Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Powerful Phrases for When You’re Being Set Up as the Scapegoat Being set up as the scapegoat never feels easy. It’s uncomfortable, unfair, and downright isolating. But here’s the good news: you don’t have to stay the goat in this blame game. Instead, you can fight goats with GOATs—our Greatest of All Time Powerful Phrases for Dealing With Workplace Conflict —and other powerful phrases and rise above the chaos.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 2, 2024

My bride mentioned that I don’t rinse the sink after I wash my teeth. You’d be surprised how much debris accumulates in the teeth while eating breakfast. I’m negligent with a good heart. It’s not malice. It's neglect. Here are some lessons from a dirty sink.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 2, 2024

If your team dreads meetings, it might not be the idea of meetings they hate—it might be the way they’re being run. Many leaders haven’t evolved past the outdated meeting practices of the 1990s. Endless talking, rigid agendas, and one-way communication no longer work. Today’s teams need meetings that are dynamic, inclusive, and productive. If you’re running meetings like it’s still 1995, it’s time to rethink how you bring your people together.

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leaderCommunicator

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In a fast-paced business environment, giving effective feedback is more than just a nice-to-have skill – it's a critical leadership ability that can make or break team performance and organizational success. As leaders, we're constantly looking to motivate our teams, drive engagement, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Yet, many of us struggle with feedback that resonates and inspires action.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 2, 2024

“Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life” is a cliché often heard at commencement speeches and family gatherings. This advice resonates strongly in individualistic cultures like the U.S., where “following your passion” guides many young people in their educational and career choices. However, new research from Yale suggests this advice may have different consequences for women and men.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Plans and strategies get derailed on a daily basis. Unpredictable issues, market forces, and unforeseen circumstances can all throw your plan off track. Being flexible, having contingency plans in place, and trusting others can help you overcome these obstacles and get back on track. Today’s post is by Larry Ackerman, author of The Identity Code. I’m just back from my third trip to Tanzania – a three-week immersion into a startlingly different land, whose people, animals, birds and weather never

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Automakers worldwide are doubling down on their efforts to restructure their workforce, but employees are unwilling to accept the changes sitting down. Volkswagen workers in Germany are going on strike to express their dissatisfaction with the changes occurring at the organization, with the union IG Metall leading the efforts. The Volkswagen workers’ warning strikes began on Monday and employees from nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany are participating in the strike.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 2, 2024

New analysis from King’s College London has highlighted how effective management strategies are key to scientific breakthroughs at a renowned laboratory that has produced Nobel Prize winners. The study identified several factors contributing to the success of the Laboratory for Molecular Biology (LMB), some of which challenge conventional wisdom and common managerial practices in scientific research. “Basic biosciences are becoming increasingly complex, requiring sophisticated and co

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When selecting new innovation projects, some committees prize consensus — and thus end up funding only ideas whose success is plain to see, which is often an incremental innovation. Meanwhile, venture capitalists looking for the next big thing might do the opposite, picking projects on which they disagree. These types of project selection quandaries are reflected in new research, which models the effectiveness of common decision methods such as voting, scoring, and ranking.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Protecting confidential company information can increase employee stress, but also help them find meaning in their work.

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Speaking in front of a smaller group is different than speaking on a large stage. Hearing your own voice over the speakers, being elevated above your peers with all eyes on you in an unfamiliar environment — these factors pull you out of your comfort zone and can trigger a fight or flight response, which can manifest itself as your mind going blank, either in the middle of the presentation or while fielding tough questions from the audience.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A leader must learn how to overcome cultural challenges as she tries to enact big changes within her organization.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2024

While the stakes are high, so is your potential to succeed.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The U.S.-China trade war from Trump’s first administration offers a glimpse of the effects a more protectionist trade policy might have this time around.

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