Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 17, 2022

These conversation starters make caring dialogue a bit easier. For most teams, having genuine caring conversations takes practice. It can feel easier to keep the conversations light, particularly if that’s your team culture. But at a time when people are longing for compassion and connection, taking the conversation a level deeper can make all the difference for your employees’ mental health, as well as for building deeper trust.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 19, 2022

As a writer, it’s not uncommon to get inspiration for a new piece from an unlikely source. And that is certainly the case with this one where I found myself finding some timely lessons on how to succeed at leading during these uncertain times while reading some of the tributes. Click to continue reading.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 18, 2022

Wellbeing Wins – 3 min, from the 10 Day Engagement Challenge. There’s a legend about Socrates that one day a young man approached him asking his help to find knowledge. Socrates took him out to the beach and waded into the water. When they were at shoulder depth, Socrates turned to him and asked, “What was it you wanted from me?” “I want to find knowledge!

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 19, 2022

By Linda Fisher Thornton How likely are we to believe things that aren't true? According to Lynne Malcolm in The psychology of conspiracy theories, "Psychological research suggests that we're all conspiracy theorists, thanks in a large part to our cognitive makeup.".

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 21, 2022

Trust takes time, but sometimes you need to get everyone working together quickly. If you’re going to succeed, you have to build a team that’s able to work well together and get results, and you need to be able to do that quickly. In, How to Quickly Build Team Commitment, get four activities to speed up the process and improve your team’s commitment to outcomes and to one another.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 16, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article. The latest entry in the Kingsman series hit the theaters Christmas weekend. With so many movies released at that time, this was one of those movies that flew under the radar. Sadly, many people missed a grand entry into the Kingsman lore. The King’s Man tells the story of Ralph Fiennes as Orlando Oxford and […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 18, 2022

Most of us have plenty of goals that we set in our lives – health, financial, personal. And today we’re talking about team goals or organizational goals. But before we get to that, I want you to think about it as a team member, as an individual contributor. Have you ever had someone hand you […]. The post Why You Should Set Goals Collaboratively appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 15, 2022

What matters most now? #askingforafriend. In our final Asking For a Friend highlights reel, thought leaders share inspiration and ideas to help you and your team prepare for a brighter, bolder future. I would love to hear from you. Do you have topics or guest recommendations for the coming year? Leave me your thoughts in the comments or drop me a note at karin.hurt@letsgrowleaders.com.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 18, 2022

I recently changed my login password for my computer. The password had become compromised. I knew I could no longer keep the password. I logged into the computer. Changed the password. Went on about my day. Until… I locked my computer. When I returned, I typed the old password. The computer didn’t like that. It […].

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

One of the many challenges of leading during the pandemic is that the constant stream of changing circumstances can make work feel really episodic. When that happens, it’s natural that people feel some degree of disconnection from their work. One more day of logging into meetings from the office you set up in your basement can feel indistinguishable from the day before.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Just how important is it for your executive team to be healthy and aligned? It is ESSENTIAL. It is so essential that The Rockefeller Habits Checklist (™) has it first in their list of ten habits. Does your executive team? Understand each other’s differences, priorities, and styles? Meet frequently (weekly is best) for strategic thinking? Participate in ongoing executive education (monthly recommended)?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 20, 2022

Karin and Jess Pettitt, author of Good Enough Now , answer the question: “How do I become a more compassionate and skillful listener?” 2:00 Jess shares what has been a source of inspiration and strength during this tricky time. She has been encouraged that people are still trying to have challenging conversations and have a higher tolerance level for the unknown.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 20, 2022

The fear that holds us back is often unfounded fear. It is not the good fear that keeps us safe. We become fearful over the state of the economy, the weather conditions, even our ability to perform well. Fear holds us back. I think back to when I started to write Reel Leadership. Reel Leadership is the […].

