Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Pivot to Problem-Solving (Curiosity) “What can we do as a team to fix this issue and ensure it doesn’t happen again?” If someone is misrepresenting your contributions (or lack thereof), this phrase addresses it without sounding defensive. You’re not accusing anyone; you’re inviting clarity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 12, 2019

The limited perspective of leaders and team members has frustrated communication and problem solving. Limited perspective traps leaders and drives apart teams Recently, I’ve watched an organization of passionate and caring people disintegrate. They’ve devolved into camps of us vs them. It […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 2, 2021

When decision-making or problem-solving meetings bog down and become a waste of time, there are usually two problems causing the stagnation. In this episode, you’ll get the tools to overcome both of these problems before they derail your team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2018

“Entrepreneurship is a chance to trade a solution to someone who has a problem that needs solving. Solve more problems, solve bigger problems, solve problems more widely, and you’re an entrepreneur. It’s tempting to industrialize this work, to make it something with […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 7, 2025

How shifting your mindset can unlock better ideas, faster problem-solving, and higher team performance. This episode dives into a powerful mindset shift that can instantly improve your communication, influence, and leadership impact. Listen in to discover: Why insisting on being right can actually reduce your influence as a leader.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2020

Your confidence is fuel for problem-solving and creativity In the past two weeks, we’ve been in several meetings and conversations with leaders responding to rapidly changing coronavirus scenarios. Regardless of the industry, as leaders shared responses and next steps, many of their […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 14, 2025

Learn when to give clear directives versus when to involve your team in problem-solving. This small shift can help you make better decisions under pressure and reduce stress. 52:00 Leading through chaos? Sometimes, command-and-control leadership is the right approach.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Entrepreneurship is a chance to trade a solution to someone who has a problem that needs solving. Solve more problems, solve bigger problems, solve problems more widely, and you’re an entrepreneur. 5 Ways to Help Your Team Think Like Entrepreneurs. But that’s not the heart of it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 1, 2024

How to help your team challenge assumptions for better creativity and problem-solving In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” It’s hard to solve a problem differently when you’re holding on to outdated assumptions.

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LivePlan

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Business problem solving can become a refined skill if you develop a consistent process. Let's show you how by walking through a simple and repeatable problem solving checklist.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

For more Clarity-building Habits check out: Great Teams: 12 Practical Collaboration Habits to Create Clarity Curiosity: Unlocking Innovation and Problem-Solving The best teams dont settle for surface-level thinking. Instead of saying, Do you understand, ask: What is your understanding of our response time goal?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2019

You want to be supportive, so you give them the answer…but then they’re back next time and before long you don’t have time to do anything but solve other people’s problems.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

Action learning is an approach to solving real problems that involves taking action and reflecting upon the results. The learning that results helps improve the problem-solving process as well as the solutions the team develops.

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Harvard Business School Online

JANUARY 17, 2023

Here’s a primer on problem-solving in business, why it’s important, the skills you need, and how to build them. Whether building a new product or dealing with internal issues, you’re bound to experience challenges in business. Having frameworks and tools at your disposal when they arise can turn issues into opportunities.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Avoid These Intimidating Questions That Can Silence Innovation and Problem Solving When someone on your team screws up or has one of those “what were they thinking” moments, particularly when the stakes are high. This shift from interrogation to exploration builds trust and encourages problem-solving.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 9, 2015

Career & Learning Communication confident humility becoming a success confidence entrepreneurial journey finding success living your dream problem solving' We would love to hear your story.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

Action learning is an approach to solving real problems that involves taking action and reflecting upon the results. The learning that results helps improve the problem-solving process as well as the solutions the team develops.

