Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 6, 2020

If you’re like many leaders with whom we’ve shared our new book Courageous Cultures, you’re mentally indexing your team and wondering if they’re capable of micro-innovations, problem-solving, and advocating for your customer. You want them to contribute, but they’re reluctant or clumsy. […]. The post How to Help Your Idea Grenadiers and Silent Wounded Better Contribute appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 8, 2020

Making the right call at the right time depends on dynamic contextual factors. But knowing how to set the right goals and make the right call is increasingly challenging. Situational Mindsets presents an entirely new framework for reading current realities and provides practical tools to critically analyze our changing and complex environment. Mary Lippitt, author of Situational Mindsets , presents a business fable describing how a new Sales VP deploys the model to reinvigorate sales, unite her

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 8, 2020

Psychological safety in today’s workplaces has been garnering a lot of attention as leaders and organizations look for ways to boost productivity and retention in their workplace. But is our understanding of this concept too narrow? Are we missing out on real opportunities to not just fuel engagement and collaboration, Click to continue reading.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 10, 2020

Are you willing to take a stand for what you believe? Most leaders aren’t willing to truly stand for what they believe. Instead, they’re willing to sprinkle pleasant words that skirt around important issues. This happens in the church world and the business world equally. People are afraid to take a stand for what they believe. They […] The post Taking A Stand Hurts appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 9, 2020

When Karin and I set out to write Courageous Cultures, we obviously had no idea how the world was about to change. It was clear that the nature of work was shifting and that to stay competitive, businesses would need every person […]. The post We Are Each Other’s Destiny appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 8, 2020

Guest post from Robbie Kellman Baxter : In the past few years, we have seen what we thought of as “disruption proof” businesses get disrupted by new and unexpected competitors. Banks, by Paypal, Venmo, and ApplePay. Taxis by Uber & Lyft. Hotels by AirBnB. More recently in the wake of the novel coronavirus, we have seen a second wave of disruption coming from outside forces, rather than competition.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 8, 2020

Before I start this post, I want to say happy birthday to my beautiful bride. She turned 24 again for the umpteenth time yesterday. She’s a pillar of love and strength in our home. I love her more than I could ever convey. And, if you think this is a strange way to start a […] The post Are You Ignoring Your Superpower? appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Leading in Context

JULY 8, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton It's important to understand the business impact of the Coronavirus challenge when making critical business decisions. A sound understanding of the situation combined with ethical values will help us make leadership decisions that will be good for our customers and the long-term viability of our business.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 10, 2020

“I just can’t,” said Allie. “There’s no way I have the skills to do it. Why frustrate myself trying?” Her determined expression seconded her defeatist words. If you replaced Allie’s name with yours, could you hear yourself saying the same thing? If you can, please read on! Can’t is a wickedly powerful word. It’s a limiting and telling word. Using can’t —and believing it—speaks volumes about our confidence, resilience, and the stories we tell ourselves.

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Leadership Freak

JULY 7, 2020

Incompetent leaders focus exclusively on results. Successful leaders notice their impact on people because leadership is about human beings, not simply producing a product.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 6, 2020

Soul Surfer is the true-life story of professional surfer Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb). Bethany’s story is harrowing. Bethany was an aspiring professional surfer. During one surfing session, a shark attacked Bethany and bit off her left arm at the shoulder. There was very little left of her arm. This could have caused her to give […] The post Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Soul Surfer: The Story Of Bethany Hamilton appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Women on Business

JULY 10, 2020

Brought to you by Thrive Screen Printing: T-shirt printing is definitely an art. Although shirt or garment printing does require a certain level of skill, that doesn’t mean there’s only one way to get the job done. In fact, there are several ways to print amazing logos, designs, and graphics on T-shirts. Of course, you […].

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2020

Welcome to the July 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Paula Kiger of Big Green Pen shared How businesses can repair the chasm created by racism. Paula writes: “ It can be difficult to figure out where to start when trying to eliminate racism in the workplace.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 7, 2020

Guest post by Jason Richmond : Leaders are, by definition, role models, and employees naturally follow their lead. This is particularly true in times of crisis. Five key principles leaders must keep in mind and demonstrate if they are to successfully lead their organizations through disaster are transparency, consistency, accountability, empathy, and resilience. 1.

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Leadership Freak

JULY 8, 2020

Dissatisfaction in reasonable doses motivates improvement. Chronic dissatisfaction contaminates environments and teams. The chronically dissatisfied shrink the future with complaint and criticism. Chronically dissatisfied people: #1. Need you to make them happy.

