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How Managers (unintentionally) Roadblock an Empowered Team

Let's Grow Leaders

Keep information to yourself. This means removing roadblocks, supporting them, giving them the information they need to make effective decisions, and helping navigate relationships with other teams. The shortest way to answer this question is to ask, “Is this meeting for the team/employee’s benefit or for mine?” Be a chokepoint.

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A Powerful Way to Gain the Trust of Your Team

Let's Grow Leaders

This stung twice as hard because she’d been a mentor of mine for years. “I was wrong, but Joe gave me bad information” or “I was wrong, but my boss had me distracted with other things” is basically saying, “Even if I am wrong, it doesn’t count.” You see, she had been a naysayer.

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The Importance of Applauding Yourself

Let's Grow Leaders

Some time ago a friend of mine asked me how to stay true to your journey toward fulfilling your dreams. Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning following your dreams informal recognition recognition vision' Roberto Martinez’s Thinking on Applauding Yourself. After all, it’s hard. There are competing pressures.

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Lessons from the past: Informing the mining industry’s trajectory to the next normal

McKinsey

What can previous crisis periods teach us about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mining sector, and what can we expect going forward?

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The Performance Appraisal that Really Matters (Marshall Goldsmith)

Let's Grow Leaders

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. Click on the image for more information about Marshall’s book. Winning Well Connection.

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7 Reasons to Be A Little More Grateful At Work (Reflections and an Exercise)

Let's Grow Leaders

Here are a few of mine. And now I’m entering the next phase a little more well informed. First, let me start here (because sometimes people think this looks easy). Starting up a business is tricky, with ups and downs. I’ve got my fair share of the fill-in-the-blank concerns. But I choose gratitude.

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How to Help Managers Become More Strategic

Let's Grow Leaders

In mining, leaders must understand the strategic implications of cost curves, game theory, and real-options valuation; further, they must know and be sensitive to the stakeholders in their regulatory and societal environment, many of whom can directly influence their opportunities to create value.