Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In this week’s Asking for a Friend, I speak with Whitney Johnson, author of Smart Growth, about how to support your team along the S curve of employee growth. When I read Whitney’s new book, I was struck by how her model reflected my own journey of taking the leap from Verizon Wireless executive to entrepreneur.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 26, 2023

One of the big culprits that leads to a negative Eeyore leadership style, is HOW YOU RESPOND TO IDEAS. How you respond to ideas will influence how you’re perceived Imagine this. You’re in a leadership meeting, and your boss proposes an idea that sounds great IN THEORY. Which of course, is unlikely.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

But there’s always a leadership opportunity when a team member brings you a complaint. Depending on the circumstance, it may be an opportunity for that person to grow, for you to improve your leadership, or a moment to connect, build a stronger team, or a better process.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 15, 2020

The post How to Co-Create a Better Future appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. There’s no going back, but a better future is possible It should be clear to every leader at this point: there’s no getting back to “normal.” The pandemic has unalterably shifted the economic landscape and business operations.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 11, 2021

How to get the right people on the team? The post The Most Important Leadership Question You’ll Ever Ask appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. When you think about leading a productive team, what’s the first question that comes to mind? What’s the perfect vision? Of course, these questions […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Leadership growth requires feedback and continual learning. And your influence will grow too if you invest in your leadership growth. Another time, we were working with an organization’s managers and having them rate the leadership behavior where they felt the most need to improve. Invest in Your Leadership Growth.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 2, 2022

As organizations flatten and people continue to work remotely, it will take more than an executive sponsor to ensure your leadership development sticks. If your Sales SVP thinks your leadership development program is a distraction, your sales managers will show up late and multi-task. Now you want them to be leadership coaches too?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This reality is only magnified by the growing leadership gap we are experiencing not just here in the United States, but globally. Seasoned leaders are retiring or exiting the workforce at a higher rate than almost ever before, and there are fewer and fewer millennials and gen Z employees interested in leadership roles.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2022

During difficult times, what leadership values matter most? In fact, in our recent LinkedIn poll, 61% said “compassion” was most the most critical leadership value this year. In fact, in our recent LinkedIn poll, 61% said “compassion” was most the most critical leadership value this year. Compassion.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 22, 2020

The post How to Lead Decisively When You Don’t Know What’s Next appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. You don’t know what you don’t know, and even what you DO know you know could change. In a recent conversation, with “Joe” a senior leader in the assisted […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 9, 2021

Or, it could be they’ve not received the leadership training or 360 feedback they need to improve. The post How to Give Difficult Feedback to Your Boss (Even When You’re Scared) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Maybe they’re unaware of the impact of their behavior. But, practice builds confidence.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 17, 2020

The post How to Stop Remote Work from Stealing Your Life appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Awareness and intention will help stop remote work from stealing your life It’s not your imagination: if the pandemic shifted your job to working from home, odds are, you’re working longer hours.

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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? Your Turn Managing change is a critical leadership skill. How about you? What you learn will serve you and your team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

And curiosity about how to approach your work differently. The Help-Seeker’s Script: How to Holler for a Helping Hand And, here are a few powerful phrases to help get past that feeling of overload by asking for help. The post Overloaded at Work: How to Ask For the Support You Need appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

” How to Say No at Work. In our leadership programs, we always recommend facing difficult conversations with confidence and humility. “Yes… And” As David Dye shares in, How to Help Your Team Say No at Work, one way to do this is by affirming the request and the value the request might represent—that’s the “yes.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s a common leadership frustration that we’ve experienced and hear from leaders regularly: “My people lack a sense of urgency. How can I ensure things get done on time?” As with so much of leadership, the first step is to examine yourself. Your team pays attention to how you respond to tasks, opportunities, and problems.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

This moment in my career helped launch me into the next level of leadership at the company I worked for. Watch the video for my tips on how to prepare for that moment…the one that could potentially change your career and your life so you can become the leader you want to be. . How to Get Your Boss Excited About Your Great Idea.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 12, 2020

The post How To Lead In The Midst Of Urgent, Rapid Change And Strain appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Lead through rapid change with calm clarity When he started work that week, “Aaron” didn’t know that he’d be asked to guide his team through a coronavirus response, but within just a few days the situation was urgent.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 8, 2020

The post How to Hold an Effective Mid-Year Review in a Pandemic appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Some days it takes every ounce of energy just to make it through. Who has time for mid-year reviews? Why not just skip them this year? After all, a great mid-year review is […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 30, 2021

