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MAY 11, 2023

Do you have someone on your team who doesn’t speak up in meetings…then shares all their excellent ideas and important perspectives after the fact? How can I help Joe?” He’s got ideas but he doesn’t speak up in meetings. Do You Have a Joe on Your Team? Joe is SO SMART, and there’s a problem.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

How do I lead well now?” ” “Leading was easy when our team was small, but now our team is growing. ” “How do I scale my leadership influence as my team size grows?” How to Keep Leading Well as Your Team is Growing. How to Keep Leading Well as Your Team is Growing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Constructive discussions are essential for good decisions and great results. But how do you create an environment that helps to surface disagreement and overcome the challenges of invisible dissent? Leading Through Invisible Dissent. 3:00 – Why leaders must meet people where they are. Connect with Kellie.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

” You have a chance to lead and overcome a failure to communicate. At their core, these moments of frustration are an opportunity to lead and solve an all-too-common problem: failure to communicate. The path you take will either lead to more frustration or to better collaboration. Doesn’t my boss get it?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 13, 2021

1:47 They spend time communicating about how they communicate– and have a cadence of great one-on-one meetings. 1:47 They spend time communicating about how they communicate– and have a cadence of great one-on-one meetings. Start Here to Make Your High-Performing Virtual Teams Even Better.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 28, 2021

This week on “Asking For a Friend” I interview Susan McPherson, author of “The Lost Art of Connecting” about how to build deeper trust and connection in your business relationships. How do I build more connected business relationships? JOMO – the joy of meeting others. What are your goals?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 10, 2023

Navigating Workplace Gossip, Better Meetings, Know-it-Alls, Passive Aggressive Co-workers, and More… It’s that time of year when we pause to review what you’re reading here on Let’s Grow Leaders. In this article, we share six techniques to lead meetings that get results, and your people want to attend.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 2, 2022

How to Create a More Sustainable Leadership Development Program. They facilitate practical conversations about how the team can take performance to the next level. No one has time for meetings that don’t impact learning outcomes and business results. The Power of Leaders as Coaches. Wait, What? Who Has Time for That?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 26, 2023

One of the big culprits that leads to a negative Eeyore leadership style, is HOW YOU RESPOND TO IDEAS. How you respond to ideas will influence how you’re perceived Imagine this. How you respond to ideas will influence how you’re perceived Imagine this. What do you do? Are you wrong?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 2, 2023

And, if you’re like Declan, when you delegate, you probably think through the success criteria and give someone clear outcomes to meet. To see something before she can respond to it and know if it’s going to work, make sense, or meet the needs. You can lessen your frustration and help solve bad delegation by aligning expectations.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

How do I CARVE OUT A TEAM CULTURE?” ” #askingforafriend How to Carve Out A Team Culture Even When Your Company Culture is Lacking Great question! Then, as they worked to define how that meant they would treat people externally (e.g. How does compassion play into that Sunday request?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 19, 2023

How to Rally Your Team When Leading Through Change You’re a human-centered leader, leading through change that you know will have a positive impact on your team, your customers, and your results. You know how important it is to get your team rallied around an exciting vision for the future.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

How Do I Communicate an Unpopular Return to Office Decision #AskingForaFriend? So, how do you communicate these tough decisions effectively? But keep in mind, they’ve not been in the same meetings as you. I know my team is not a fan (and quite frankly, neither am I). It’s time to communicate this to my team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

So how do you help your team’s performance stand out? How do you ensure that they not only get the recognition they crave, but their performance shines so strong it’s difficult to ignore? Better recognition does more than improve morale, it leads to better creativity, innovation, and courage. Keep them growing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 10, 2019

Have you ever left a meeting where everyone had great intentions – and then nothing happens? You don’t even have to lead the meeting […]. The post How to get Clarity, Accountability, and Results in Five Minutes appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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International Coach Academy

MAY 8, 2024

Client Background: The client is a leading German PE firm managing a diverse portfolio of small and medium-sized undertakings (SMEs) across industries. Questions to be answered include: How does coaching enhance ESG awareness? What specific challenges does coaching address in diverse industry settings?

