Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Meanwhile, stress, anxiety, and loss of engagement at work are major factors in modern work life and statistics are staggering in a negative direction. Episode 233: Is your team ready or reactive? To be ready, deal with change, and be flexible, people need energy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Of bustling end-of-year stress to meet business goals? Evolve Your Traditions As important and meaningful as traditions can be, you can also get stuck and stressed out trying to maintain a practice that no longer makes sense. And some of the time, your team will be stressed and discouraged. Our Own the U.G.L.Y.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 22, 2024

Critical thinking is essential amidst societal divisiveness, emphasizing the need for innovative problem-solving. 03:10 – 07:18: Introduction to Ed Hess and Meaningful Work Ed stresses the importance of meaningful work amidst technological change.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Diverse teams are shown to be more innovative and resilient, and this shift underscores diversity as a strategic business advantage, particularly in fostering long-term growth. According to Invest Europe’s annual report 2023 , diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have also become critical components of venture capital assessments.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Instability breeds resilience and innovation”. G IVEN we are in a sustained period of instability, how as leaders do we dial up the resilience and innovation, without burning out ourselves or the teams we lead? How do we leverage the instability to build resilience and innovation that creates success in ourselves and our teams?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 29, 2024

9:30-11:56: Transitioning to Dan’s current endeavors, he introduces us to his innovative approach to fostering connections within organizations, especially in a remote work environment. A couple of examples are the role of insecurity as a driving force behind striving for excellence and the importance of self-evaluation.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

By working closely with leaders, I turn fear into a catalyst for growth and innovation. This approach not only humanizes leaders but also encourages team members to take risks and innovate without fear of judgment. Overcoming leadership fears requires innovative and personalized approaches.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 25, 2023

It’s perhaps natural to view conflicts at work as something that will merely add to the stresses of our normal working life. The research found that both types of conflict are associated with stress responses, such as headaches, but task-related conflicts could also help us to reduce stress.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Avoid These Intimidating Questions That Can Silence Innovation and Problem Solving When someone on your team screws up or has one of those “what were they thinking” moments, particularly when the stakes are high. We’d love to help you and your team accelerate performance, reduce stress, and work better together.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 26, 2021

Another department doesn’t keep their commitment and creates stress for your team. The increased psychological safety permits healthy risk-taking and innovation. . • A disgruntled customer eats up time–not because of a true product or service defect, but because they are having a bad day. 2) Plan for and train recovery.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The past few years have been nothing if not stressful, with the pandemic bleeding into the invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation, and general concerns around the cost of living. Each participant was asked to complete a questionnaire designed to gauge their daily stress levels. Stressed out.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2020

It generates personal fears, insecurities, and stress, all of which can inhibit high-quality thinking, decision making, and effective collaboration, which is mission-critical in such times. His studies focus on growth, innovation and learning cultures, systems and processes, and servant leadership. Inner Peace does not come easily.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Empathy has been shown to drive positive business results and has numerous therapeutic effects on stressed employees. When leaders expressed empathy for their team, it increased a team’s innovation and engagement, improved customer service, and helped them balance their home and work life.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

When members feel they can rely on each other, they’re more likely to contribute their best efforts, which results in heightened productivity and innovation. They not only manage their own stress effectively but also help to stabilize the team as a whole. They’re not content with the status quo.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 20, 2017

We all struggle “to self-regulate our basic humanity —our biases, fears, insecurities, and natural fight-flee-or-freeze response to stress and anxiety.” We need to be willing to treat all of our “beliefs (not values) as hypotheses subject to stress tests and modification by better data.”. Negative emotions cause narrow-mindedness.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2024

Work is more stressful than it needs to be. Taking initiative might mean anticipating potential problems and proposing solutions, seeking out opportunities for innovation or improvement, or voluntarily taking on additional responsibilities to relieve pressure on your team. ” This one’s tricky. After all, they are your peer.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 9, 2024

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has shown that during the COVID-19 pandemic, 40 percent of parents who worked from home felt more stressed about parenting, while only 27 percent of those who worked at their workplace reported the same. The study also revealed a difference between fathers and mothers.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 23, 2024

Their keen ability to identify opportunities for innovation and effective risk management sets a clear course for everyone involved. Cultivating Tranquility Among Stressed Teams: A single calm voice can stabilize a stressed team when deadlines loom and resources dwindle. Proving themselves indispensable in crisis situations.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Heart of Innovation : A Field Guide for Navigating to Authentic Demand by Matt Chanoff, Merrick Furst, Daniel Sabbah and Mark Wegman Books on innovation mostly focus on how to nurture innovative cultures and brainstorm ideas. Many attempts at innovation fail because customers turn out to be indifferent.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The need for connection is amplified under stress: oxytocin (the so-called cuddle hormone) is as much part of the stress response as adrenaline. Oxytocin not only stimulates connection with others, it is also the neurohormone that helps repair tissue damage incurred due to the stress response. Dealing with setbacks.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2024

