Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

An energy boost feels like happiness. 7 ways to give yourself an energy boost today.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 8, 2024

Life requires management. Self-management is managing personal energy. Read this post to discover 12 secrets to self-management. What are you self-management strategies? Spontaneous living ends in disaster. Fulfillment follows intention.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 13, 2023

To be ready, deal with change, and be flexible, people need energy. Find out how to enhance your personal energy when managing or collaborating with others to become more mentally agile and productive. 16:31 Making the distinction between professional, private, and personal energy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? Managing change is critical for your success—too much change, too quickly creates instability. But intentional change isn’t easy.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

We need reminders that everything we hope to do requires time and energy. Time management is the power to manage your schedule and your energy. You have two or three golden hours every… Continue reading →

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the demanding realm of leadership, effective time management is not just a skill; it’s a strategic advantage. Here are the best time management tips for busy leaders who aim to excel in their roles and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Set Clear Goals: Goal setting is a cornerstone of effective time management.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Life management is energy management. Energy flows out naturally; it’s restored intentionally. Fatigue isn’t overwork; it’s failure to refuel. You go dry when you pour out more than you pour in. You can’t flourish on empty. Depletion is inevitable apart from intervention. Create a refueling schedule. Learn more.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 14, 2021

Some are eager for the stimulation and energy of being around other people. ” Another person I spoke with said, “My manager was all about us working remotely until he realized that he’s an extrovert and now had no one to talk to. Over the past month, as more U.S. Others are not. They were good at what they did.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 11, 2023

Can you relate to the phrase, overwhelmed working manager? Recently we received a question from a manager and this manager writes, “I am a working manager. Not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work besides having to lead my team. What should I do?”

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

In Positively Energizing Leadership , Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Kim Cameron, says it is about “how to capitalize on an inherent tendency in all living systems to orient themselves toward light or life-giving positive energy. A quid pro quo is not expected.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Don’t spend all your time and energy on the difficult person, just enough to know that you provided the person with the opportunity to make the needed changes. And remember through all of this, that dealing with negative employees can distract you from more important issues. If you ultimately let the employee go, don’t look back.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? Managing change is critical for your success—too much change, too quickly creates instability. But intentional change isn’t easy.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 24, 2022

“Being an energizer is 4X more important than your title, position in a hierarchy, position in an influence network, or your position in an information network.” Kim Cameron Teams with one deadbeat suffer… Continue reading →

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In our research on innovation and psychological safety, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” These are opportunities for resourcefulness that don’t require extra energy or learning. It’s tough for teams to be quick and clever in those circumstances.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

Navigating the complexities of leadership and management styles requires more than conventional wisdom; it requires a deep understanding of how different management styles impact an organization. Adizes’ generally addresses four management styles: Creator, Integrator, Administrator, and Producer.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 5, 2023

Successful Working Managers Relentlessly Prioritize, Invest in People, and Delegate “I’m a working manager – not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work, besides having to lead my team. What is a working manager? To manage this overwhelm, Mind the M.I.T.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 24, 2021

We’ve both heard these words and so has nearly every manager we’ve ever worked with. Managers get in trouble when they allow these discussions to get mixed up. If you’ve heard this or said it yourself, you’ve experienced the second decision-making mistake managers commit: lack of clarity around ownership.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2017

According to the 2015 Employee Trends Report by Quantum Workplace, one of the biggest areas of concern for team members is that there is often not open and honest communication with managers. Take for example if a manager needs to have a difficult conversation with team members, say about their performance. So why is this?

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 8, 2024

Whether it’s a personality clash, conflicting work styles, or unproductive behavior, managing a difficult colleague can be a significant source of stress and frustration. However, with the right approach and strategies, you can successfully manage these relationships and maintain a positive, productive work environment.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Over 20 years ago, I had a manager whose presence was an instant energy booster. Sometimes, he'd spontaneously invite us to sit in on a meeting with upper management, giving us a glimpse into high-level decision-making. Traditional management theory often centers around stability, predictability, and standardization.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 26, 2023

Or as one manager told me when she is perceived as negative, “It’s not that I’m negative, it’s just that I care so F-ing much!” If you’re talking to an “idea person”, they want to explore and build on ideas, not have their creativity and energy crushed before their ideas can breathe.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 19, 2019

Ground Yourself Here Before Giving Feedback Steve had thrown every ounce of energy into launching his most important strategic initiative. Last week we shared reasons employees might resist your coaching. There’s one other vital factor to ensure your feedback is heard. Everyone […].

