingforaFriend ” This is a question we get quite frequently from people reading our book: Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide To Getting Results– Without Losing Your Soul.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For Managers: Powerful Phrases for Supporting Your Overwhelmed or Overloaded Team First, if you’re a manager, here are a few frequently uttered unhelpful phrases. As a manager, you want to do what you can to prevent the snowball of overwhelm from picking up speed as it rolls downhill. You’re overloaded at work.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2021

Celebrating Over 100 Clean Water Winning Wells in Cambodia It was the Summer of 2016 and we had had just launched our new book Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results– Without Losing Your Soul. We were talking to our good […].

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Maxwell’s excellent book The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth emphasizes the importance of growth. Books (Hint: Go Beyond The Business Section!). For years, I have accessed new influences, ideas and opportunities through books. Here are two book suggestions to bring new influences into your leadership thinking.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

Later, talking with Declan’s manager, she was grateful for Declan’s work, but also confused. Declan was frustrated—and so was his manager. He expected that by fulfilling those parameters, he’d done good work and that his manager would acknowledge that work. But what’s happening with Declan’s manager? Why Do I Even Try?

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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

MARCH 11, 2024

Use these communication techniques to keep even the most difficult stakeholders on your side Stakeholder management is an art most of us learn the hard way. If you’ve been involved in stakeholder management for more than a minute, you’ve probably met a few of these well-meaning, challenging stakeholders. Sound familiar?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 21, 2021

26:07 – How to ‘play the hand your dealt when managing your career. 40:39 – How humility contributes to a better career (and Ed’s book). 26:07 – How to ‘play the hand your dealt when managing your career. 40:39 – How humility contributes to a better career (and Ed’s book).

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 24, 2024

Episode 258: In this episode, David Dye explores the all-too-common frustration of working with an indecisive manager. Additionally, David announces the launch of the new book, “ Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict ,” and encourages you to leave a review to help spread the word.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 9, 2021

5:14 – What does it mean to Lead from the Middle and why Scott avoids the label “middle manager.” 12:42 – The research-based mindsets that the most effective middle managers embrace. Get Scott’s Book: The post Leading from the Middle with Scott Mautz appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Why would a manager demean someone they’re trying to “motivate?” In fact, an audience member asked me again last week (anonymously through my polling app) , “Can you talk about the danger of sarcasm? Our VP uses it often with people he doesn’t know and it ruins his presentations and upsets people.”

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When I read Whitney’s new book, I was struck by how her model reflected my own journey of taking the leap from Verizon Wireless executive to entrepreneur. As I was reading Whitney’s book, I kept smiling through the “6 questions to ask yourself in the explorer phase.” Is it achievable? Is it easy to test?

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Today’s examples of workplace conflict can best be described as a complex cocktail of challenges: tired workers in an uncertain economy; a pandemic hangover of isolation and anxiety; rapid social and technological change; and exhausted managers doing the best they can– many of whom lack the training and resources to navigate this well.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

A note on GOATs: Goats are our “Greatest of All Time” Powerful Phrases in our new book: Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict (the book has over 300 phrases, the GOATs are the top twelve). One person gets defensive, and the other person responds in kind. It’s not worth the drama.”

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JULY 7, 2025

Balloons Just in time training Peer-to-Peer Coaching Best Practice Sharing Celebrating every time the habit led to a sale Highlighting success stories Executives and managers modeling the way All about one clear, celebrated habit: Ask every customer, “Where do you work?” you get polite nods and a lot of side-eye. What do you do?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 5, 2017

From his books that taught us and informed our early careers, to the selflessness he consistently demonstrates, to his embodiment of professional confident humility, Marshall has been a tremendous supporter of Winning Well. We were honored when Marshall wrote the foreword for our book. Winning Well Connection. Winning Well Reflection.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Liz Wiseman’s book is based on research conducted with a variety of companies including Adobe, LinkedIn, SAP, to determine what behaviors affect someone’s influence at work. “While others attempt to manage and minimize change, Impact Players are learning and adapting to change.” 10:10 Step up, step back.