David and Lori highlight the need for more personalized and contextual development, stressing the importance of aligning your thoughts and engaging in open, honest conversations. They stress that training leaders as if it’s still the last century doesn’t work in today’s rapidly changing environment.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

However, this same drive can also lead to overwhelming stress and a constant sense of inadequacy, ultimately hindering both personal and professional success. By viewing setbacks as valuable lessons rather than shortcomings, leaders can foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Stress, disengagement, quiet quitting, and mass resignations… Has all the rapid change led to more workplace conflict? For many, the pandemic’s hypervigilance, anxiety, and stress created lasting mental health challenges. Is conflict wearing us all down? At what cost?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

In all three areas, Baldoni stresses the importance of community. Good Leaders Prepare for the Future A crisis often elicits innovation. “When it comes to dealing with change and crisis, grace becomes evident in how we treat one another.” Baldoni looks at the three characteristics of good leaders through the lens of grace. Be patient.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And yet during times of stress, ambiguity, and change , when you need your team to be THE MOST resourceful, some managers clamp down, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow their team down. Who doesn’t need more of that on their team right now? ” It’s tricky to be quick and clever in a scene like that.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

61% higher likelihood of burnout often or always 48% higher likelihood of daily stress 66% higher likelihood of worry Double the rate of daily sadness and anger. If you follow this blog, it is obvious to you that this impacts relationship, creativity and innovation, energy, and trust.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2019

His goal is to “teach you how to be both the boss everyone wants to work for and the high achiever every CEO wants to hire—all without drama, stress, or endless hours in the office.”. A culture of trust and psychological safety reduces the magnitude of mistakes and fosters innovation. Shut Off Your Smartphone. Have No Rules.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Boost Productivity Through Respect and Transparency 00:00 – Treat Your People Like Equals Chris Dyer opens the episode by stressing the importance of treating your people as equals. This honesty creates a culture where teams feel safe to innovate, ultimately boosting productivity. And trust us, it’s worth it.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 27, 2020

They are cognitive reappraisal, grit, learning from feedback, finding your spark, innovation, resilience, and building balance. Wild Success by Amy Posey and Kevin Vallely illustrates seven leadership lessons we can learn from the harrowing experiences of extreme athletes.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Once we were habituated to being confined to our homes, “activities that seemed effortless before, such as getting up every morning and changing out of our comfy sweatpants into a dark blue suit, would now induce stress. It seems “ that a failure to habituate many indeed be related to innovative thinking.”

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In Upshift , Ramalingam distils this expertise into an insightful, powerful, and engaging book that will show you how to reframe your set responses to stress and pressure and instead use them to harness the potential they hold not just for improving your work, your relationships, and your mindset, but for transforming them. You can, too.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

We are all wired to fear the downsides of uncertainty, but we forget that change, creation, transformation, and innovation rarely show up without some measure of it.”. We feel them first: anxiety, stress, exhaustion, frustration, and confusion. That’s not to say that there are no real downsides.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 21, 2019

Next, make stress your friend. Because it’s where the most brilliant ideas and innovations come from. First and foremost, please, above all else, never lose your desire to learn. Keep an intellectual curiosity that can never be satisfied. . Well, in business and especially when leading, there are DEADLINES.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

In these fast-paced, ever-changing, turbulent, and most stressful times, a major challenge that all leaders face is how to reduce skepticism and build greater trust and confidence in their role, their decisions, and in the organization they lead. A culture of continuous learning will bolster organizational creativity and innovation.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Feeling Squeezed by Stress? Four Steps to Business Model Innovation via @INSEADKnowledge. Here are a selection of tweets from November 2020 that you don't want to miss: The Best Revenge: What to Do When Someone Does Us Wrong by Ken Downer @RapidStartLdr. Here's How To Feel Grateful Instead by @AlliPolin. by @JesseLynStoner.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

However, failure to delegate and share responsibilities can create bottlenecks, stifling innovation and slowing growth. Leaders who exhibit empathy and practice authentic leadership are more likely to build trust within their teams, fostering psychological safety, which is essential for innovation.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

25 Ways You May Be Stressing Yourself Out by @FrankSonnenberg. How to Create a Permission Structure for Innovation by @ScottEblin. Why the Best Leaders Ask For Help In A Crisis by @LollyDaskal Lego CEO Niels Christiansen On Play During Covid-19 Pandemic via @TIME #Lego makes a hundred billion bricks a year. by @KateNasser.

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