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Second Key: Energy Be intentional about how you spend your time. Invest more time in the things that sustain and replenish your energy and eliminate or better manage those things that drain your energy.” What you tell yourself matters, and it’s time to take control of that messaging.”

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Lead from Within

JUNE 4, 2024

In today’s fast-paced world, effective time management is the key to success for both professionals and leaders alike. Time is a finite resource, and how we manage it can greatly impact our productivity and overall well-being. Let’s dive in and discover how you can optimize your time management skills.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

If you follow this blog, it is obvious to you that this impacts relationship, creativity and innovation, energy, and trust. My job and my manage r are the two strongest links to net thriving.” Many find spending time with their manager to be the worst time of their day. Remove abusive managers. What can leaders do?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Later, talking with Declan’s manager, she was grateful for Declan’s work, but also confused. Declan was frustrated—and so was his manager. He expected that by fulfilling those parameters, he’d done good work and that his manager would acknowledge that work. But what’s happening with Declan’s manager?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, when you don’t pay attention to tactics and effective management, you create needless conflicts, frustrations and hurt feelings. Leaders and managers often struggle with the difference between strategy and tactics or vision and operations. This type of meaningless work saps morale and wastes precious time and energy.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 28, 2024

Focused energy makes success more likely. Successful leaders energize people. People won’t tell you this, they don’t like talking with you when you don’t like talking with them. I decided to write about simple ways to energize people during conversations. How do you energize people?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 16, 2023

Typically, this would be the manager or someone she appoints. This type of confusion wastes tons of precious time and energy. You’ll avoid wasted energy, energize, and empower your people to be more influential because when they know who owns the decision, they also know how to share their information. Be specific.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over-involved managers frustrate people all over the world, telling them what to do, slowing them down, and getting in the way. Interestingly, we hear an equally common frustration from these over-involved managers. This leads to a negative feedback loop where the manager causes some of the very outcomes that lead them to micromanage.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 19, 2021

If you knew your manager really cared about you, would you want them to give you meaningful performance feedback? A Manager’s Guide to Better Decision Making (May 2021). How to Give Your Team the Energy They Need (January 2021). Read the article here. How to Provide More Meaningful Performance Feedback (February 2021).

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

These things cannot be ignored and are a source of powerful leadership energy. When you align these elements they become a source of powerful energy. It was a time when he didn’t see himself as a leader. 6:12 – Next we discuss the 7-9 elements that everyone needs in their life.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 2, 2020

In All In: Driven by Passion, Energy, and Purpose , he shares the values and beliefs, the ups and downs of his career, and the lessons he has taken from them. It helps us guard against energy vampires. But there is a difference between being an energy vampire and lacking confidence.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

These eight strategies will help you maintain your team’s energy and morale when goals change frequently. But how you handle those changes makes all the difference in whether or team adjusts and engages with energy or gives up with futile frustration. Set Expectations. Create a Consistent Reliable Communication Strategy. That’s life.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For many leaders, emotional splash comes from their intensity and drive-useful attributes, but ones that need to be managed. The staff in front cringed (along with all the customers) as their manager berated an employee. All this emotional splash sucks the energy out of people, limits productivity, and undermines your credibility.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 7, 2022

So I’m pulling into the stadium and I can hear the cadence of the marching band coming around the track … Actually, I think this story will be more fun if I tell it to you this way: Communicating Clear Expectations is Not Micro-Managing, It’s Empowering. What’s your best secret for encouraging better results?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

A Manager’s Guide to Better Decision Making. How to Give Your Team the Energy They Need. In one of our earliest leadership articles of 2021, David shares practical ways to give your team more energy and hope. This guide contains very practical tips for making better decisions and can help gain back lost time.

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