Karin and I are no strangers to the stress and anxiety that come with leadership. They chose the human-centered leadership that we’d let our stress undermine. If you don’t recognize what’s happening those stress responses will short-circuit your human-centered leadership. It Happens. An unforeseen ball is dropped.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

See How to Build a Great Team Culture. How do we better leverage the strengths of every team member? How do we best communicate? Our clients tell us that one reason our leadership programs lead to sustained culture change is that everyone adopts a common vocabulary. And, they master the art of post-project celebrations.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 26, 2022

This is where The Leadership Pause can help. In this episode, Chris Johnson, author of The Leadership Pause gives you tools to sharpen a skill that leads to clarity of mind and heart, reduces stress, and increases resilience. Leadership Pause. How do you navigate it all? How do you navigate it all? Get The Book.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2022

You might miss a big chance to improve your leadership, fix a problem, or truly help the person be more effective. Your Leadership. One common cause of employee negativity is poor leadership. Eliminate these toxic behaviors from your leadership before doing anything else. Lack of appreciation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

To get better executive leadership support, ask for what you need. You have lots of great reasons to want better leadership support for your team. How do you ask for the leadership support you need without looking needy? Is it appropriate to ask for this senior leadership support directly? Be easy to help.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

How to Develop Entrepreneurial Thinking on Your Team. “Errr, well, no, but …” The conversation after that “but” is at the heart of teaching your team how to think and act like an entrepreneur. The post How To Help Your Team Think Like an Entrepreneur appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Whenever anyone asks me what leadership lessons I wished I’d learned sooner, I always have the same response. How to Build These Important Coworker Relationships. What do they need from you (how can you best help?). How can they best help you? How did you help one another? An Encourager. A Challenger.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Shortly after joining a new church, the council president enthusiastically revealed that I (Karin) was part of their “volunteer leadership succession plan.” How to Recruit Volunteer Leaders Leadership is leadership—whether you work in a volunteer organization or a corporation. Or no one asked them to serve.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Balancing leadership strategy and tactics is critical for leaders at every level of an organization. When you embrace effective leadership strategy and tactics, they’ll work together to help you, your teams, and organization thrive. But they are both vital to your success and don’t have to be complicated.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

B RAD JACOBS, CEO and serial entrepreneur—United Rentals and XPO Logistics—has made and kept a few billion dollars and aims to show us how to do the same in How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. The most valuable part of the book for me was the first chapter on transforming how you use your mind.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 28, 2022

” This question came in from one of our recent leadership development programs. See also: How to Reset Performance Expectations for Better Results. Team Conflict: How to Surface and Discuss Simmering Issues (Video). Practical Approaches For a Better Clear the Air Meeting. Discuss intentions and outcomes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 21, 2021

How do you tap into the grit and tenacity when you are exhausted? In this week’s Asking for a Friend I speak with World Class Ultra Triathlete, Kurt Madden, who is also CEO of The Collaborative, about leadership tenacity and grit. 6:06 How to coach someone to tap into and to nurture their own confidence. What is tenacity?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 25, 2021

The post Too Many Meetings – How to Free Your Team to Build, Create, and Thrive appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. When your calendar staggers under the weight of too many meetings, start with design thinking, involve your team, and improve your use of asynchronous tools. It’s a refrain […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

Recently, we had one of our global leadership development participants ask how we would lead through a no-win scenario. We would love to hear from you: how have you or another leader you respect navigated seeming no-win scenarios? The post How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

” Why is a Check for Understanding a Powerful Leadership Communication Best Practice? Of all the leadership communication techniques we share in our leadership programs , the check for understanding always rises to the top as one of the easiest to do, while having the fastest impact. How to Check for Understanding.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 25, 2022

Learning How to Be Less Negative Will Make You More Effective. If you often hear that you’re too negative, learning how to be less negative is a critical skill to master—and fast. If you often hear that you’re too negative, learning how to be less negative is a critical skill to master—and fast. Why They Think You’re Negative.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 21, 2021

If you’ve read Courageous Cultures, attended one of our leadership development programs, or have hung out much on this blog, you know we’re big fans of the I.D.E.A. The post How To Speak Up in Meetings (A Video For if You’re Feeling Unsure) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. method for positioning your ideas.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 13, 2023

Learning how to be a less negative leader is a critical skill to master and fast. How to be a less negative leader. Hey, it’s David and you’re listening to leadership without losing your soul. One of the most common reasons people get a negative label is because of how they respond to ideas.

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