Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

When they know you’ve heard them, it diffuses some of the emotional intensity and builds a connection that allows you to move to constructive next steps. We call this process of acknowledging emotion “reflect to connect” because you are reflecting the emotion you observed and making sure you understand what’s on their mind.

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 4, 2025

Constructive feedback ensures your team knows where they stand and how they can improve. Improve Your Technique: Use a framework like the situation-behavior-impact model to ensure your feedback is constructive and focused. Feedback is a leaders greatest tool for guiding and developing their team.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 15, 2025

If you realize you get defensive when criticized, you can pivot to a more constructive response. True leaders transform intense feelings into constructive solutions, not vendettas. Its like a mirror revealing your assets and liabilities, not for vanity but for diagnosing your strengths and weaknesses.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Encourages constructive dialogue. What factors have most influenced your thinking? Surfaces the underlying logic. Why are you against this approach? Can feel like a challenge. What concerns do you have about this approach?

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Leading Blog

MAY 11, 2023

This makes you feel hostile and hopeless about improving things and leaves little room for constructive communication.’ Labeling makes it difficult to create a workplace culture with constructive communication and teams committed to improving performance.” ‘You see them as totally bad,’ David Burns writes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2025

If someone falls short, leaders should address it constructively to maintain the culture. (12:43) Listening to their input can help leaders address concerns and build stronger relationships. (10:35) 10:35) The episode introduces two powerful strategies for reinforcing a trust culture: celebration and accountability.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Instead, it includes identifying, acknowledging, and using your emotions as a catalyst for constructive, pattern-breaking action. You simply cannot free yourself from the conflict loop if you are unable to use your own emotions toward constructive change.”

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 30, 2024

To effectively resolve conflicts, leaders must foster an environment of psychological safety where open, respectful communication is encouraged, and conflicts are addressed directly and constructively. Seek to understand the other person’s perspective and be open to the possibility that their concerns may be valid.

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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? In this episode, Kelly Beattie shares practical steps you can take to help every team member engage. Leading Through Invisible Dissent.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

And, if we’re unsure how to provide constructive feedback thoughtfully to others, fear of their reactions will hold us back for sure. The Power of Constructive Feedback A key misconception about constructive feedback is that it’s a critique. Additionally, the impact of constructive feedback extends beyond individual development.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Each members candid reflection on their leadership style, domain expertise, and capacity for constructive debate sheds light on the boards collective agility. This 360-degree perspective encourages boards to refine key processes and address structural inefficiencies proactively.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 27, 2024

Focus on specific commitments to help move forward constructively: “What’s one action we can both agree to as a next step?” The key here is a constructive forward step—not “Can we agree to disagree”—that’s not constructive. “So, to recap our conversation, we’ve agreed to [summarize].

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Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

When constituents fill in the blanks left by leaders, they construct a different message than the leader sent. Boyd Clark and Ron Crossland on how leaders need to fill in the blanks: “When leaders communicate facts alone, constituents fill in the emotional and symbolic blanks. The same is true for the other channels.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 6, 2021

Jim shows that most existing definitions of organizational culture are inadequate and argues that organizational culture is socially constructed, building on Schein’s idea that culture emerges as a dynamic response to problem-solving by the organization’s members.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

They create a culture where differing viewpoints are valued and constructive criticism is welcomed. Encourage Open Dialogue and Debate Smart people tend to have strong opinions and ideas. Great leaders encourage open dialogue and healthy debate within their teams.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

NOT THAT: My identity changes depending on social constructs, the opinions of others, and my backgroundand thats okay. When you think about who you are, consider whether the identity you choose will keep you flailing in your fleeting emotions, chained to the past, or moving forward into your best possible self.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Like a genius, “create a daily routine for yourself that comes with a four-wall safe zone for constructive concentration…. “If you need a fresh idea, go for a walk, or jog, or simply get into a relaxing conveyance so as to allow your mind to range more freely.” Then concentrate. Could we use more geniuses?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students (and our own children, and anyone else we lead) develop creativity and learn more deeply. When carefully curated, failure can become a signal for learning, not the noise detracting from it.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

In Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict , Ury explains how to embrace conflict and transform it constructively to bring out the best in us—not the worst. You want to construct a narrative that makes both sides appear to be the heroes to the people that they care about. Thankfully, we have a choice.”