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McKinsey

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In today’s interconnected business environment, companies won’t be able to solve problems effectively without encouraging “contributory dissent”—a healthy approach to gathering diverse perspectives that should be taught to team members, modeled by leaders, and supported by culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In this scenario, people learned some critical thinking and problem-solving skills, had fun, and got to know one another better. How We Learned the Secret to More Remarkable Ideas When we first began experimenting with practical approaches to make it feel safer and easier to share ideas, we tried two approaches.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

What is one courageous question that would (or has) encouraged deeper thinking, problem-solving and great ideas? But when you build a reputation of asking important courageous questions and responding with regard to what you hear, you’ll go a long way in building trust, and innovation on your team. We would love to hear from you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 24, 2020

In this episode, you’ll get specific leadership techniques you can use to build more strategic thinking and relevant problem-solving skills in every member of your team. You can download a FREE chapter of our new book Courageous Cultures : How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2021

Strategic empowerment removes the guesswork and helps people focus their creativity and problem-solving where it will make the most difference. What decisions do you want to fully delegate, which do you need some involvement, and which decisions do you just need to be kept in the loop about? RESULTS.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2020

As we look beyond this immediate crisis to establish a new normal, how will you leverage this spirit of micro-innovation, problem-solving, and customer advocacy on your team? Join us for a free IDEA Inspiration Rally to unleash your team’s best ideas for a better, bolder future.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 12, 2024

” to foster ownership and collaborative problem-solving. [12:35] Phrases like “I’m curious how this looks from your perspective” invite alternative viewpoints and defuse tension, enhancing your communication toolkit. [11:33] 11:33] Ready to empower others? Ask “What do you suggest we do next?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2021

Even if you’re a rock star human-centered leader, doing all the right things to encourage micro-innovation and problem solving, it’s also likely that you have a few team members who still have best practices and ideas they’re holding back. How to Include Your Reluctant Employees in Your Speak-Up Culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 1, 2015

Tap into the energy of your prefrontal cortex– the part of your brain that problem-solves and plans. “How Can I…”. With those three words you: Return focus to your own power and ability to act. Vastly increase the odds of finding a solution. Take responsibility and ownership for the one thing you can control – yourself.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We’d designed a “speed-generation” problem solving session where groups rotated through stations to identify the ugly issues that needed to be addressed and worked on real solutions. Own the Ugly. The other day I was facilitating a 2 day offsite strategic planning retreat for one of my start-up clients.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2015

“We have to continue mining the discipline to look for those key frameworks, those techniques, those tools, those mindset gems that allow us to learn and grow and create environments where problem-solving and effective execution strategies contain values needed by our customers.” – David E.

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International Coaching Federation

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

By getting into the nitty-gritty of Socratic dialogue, coaches can guide their clients toward better self-awareness, improved critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and meaningful personal growth. Yes, coaching practices have a lot to thank Socrates for, particularly in the way we ask powerful questions!

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 22, 2024

Critical thinking is essential amidst societal divisiveness, emphasizing the need for innovative problem-solving. 03:10 – 07:18: Introduction to Ed Hess and Meaningful Work Ed stresses the importance of meaningful work amidst technological change.

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BetterUp

JULY 15, 2024

It combines diverse skills and perspectives, enhancing creativity and problem-solving, while boosting employee engagement and morale. The importance of teamwork lies in its ability to achieve far more than individuals working alone. Why is teamwork important in the workplace?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When people are confronted with problems, a lot of times you get one or two reactions from managers. In this episode, David uses a real-life situation to walk through the steps of how we take responsibility for solving problems, solving the right problems, determining the best person to own the problem, and working to resolve it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 8, 2021

In fact, in our Courageous Cultures research, 45% of respondents said they had not been trained in critical thinking or problem-solving. And yet, most of the time when leaders complain that a manager is “missing that gene,” it turns out they’ve never been taught.

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

While it is a unique concept, it draws on established concepts from problem-solving methodologies, coaching frameworks, and management practices that are widely recognized, eg.: The PROBLEM Coaching Model The name P.R.O.B.L.E.M. It encourages deep exploration and results in specific, actionable solutions and measurable goals.

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Help the client develop resilience and problem-solving skills to overcome setbacks and stay focused on their goals. Encourage the client to break down their goals into bite-size steps and create action plans to move forward with clarity and purpose.

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Crestcom

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Escape Rooms: Building Problem-Solving and Team-Building Skills Escape rooms bring out the problem-solver in everyone. Problem-Solving : Escape rooms are full of puzzles that require analytical thinking and fast problem-solving —two critical leadership skills.

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Creative Realities

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

In the last Ideation Skills post, we discussed Passive Listening, the problematic way people typically tend to listen in creative problem solving meetings. These two skills will make you a creative problem solving meeting All-Star in no time.

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