Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 10, 2022

What’s your most valuable leadership practice? At the start of our work together, we’ll ask leaders and managers around the world for their most valuable leadership practice. But What’s the MOST Valuable Leadership Practice? What’s the most valuable leadership practice? It’s not flashy or charismatic.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Importance of Executive Management Coaching Today The importance of executive management coaching in today’s volatile business environment cannot be overstated. As companies strive to stay ahead of the curve and maintain a competitive edge, the need for effective leadership at the executive level becomes paramount.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Overcoming an Outdated Leadership Brand. You’ve worked hard to build your leadership brand, but the negative perceptions linger. You can improve your reputation and your leadership brand with this proactive approach. What is a leadership brand? Imagine a meme or a billboard on the highway describing your leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 7, 2021

Early in my career, I learned a vital leadership lesson about how to give your team energy. The post How to Give Your Team Energy They Need appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Lead like it’s the first time to give your team energy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 21, 2023

My Feedback Isn’t Working…Performance Management for Repeat Issues You take performance management seriously. askingforafriend Human-centered performance management means giving meaningful feedback that reinforces clear expectations and gives space for emotions, support, and reflection. Here’s how.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

How To Get Better at Managing Up (Even With the Tough Feedback). Karin, I want to get better at managing up. How do I do this well? Or, it could be they’ve not received the leadership training or 360 feedback t hey need to improve. If you want to have more influence managing up, take it offline.

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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. The Power of Leaders as Coaches. Wait, What?

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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

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. Sometimes, high-performing employees need their manager to tell them when to stop working. “Oh,

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Promote leaders who show their commitment to relationships and results One of the most important leadership decisions you’ll ever make is the choice to promote someone into a leadership role. Who you promote into leadership sends a powerful message of what matters […].

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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!” One of the big culprits that leads to a negative Eeyore leadership style, is HOW YOU RESPOND TO IDEAS. How do you help a team member who is perceived as negative?

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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

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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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. You can do this with your manager too (depending on their receptivity to the earlier steps). The post How to Give Difficult Feedback to Your Boss (Even When You’re Scared) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Practical Advice for New Managers. (An Karin, I’m new to leadership. And, I really want to come off strong as a new manager. A few of Bill’s Two-word insights for a New Manager. What are TWO OF YOUR favorite words of advice for a new manager? The post New Manager? ” #askingforafriend.

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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. She didn’t realize how much her stress showed on the outside until a trusted manager on her team called her and said bluntly, “You’re changing.” A second manager followed up to say, “Your style works. It Happens. Stay the course.

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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. Tell me about a time that you strongly disagreed with your manager. How did you work to overcome it?

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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. However, when you don’t pay attention to tactics and effective management, you create needless conflicts, frustrations and hurt feelings. But they are both vital to your success and don’t have to be complicated.

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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

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 13, 2022

Most managers will say they want those outcomes and that they believe in an empowered team, but unintentionally prevent their teams from doing their best. One Big Reason Managers Disempower Their Team. The most common mistakes that disempower teams often result from a manager’s insecurity. Unclear Definition of Success.

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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

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

JULY 19, 2021

Your Favorite Leadership Blog Posts So Far This Year. One of the interesting parts of being regular leadership writers (we’ve been blogging here at Let’s Grow Leaders since 2012), is to see which of our leadership blog posts resonate the most with our readers and why. We would love to hear from you. Read more here.

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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. It’s natural to focus on building a great relationship with your manager. How to Build These Important Coworker Relationships. What do they need from you (how can you best help?). An Encourager.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 28, 2021

If you are (or have been) a middle manager, you know how tough this role can be. In this episode, you’ll get practical steps you can take to master one transformational role the best middle managers do better than anyone else in an organization. Middle Manager Super Power. Middle Manager Super Power.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Leading through a layoff is one of the most unnerving challenges you can face as a manager. Or, it could be you are worried about how to sustain momentum with a reduced staff. And, I had lost some of my best managers- – many of who had become close friends. We managed to sustain momentum, but it wasn’t easy.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

As an experienced leadership coach, I’ve witnessed firsthand the challenges leaders face when implementing changes. Through my work, I’ve developed a comprehensive approach to managing resistance and ensuring a smoother transition to new leadership practices. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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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 13, 2021

Overused assets can ruin a positive leadership presence. But somehow, your leadership presence isn’t working. Leadership Presence Mistake #1—Tunnel Vision. Focus is a useful leadership skill, but too much of a good thing becomes a liability. Leadership Presence Mistake #2—Emotional Splash. Process it.

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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

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

JULY 12, 2021

What you do next will reinforce your leadership and influence—or erode your credibility. Depending on the circumstance, it may be an opportunity for them to grow, for you to improve your leadership, or a moment to connect and build a stronger team. How to Address Team Conflict Productively. 6 Ways to Deal with Team Conflict.

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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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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

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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