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JULY 30, 2014

If you want a more in-depth view, her book “How the World Sees You” is also a great resource. They analyzed 3 million resumes and correlated them with managers ratings of “5 star.” ” Power words include: “experience”, “management,” “project.” Use Power Words.

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JULY 19, 2021

If you knew your manager really cared about you, would you want them to give you meaningful performance feedback? A Manager’s Guide to Better Decision Making (May 2021). If you like our leadership blog posts and articles, why not check out our leadership books? Read the article here. Even if it was hard to hear?

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

In her new book, Disrupt Yourself, Whitney Johnson shares an important observation of the 500 fastest growing companies (as ranked by Entrepeneur magazine.). Whitney astutely pointed out, “the people who have the hardest time with this are middle managers. management. It’s hard to argue with success.).

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AUGUST 11, 2023

Can you relate to the phrase, overwhelmed working manager? Recently we received a question from a manager and this manager writes, “I am a working manager. Not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work besides having to lead my team. What should I do?”

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MARCH 29, 2024

He advocates for a transition from traditional management to a coaching approach, emphasizing personal growth and a culture of belonging. 29:12-33:17: The shift from managing to coaching is discussed as crucial for modern leadership, emphasizing the importance of continuous, meaningful interaction with employees.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement suggests the late W. Edwards Deming, engineer and management consultant. “He clearly articulated the importance of building a management system that was effective and continually improving. This is the theme of my book, Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability.

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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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MAY 15, 2015

Every time Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks reads Getting Things Done , he grows. Miller read the book “Energize Your Leadership!” John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement encourages us to build a culture with respect for people that encourages joy in work and builds intrinsic motivation.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

If you’re a regular reader of our blog or books, you know we’re all about the MIT (Most Important Thing). It’s easy to think about accountability as your job as the manager. They look at the work they’re doing and ask “how can we” do this EVEN BETTER? And they enjoy and celebrate their success.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

In this article, we address the common reasons so many managers tolerate poor performance, and what to do instead. 6 Reasons Managers Tolerate Poor Performance Here’s a gut check if addressing performance issues is hard for you. Or you let a performance issue fester for fear of not being liked? Here’s the good news.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Kilmann explains that his interest in conflict stems from his personal experiences growing up in a family affected by conflict and his academic studies on conflict management. Conflict is inevitable and not inherently bad, but it needs to be managed effectively. They emphasize the increasing importance of conflict resolution skills. (06:15)

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APRIL 24, 2019

We dive into her latest book, Leadership Unchained, where […]. We dive into her latest book, Leadership Unchained , where you’ll get excellent resources to help know when to apply classic leadership principles. The world has changed – has your leadership changed with it?

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

If you’re like most managers, you know the importance of helping your team see the bigger picture. Effective managers are translators. You would do more, if you only had the time. The occasional all-hands meetings help, but without interim reinforcement, those motivational meetings can feel like a fire hose of plans and numbers.

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The Creative Life

JUNE 9, 2025

Skip to main content Skip to header right navigation Skip to site footer The Creative Life Coaching for creatives Menu About me Articles Books Work with me One-to-one coaching Group coaching Workshops for creatives Media coaching Contact me Search Quick productivity tip: take three Choose three key things every day. And get them done.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The list of Winning Well best practices was strong… but I was most struck by this one… and it’s going in our next book. So the manager built an Internal Internship program. When I asked the manager about the ROI, she was all in. Have you ever hired an intern? . There are many reasons to hire an intern.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Successful Working Managers Relentlessly Prioritize, Invest in People, and Delegate “I’m a working manager – not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work, besides having to lead my team. What is a working manager? To manage this overwhelm, Mind the M.I.T.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

These might include team meetings, emails, project management software, and message threads. Send a book that emphasizes the message or has it written on the front cover . Project management software (eg: Asana, Trello, Basecamp, Slack). Hear a song once and you might say “that’s a nice song.” This is important.”. Phone calls.

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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.” You set the expectations and give performance feedback.

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