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

It’s why we include it as one of the 6 leadership competencies you can’t lead without in all of our foundational programs. But it’s surprising how often the meaning of a message can get lost in translation. But it’s surprising how often the meaning of a message can get lost in translation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 16, 2021

The Great Resignation is new–the art of cultivating loyalty is consistent. When you hear stats like 4 million Americans resigned their roles in one month or that 40% are considering a change in job , you might feel nervous about the future of work, and how the heck you build a culture of sustained performance in all that turmoil.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 22, 2021

But, what’s REALLY tragic is to see well-intentioned leaders with great ideas getting talked over or ignored, because of HOW they contribute. ” It’s so sad to watch a manager with a great idea start with a pre-apology and then wonder why their voice isn’t heard. Jane’s boss, the CEO. Pre-Apologies.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

You don’t need to be the manager to address team conflict (although these techniques will work great for you too!). You don’t need to be the manager to address team conflict (although these techniques will work great for you too!). And, I’d love your thoughts on how we can work more effectively together.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Of bustling end-of-year stress to meet business goals? Then people swapped them around throughout the year and we chatted about them in our meetings. The holiday season gives you a human-centered leadership map for navigating change Is your holiday season a time of celebration? A time to connect with friends and family?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 30, 2023

Try These Proven Approaches to Build Consistency & Momentum as a Sales Manager “Hey, Karin, as a sales manager, how do I keep sales from stalling without micromanaging my team? One mistake I often see sales managers make is to assume people understand the activities and habits that will lead to success.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2023

How do I ensure that management knows of our achievements and realizes how much work the team does? If you need help creating clarity, this article is a great place to start. Great work never happens in a vacuum. . “I’ve always had trouble “selling” my (or our) job to higher management.

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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. How do we continue to sustain the momentum? So how do you convert that initial leadership training surge into a constant stream of progress?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

To Lead Highly Productive Teams: Keep Them Focused on What Matters Most If you want to increase productivity at work, maintain a relentless focus on what matters most in four areas. “My calendar is wall-to-wall meetings, often with two or three appointments competing for the same window of time. We have MORE meetings, not less!”

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For example, you thought they’d clean up their coffee mugs after the meeting. In our recent article, Let’s Talk About It: How to Have the Conversation You’d Rather Avoid , we offer 5 grounding questions to ask yourself to prepare for a difficult conversation. Think about any significant conflict you’ve been a part of.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2015

I asked the crowd, “Raise your hand if you’ve been to a really stupid staff meeting.” “Keep your hand up, if you find most staff meetings in your career could have been more efficient.” Most meetings suck, but staff meetings are amongst the suckiest. ” Every hand in the room went up.

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International Coach Academy

MARCH 4, 2024

As a career coach, I found that many clients complained that their job was filled with repetitive tasks and endless meetings which has been wasting time. You may hear people complain that the meeting achieved absolutely nothing, it was a complete waste of time. The job is tedious which is wasting time and talents.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2021

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. There are three common problems that erode the power of these conversations. . Just had annual eval – most useless ever.

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International Coach Academy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The change was prompted by questions I asked the client about how much she had done/how far she had gone while my client was focusing on what more she needed to do and how much longer she had to go concerning that particular topic we discussed. We cannot invalidate or negate something, of which we are not even aware.

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International Coach Academy

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As consumers of the thousands of internet bytes of information and TikTok video clips we are bombarded with how we can change our own mindsets, have a positive mindset, adopt a new mindset, and simply change. Using meditation as a tool to allow thoughts to enter the mind and leave the mind, takes great patience.

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On The Job

MAY 9, 2022

Make an emotional connection through random 30-minute, one-on-one meetings between members. Make an emotional connection through random 30-minute, one-on-one meetings between members. Start in-person meetings with lighthearted prompts ("What food is underrated?") How will team members working remotely still have a voice?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 22, 2024

Recognize When You Begin Repeating Yourselves Want to shorten your meetings, energize your team, make decisions, and move to action faster? To do more, clarify who owns the decision and know when it’s time to move Is your team full of good intentions and meaningful conversations that don’t translate into action and results?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Skip level meetings always seem like a good idea at the time. Done well, skip level meetings are a remarkable tool in your Winning Well toolkit. Maybe that’s why after over 700 blog posts, the most read is 5 Secrets To Great Skip Level Meetings. 7 Deadly Sins of Skip Level Meetings. What do you need?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

So how do you teach and encourage resourcefulness in your leaders and on your team? The most resourceful leaders I know learned how to do more with less because they had to. 7 Ways to Encourage Your Team to Be More Resourceful. What does it mean to be resourceful? ” Quick and clever. Overcome difficulties.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Skip level meetings always seem like a good idea at the time. Done well, skip level meetings are a remarkable tool in your Winning Well toolkit. Maybe that’s why after over 700 blog posts, the most read is 5 Secrets To Great Skip Level Meetings. 7 Deadly Sins of Skip Level Meetings. What do you need?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

It’s no exaggeration to say that if you’re done learning, you’re done leading. Leadership growth requires feedback and continual learning. The world changes. People grow. And your influence will grow too if you invest in your leadership growth. But that growth is a choice – and one that not every leader will make.

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