Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Balancing leadership strategy and tactics is critical for leaders at every level of an organization. When you embrace effective leadership strategy and tactics, they’ll work together to help you, your teams, and organization thrive. Resolving the Tension Between Leadership Strategy and Tactics.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 2, 2020

Don’t let useless performance feedback sap motivation My phone buzzed with a text message from Amena, a young manager. Just had annual eval – most useless performance feedback ever.” The post How to Make No-good, Useless Performance Feedback Helpful appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 19, 2025

Recent research, including the 2024 APA Work in America Survey , found that employees experiencing psychological safety report higher job satisfaction, better performance, and lower turnover intentions. Leadership resistance: 67% felt their bosses dont really want new ideas. On the other hand, when people feel safe, they engage.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Your Favorite Leadership Articles of the Year. Every year we take a really close look at our human-centered, practical leadership content that is resonating with you. These are your favorite leadership articles of 2021 based on views and shares. What leadership articles would you like us to write about more in the coming year?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Episode 281: What if mastering career development conversations could be the key to transforming your team’s performance and keeping your best people engaged—no matter where they work? Strategies for Modern Leadership [19:11] – The Power of Great Questions Julie highlights the value of curiosity and shares practical questions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 25, 2013

Related Stories May 2013 Leadership Development Carnival In Defense of Wow: It’s Okay to Be Impressed 7 Unusual Ways to Motivate Your Sales Team. Culture Empowerment motivation Performance Recognition Results energy enthusiasm leadership'

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

What if a fun work culture could boost both morale and performance? In this episode, leadership expert Phil Geldart shares how bringing genuine, meaningful fun into the workplace can transform team dynamics, engagement, and productivity. How respecting employees as adults can unlock higher performance and genuine enjoyment.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 3, 2015

I’m not sure why so many people in positions of power think sarcasm is a leadership competency. Why would a manager demean someone they’re trying to “motivate?” Address Issues Directly: Never use humor to deal with behavior or performance problems. ” I thought, “I know that guy.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 30, 2025

Even well-meaning leaders unintentionally send the wrong message through avoidable communication misstepsand when trust slips, so does performance, engagement, and morale. Powerful listening and feedback strategies that help your team feel heard, valued, and motivated to perform at their best.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 17, 2025

Imagine leading a team thats not only aligned and motivated but also laser-focused on building habits that drive consistent results. Whether its the start of the year or any season, this episode equips you with the leadership skills to make it happen. Learn how connecting work to the why drives motivation and productivity. [00:03:17]

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Use Fear to Motivate. In the meantime, poor performance or toxic behavior continues and becomes the norm. What to do: Address poor performance and disruptive behavior as soon as it happens. You want your people to like you, so you don’t address negative behaviors or subpar performance. Be a Push Over. Not really.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 25, 2025

This episode dives into a surprisingly powerful leadership skill that could be the key to unlocking energy, productivity, and loyalty: meaningful encouragement. Heres what youll walk away with: A simple framework to deliver praise that actually fuels performance (no fluff or empty cheerleading). And yet, your team is craving it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 16, 2025

Foundations of Effective Accountability Feedback Conversations 00:00 00:55 David introduces the episode by promising a practical, four-word approach to accountability feedback that reduces stress and elevates team performance. 02:06 02:59 Youll hear how most performance issues are actually clarity issues.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 14, 2024

10 Mistakes to Avoid When Working on Workplace Culture (and what to do instead) We’ve seen it happen so often—a leadership team pours time and resources into “fixing culture” only to wind up with employees rolling their eyes. See Also: Leaders Coaching Leaders: How Leadership Development Leads to Sustained Culture Change 2.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 8, 2013

Ever wonder why performance is not at the level you expected? We often look through the rear view mirror to analyze our performance. Related Stories 5 Ways to Unblock Leadership Energy How to Conduct a Meaningful Mid-Year Review How Stress is Hurting Your Career. Just as the mirror suggests, “Objects in mirror are closer [.]

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The growing complexity of governance, rapid technological advancement, and rising public expectations have put immense pressure on public servants to perform efficiently (Hornung, 2023). Heslin et al.,

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 15, 2024

In this podcast episode, Andre Martin discusses the importance of finding the right fit in your career and building a culture that supports employee motivation, engagement, and satisfaction. Get ready for a deep dive into creating environments where employee motivation thrives, and conflict dissipates. (01:32)

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

But there’s always a leadership opportunity when a team member brings you a complaint. Depending on the circumstance, it may be an opportunity for that person to grow, for you to improve your leadership, or a moment to connect, build a stronger team, or a better process. The highest-performing teams don’t shy away from conflict.