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Leading in Context

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The problem is that these divisions and their labels are false constructs that we have imposed on a world that is much more complex than the categories convey. People study inside these realms intensely until they become experts in them.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.”. Source: This is Water. * * *. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Emotional intelligence plays a key role in conflict resolution by fostering empathy, clarity, and an environment conducive to constructive dialogue. By articulating their thoughts calmly and constructively, they set a tone that encourages openness and helps both sides feel heard and respected.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 31, 2024

But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Companies must focus on three key pillars: transparent communication , constructive feedback loops , and user-friendly technology. Constructive feedback, even in rejection, transforms the candidate experience from a transactional process into a meaningful interaction. Why is feedback so impactful?

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

However, constructive feedback is a powerful tool for growth. This shift in focus can boost morale and motivate continued progress. Seek Feedback and Support: Perfectionist leaders may hesitate to seek feedback, fearing criticism.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 20, 2025

Recognizing where feedback is constructive and distracting, you affirm your power to shape your own path. You Weigh Other Peoples Inputbut Stay True to Yourself Listening to different viewpoints can expand your thinking. However, you also know when to filter out opinions that dontserve you. Living someone elses life plan helps nobody.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 23, 2021

35:09 – The power of caring enough to give a team member constructive feedback to help them grow and be more effective. The 12 Inch Rule of Leadership. 2:00 – Introducing Kaliym Islam, PhD, author of The 12 Inch Rule of Leadership. 10:02 – How leaders help their teams internalize the messages that matter most.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Funt suggests that first, we need to take strategic pauses to recuperate, reduce, reflect, and construct. Juliet Funt writes in A Minute to Think , “without space, we can’t sustain ourselves.” It is the missing element in our lives, and we need to get it back. They help us to separate.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Construct a Balanced Team Ensure you have a mix of at least four different types to cover various approaches to leadership and problem-solving. Create specific, measurable goals (KPIs) that align with turning your ‘ghosts’ into constructive forces. Side note: I believe in this SO MUCH.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

But he has found a way to have constructive discussions without them devolving into shouting matches or accusations. HABIT FOUR: Don’t Feed People’s Worst Fears Kindness goes a long way and has more constructive powers than sarcasm and anger. L AW professor Steven Collis is no stranger to polarized arguments.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

Anger can alert us to take positive, constructive action when we keep it in check, slow down, and think. Not all anger is bad, but if we don’t deal with it appropriately, it will sap our conviction to do anything positive to improve the situation. Anger is a choice we make.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 7, 2020

Source: “Reality” Is Constructed By Your Brain. This happens with vision. But it also happens with more complicated processes, like thinking about politics, the pandemic, or the reality of climate change.”. Here’s What That Means, And Why It Matters. * * *. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2024

” If you’re dealing with unfair ratings and feeling frustrated , express your concerns and seek a constructive solution. Express your frustration and seek a constructive solution. Ensure your feedback is continuous, specific, and constructive to build strong relationships and improve performance.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Fostering Continuous Evaluation and Development Regular performance evaluations and constructive feedback foster board member growth and effectiveness. Providing a comprehensive orientation package and mentorship support are key steps in this process.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 23, 2023

” Bosses call it constructive feedback. Bosses think, “I’m kicking you in the pants and I want you to like it.” Maybe it feels like a punch to the face? People bleed after tough… Continue reading →

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 15, 2023

When they know you’ve seen and heard them, it diffuses some of the emotional intensity and builds a connection that allows you to move to constructive next steps. When you reflect, you are checking for understanding and creating a common starting place for the conversation.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

This includes having values-driven behavior, open communication, constructive expression of emotion, appreciation for the diversity of skills and interests, and so on. Family members give and receive feedback openly and constructively. Making learning a two-way street.

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