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Red Flags at Work: Recognizing Problems and Delivering the Bad News

Leading Blog

Project management, encompassing issues that crop up during planning and issues that show up during execution, is another area that may require your overview and handling. In my career, I have always taken the approach of raising the temperature slowly, and I wholeheartedly recommend that approach as you prepare to deliver bad news.

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Employee Growth: How to Better Support Team Member Development

Let's Grow Leaders

You’ll want to watch the interview, particularly if you, or someone you care about, feel called to take on a new challenge, or are particularly stuck or stagnating in your career. I had no intention of testing my ability to start an international leadership development company. The S Curve of Employee Growth. One hundred percent.

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SOFTEN-ing Improves Your Zen but Does NOT Diminish Your Authority

Leading Blog

In high-stress interactions, our walls go up, and our armor comes on and were ready to protect ourselves in any way we can. Our bodies tense up, and were on the defensive. Since being human isnt necessarily what got them to where they are in their careers, to begin with, they arent sure if the act of softening is for them.

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How Can You Further Develop Your Talent? 7 Key Steps

Career Advancement

Research has shown that as leaders rise up in the ranks , their proficiency in nurturing talent declines rather than increases. Leaders should always be working to develop new leaders, helping their employees develop the skillsets that will allow them to effectively manage others. How can you develop your talent?

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What Can Leaders Learn from Elite Athletes About High-Level Performance?

Leading Blog

The problem is that most business executives, even high-performing ones, dont recognize the value of mental state like elite athletes do, so they dont develop skills and habits to get to that state consistently and effortlessly. The bottom line: exercise is an important practice for effective leadership.

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7 Ways to Deal with Employees Who Drive You Crazy

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’re just tuning in, I’ve been teaching an MBA course on Managing Difficult Employees and gave these “students” (read that, really smart working millennials with big jobs in our nation’s capital) “homework” to developing an approach to manage their difficult employee and to journal about it.

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What Are the Three Things That Leaders Do?

Lead Change Blog

My favorite teacher pushed me to develop my gifts.”. Early in my career, my boss challenged me to speak up and be more of a leader in staff meetings. ”. They share their insights and ideas to help us grow and develop. Think about the leaders who impacted your career by coaching you. “ Leaders build our confidence.

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