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International Coach Academy

MAY 15, 2024

A Research Paper By David Keneford, Leadership Coach, CANADA A Performance Coaching Culture Creating a performance coaching culture within an organization is crucial for achieving long-term success and growth. Another important aspect of creating a performance coaching culture is the use of measurement and tracking.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

He reached out to several mentors in leadership positions. Strong leaders use phrases that give employees a powerful motivational boost, his mentors said. Use this phrase in front of other employees or higher-ups so that others will take notice as well, making this simple phrase an even bigger motivation booster.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2021

Senior leaders share the most important leadership skills to master now. As we work with senior leaders to build their leadership development programs, the conversation always turns to the most important leadership skills their frontline and middle-level leaders need. The 3 Most Important Leaders Skills. Time management.

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Vantage Circle

JULY 30, 2024

Many organizations become locked in a self-created paradox while pursuing sustainable leadership. This discrepancy is known as the recognition paradox, and it acts as a silent saboteur to sustained leadership. Performance assessments that fail to include sustainability data with regular KPIs. Here's how it differs: 1.

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Career Advancement

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Taking initiative to address them is one of the most important things you can do to prove your leadership abilities. It’s not just that people don’t know how to communicate—it’s that they’re not motivated to communicate. Warren Bennis~. What should I do?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 9, 2016

Roles in Leadership. The Gen-Ys today do not place a very high importance on leadership as they believe that they do not need to be placed in roles of authority to lead. Whether you’re a veteran leader or a millennial recently promoted into a leadership role, leading your younger team members can feel like an endless struggle.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 7, 2022

I’m highly motivated to do a great job. How to Reset Performance Expectations For Better Results. Check for Understanding: A Leadership Communication Best Practice. Leadership Skills: 6 Competencies You Can’t Lead Without. I love my son. And, I love photography. I’m on it.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 10, 2019

Joyce, a manager at a fast-growing IT firm, had been tasked with finding the perfect motivational speaker for her company’s training seminar. She needed someone truly capable of nurturing her high-performing employees’ growth. If, like Joyce, you’re wondering how to book the right motivational speaker, you’re not alone.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 26, 2024

There’s no doubt that employee engagement is one of the most important factors influencing business performance. Still, it’s surprising to see how companies don’t realize there is a clear link between employee engagement and performance. The connection between engagement and performance is undeniable.

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Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While many factors contribute to team performance, one powerful tool that leaders often overlook is recognition. Far more than just a feel-good gesture, strategic and sincere recognition can be a catalyst for transforming good teams into great ones, and great teams into exceptional performers. So, let’s get started! The secret?

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

What motivates you most when you receive feedback? COMMITMENT Make Recognition a Habit, Not an Afterthought The best cultures celebrate regularly, not just during performance reviews. What part of your work are you most proud of? Can you tell me about a time when recognition really mattered to you?

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In their day-to-day business, senior public officials in leadership positions face a daunting challenge: they must exhibit authority while remaining humble and relatable to their colleagues. This recognition can boost morale and motivate public servants to work more efficiently. Take the time to sit down with your colleagues!

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Crestcom

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In the latest episode of The Leadership Habit Podcast , Crestcom host Jenn DeWall welcomes executive coach and bestselling author Deekron Krikorian. Known for his transformative approach, Deekron dives into one of today’s most sought-after leadership topics: maintaining motivation in high-stress environments.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sara explains the importance of being both a developmental coach and providing performance coaching. You set the expectations and give performance feedback. Just like with any human-centered leadership development , learning how to be a good coach takes effort and being willing to be coachable ourselves. Talk in code (e.g.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 16, 2015

On that page, you can also download my FREE ebook: Mentoring in the Age of the Millennial and sign up for my FREE 5 Day Leadership Challenge. Translator: Don’t Motivate Until You Translate. David shares how to avoid this leadership mistake and keep your people energized with one simple practice. Follow David. Follow John.

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International Coach Academy

DECEMBER 25, 2023

A Research Paper By Adella St.Rose, Self-Leadership Coach, SAINT LUCIA Leaders on Self-Leadership Our views on leadership are often projected toward others, our managers, our community leaders, and national and global leaders be they leading groups, companies, or countries.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It can be difficult to stay motivated. Performance management conversations happen behind closed doors. I wish we could tell you how many performance issues I’ve dealt with, where I longed to tell the high-performing members of the team what I was doing about their lazy coworker. And might be dealing with it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership says your peers can help you do a better job sooner. According to David Dye of Trailblaze , one of the most difficult leadership transitions you ever make is to move from being ‘one of the gang’ to leading that team. Here are a few virtues to pursue on the road to saintly leadership.

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International Coach Academy

JULY 3, 2023

A Research Paper By Hélène Dumais, Human Performance Coach, CANADA Unlocking the Key to Peak Performance Peak performance is not confined to a restricted VIP area, accessible only by elites born with talent. Though you do need an entry code to gain access to the very specific information for you to perform.

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