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 18, 2022

Everyone gossips. Slander and backstabbing are destructive, but there’s a healthy side to gossip. When you say, “Your reputation precedes you,” you acknowledge the power of gossip.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 16, 2022

I have many books on my shelves about setting goals and creating purpose. Most of those books spend all their energy on the destination, somehow assuming we know how to begin and map the journey to achieving those goals. If you are like me, at least once in your life you have identified a goal, […]. The post How to Begin: Start By Doing Something That Matters appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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QAspire

JANUARY 17, 2022

Pandemic has been a great disruptor for many businesses and individuals. Personally, I have seen friends in industries like travel and hospitality whose businesses and hence careers were suddenly disrupted with no where else to go. Another phenomenon that pandemic brought forth was “self awakening” – people questioning the most fundamental beliefs they held about what it means to work and contribute.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 15, 2022

Leadership skills are in high demand in industries, that’s because these skills are hard to obtain and master. It takes time, experience, and dedication to develop industry-leading leadership skills so if you want to get ahead, start developing these right away and secure your future in your chosen industry. This article looks at some of […].

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 20, 2022

You think you know yourself, but you don’t. You never have self-knowledge; you gain it gradually, sometimes painfully. You throw punches in the air until you gain self-knowledge.

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Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 17, 2022

I’ve read that the articles about morning routines of famous or successful people are incredibly popular and can generate great traffic from google searches. I don’t know if that is true or not, but I know two things. We all have morning routines, and if you consciously craft yours, you have a better chance of […]. The post Elements of a Remarkable Morning Routine appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 17, 2022

It’s never easy to communicate difficult information to a group of employees. With today’s distributed workforce, those challenging moments can feel even harder. Though difficult, it’s these messages that sometimes stand out the most in employees minds and can impact morale moving forward. That’s why it’s important to prepare for tough conversations rather than shooting from the hip. 6 Steps to Deliver Tough Messages to Employees.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 20, 2022

When you launch your own business, it’s easy for your mind to focus on the bigger picture. With your plans for world domination in place, it’s that ambition and focus that will help motivate you to succeed. But before you get too carried away with developing the next big thing in your industry, you need […].

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 19, 2022

85% of the current remote workforce enjoy working remotely. Remote work is here to stay and the number of people who work from home is accelerating. But there’s more to the story.

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Kate Nasser

JANUARY 16, 2022

Use this people skills technique from Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author, Leading Morale, to use less bluntness & still be honest. Important in leadership, teamwork, sales, employee engagement, leading morale, and yes in your personal life too! The post People Skills Technique to Be Less Blunt Still Honest | #PeopleSkills #Bluntness appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. He argued that far from some form of miraculous perpetual motion machine that would deliver economic growth in perpetuity, the engines of our economy need a constant flow of new innovations in order to thrive.

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 20, 2022

Once you’ve made some big plays and delivered on key milestones, the journey doesn’t end; you need to prepare to come back stronger. Being proud but never satisfied is an attitude. It’s a mentality where you always strive to do better. It doesn’t mean you don’t enjoy your accomplishments or don’t celebrate. But never being […]. The post Be Proud, but Never Satisfied appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 17, 2022

Living without meaning makes beasts of us all. Just bury your head in the mud to escape drudgery. Don’t let environments bully you into exhaustion. Walk through the door dedicated to manage meaningfully.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 15, 2022

Remote work is here to stay, and rightly so, it has become a common practice across industries. It’s estimated that over half of employees now work remotely, at least part-time. . The benefits of remote work include increased productivity , flexibility, and job satisfaction. It also helps companies save money because they don’t have to pay for office space or other overhead costs. .

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 20, 2022

We’re living in the midst of what Noreena Hertz refers to as the “lonely century” In a bid to better understand the scale of the problem, Imperial College London is conducting a survey to produce a visual snapshot of loneliness across London. The project aims to collect data from thousands of Londoners to try and both raise awareness of the scale of the loneliness epidemic and also to help better target services to those who need it.

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 19, 2022

“A ship is safe in harbour, but that’s not what ships are for.” On July 20, 1850, a young man named John Graves Shedd was born on a New Hampshire farm. By age 16, he had begun work as a clerk in a grocery store in Vermont. A year later, he found work at a […]. The post Ten Pathfinding Principles for Risk-Taking Career Decisions appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 21, 2022

Vishal Garg is the CEO and founder of the startup better.com, an online mortgage company. Just before the holidays in 2021, Vishal terminated 900 employees on a zoom call.

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