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Women on Business

JULY 7, 2020

When it came to forming the leadership team in my current role, I was well aware of the limitations I faced in the early stages of my career — it’s difficult to visualize what you could be if it simply doesn’t exist. Having someone or something to aspire to always helps, and role models play […].

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 9, 2020

As the world slowly begins to emerge from lockdown, now more than ever there is a real need for leaders to show up as the Chief Empathy Officer in their business. Effective communication is essential if leaders are to help their team members re-integrate into the workplace. And effective communication can only occur when there is empathy and compassion.

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 6, 2020

What’s the quality of your conversations with your young professionals? More specifically, what questions are you asking them? In my new book Stand Out! , I share that young professionals today are the leaders of tomorrow. The reason is a matter of simple mathematics. When the Baby Boomers retire, there won’t be enough Gen X’ers to take their places.

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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

JULY 6, 2020

If you are coaching others in the workplace, you probably have some sort of performance management process. While these typically culminate in the annual meeting, many suggest or require at least a midyear check-in too. Even if your process doesn’t suggest that, I believe you benefit everyone by having midyear check-ins. The question is, how […].

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Leadership Freak

JULY 6, 2020

Failure is easier than success, at least in the beginning. Miserable leaders posture when describing disappointment, frailty, or pain. 3 enablers of success: #1. Honesty enables acknowledgement. Don’t lie to yourself.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 6, 2020

Guest post from Gregory P. Shea, Ph.D.: It took a while, but we got it: we were all in crisis. Many of us still are, especially the most medically and economically vulnerable both here and abroad. All of us will face moments of challenge and even crisis over the coming months. So many moments will seem small and yet they will prove definitional. They will define who we are as leaders, particularly for those whom any of us would lead today or tomorrow.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 7, 2020

As I’ve been writing about the past couple of weeks, the allostatic load of the extraordinarily stressful period we’re living, working and leading through demands that we be more mindful about the routines that can help us be both effective and healthy. I’ve already written about physical and mental routines. This week, I want to talk about relational routines; the ones that address our basic need for love and belonging and that also help keep us alive.

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Women on Business

JULY 9, 2020

Brought to you by Ubiquity: During this time of economic downfall – both globally and domestically – here in the U.S., business owners, investors, and everyone in between are scrambling to make ends meet. Some are considering taking out emergency loans to help their businesses, while others are struggling to pay rent with the remains […].

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Leadership Freak

JULY 10, 2020

“Choices are the hinges of destiny.” Poet, Edwin Markham 4 advantages of being decisive: #1. Speed. Decisive leaders choose and move. They waste less time exploring options.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 9, 2020

Guest post from S. Chris Edmonds : Most stupid policies don’t start out that way. They are intended to “protect & serve” but can evolve into something not good. There’s a story by Wayne Dyer about eagles and ducks. In organizations, ducks are those employees who are bogged down in the stupid policies, i.e. rules that no longer serve. They are helpless to change things that don’t work.

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Lead from Within

JULY 9, 2020

Do you know a successful leader who’s made bad decisions? The answer is almost certainly “yes.”. Decision making is a big part of leadership, and strong leaders pride themselves on their judgment and decisiveness. But even the best of them have made bad decisions at some point—and some of those mistakes were preventable. Here are the top red flags that can warn you that you may be making a bad choice.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 7, 2020

Last week, I talked about the power that routines can have in our lives. If you missed that, you can watch it here. In this video, I am talking about The thing about routines is that when they change, we are often left feeling a little lost, confused or even discombobulated. And if you’re like […]. The post Creating New Work Routines – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership Freak

JULY 9, 2020

You won’t make a difference if you’re easily satisfied. Yesterday I wrote, “Chronic dissatisfaction contaminates environments and teams.” Pete asks, “… what if I am the one who is chronically dissatisfied?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 10, 2020

Guest post by Martha Alderson: Leaders often rely on surveys, empirical data, conscious reasoning, concrete evidence, facts, logic, and scientific research before making decisions or changing the current course of action. We turn to experts for insight as we attempt to understand and solve a complex problem. We lean into tried-and-true strategies hoping to replicate past successes.

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Lead from Within

JULY 7, 2020

Most of us believe that in order to succeed, we have to push ourselves hard. Working excessively and compulsively has become the norm, to the degree that Americans are considered workaholics. Many of us don’t take the time to think about the toll that working so hard takes on us. But science tells us that overwork is damaging—that pushing yourself too hard comes with serious consequences for your physical and mental health.

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