Lead from Within

JUNE 8, 2023

Office politics can be a fact of life in any organization, and it can be especially challenging for leaders who are trying to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics and conflicting agendas. Here are a few strategies that the best leaders use to navigate office politics: Lead by example: The best leaders lead by example.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Office politics can be a major source of stress and frustration. As an executive leadership coach, I have seen the negative impact of office politics on company culture. Completely eliminating office politics may be impossible. You encourage the cessation of office politics, gossiping, and talking behind each other’s back.

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Leading Blog

MAY 9, 2024

Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal on organizational politics: “Leaders need friends and allies to get things done. Why should you have to play political games to get something accepted if it’s the right thing to do? The point that Molière made four centuries ago still holds: it is hard to dislike politics without also disliking people.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

He blames you, the system, politics, and that crazy project you gave him last year. Related Stories 5 Reasons Your Emails Don’t Work 5 Steps to Managing Emotions at Work 3 Secrets to Sharing Secrets. He’s a strong performer and a vital member of your team. appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Office politics usually gets a bad rap and is often associated with toxic cultures that result in marginalized groups being frozen out. New research from King’s College London highlights how it doesn’t have to be that way, and there are approaches that can lead to a healthier form of office politics that is more inclusive.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I can’t tell you how many times a manager has come to me for advice after they’ve made a technically authentic, but clumsy move: Storming out of a staff meeting in anger. I once had a manager who would start each staff meeting telling us all about her boyfriend, Charlie, and his dog Guss. If Gus had worms, we knew it.

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 1, 2020

If there’s one realization every leader can take to heart from the pandemic and social-political turmoil gripping the United States right now, it’s that you cannot lead without trust. When your team won’t trust you, that’s job number one. When your team […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 13, 2018

One of the biggest “do you have a private minute” questions we get asked by managers is “how do I get anything done with my indecisive boss?” ” Okay, the conversation is actually less polite. It’s usually more along the lines of: “Aghhhhh, […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Kilmann explains that his interest in conflict stems from his personal experiences growing up in a family affected by conflict and his academic studies on conflict management. Conflict is inevitable and not inherently bad, but it needs to be managed effectively. They emphasize the increasing importance of conflict resolution skills. (06:15)

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The term “political correctness” has gained a bad reputation in recent years as critics argue that it forces them to tread on eggshells for fear of offending someone. So, the authors pondered whether political correctness may come from a good place, but it might also have consequences for us as employees.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 25, 2024

The researchers analyzed how media with different political leanings reacted to AI. They determined the partisan sentiment for each outlet by referencing the Media Bias Rating Chart from AllSides, a company that assesses the perceived political bias of online news content. ”

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Here's the Secrets by @PhilCooke The golden strategy of stacked “marginal gains” via @bigthink 8 Easy Ways to Regain Focus by @stopyourdrama Marlene Chism PODCAST: Juergen Resch with @jamesstrock Echoes of 1924?

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 15, 2020

What’s changed is how individuals work together, how managers lead, and how employees can set themselves apart from their colleagues. The workplace looks vastly different today than it did a year ago.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Do everything you can to learn about the executive’s goals, competing priorities, decision-making styles, and political dynamics. I’ve been doing a lot of work recently helping managers hone their skills in this arena. Executives can often be hard to read, but there’s a lot going in their quick-thinking brains.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Politics and personal agendas can derail a high-performing team. Learn the difference between being savvy and being political. Personal agendas and politics can derail the performance of your entire team and your team will no longer be high performing. Now, there’s a difference between being savvy and being political.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

Living out their own code becomes critical to that process, especially in a political environment with really no code. Comey cast doubt on the FBI when he allowed himself to be drug into the political drama of the time. The FBI, as an institution, enforces code and investigates deviations from that code—the U.S.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

DECEMBER 13, 2022

You shouldn’t be surprised when someone’s polite. Who would have thought that you could distinguish yourself simply by being polite? While being polite may seem like a very small deal, behaving that way says a lot about you. Are You Surprised When Someone’s Polite? Yes, please.) People Notice…Believe Me. As Bryant H.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In our International Masters Program for Managers, the 10-day worldly mindset is devoted to the social, political, and economic issues around. The following is a guest piece from McGill Professor (and fellow Montrealer) Henry Mintzberg. Do we need more globalization on this globe? How about more worldliness in this world?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Not surprisingly, weak CEOs pander to public opinion, they manage the routine rather than the extraordinary, and they worry more about being right than achieving the right outcome. While good decisions measure and manage risk, they are rarely risk free. The best chief executives manage opportunity first – and risk second.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The writer asks, "What are your thoughts on the idea of asking your manager what their ambitions are?" It's a wonderful question with political implications. I received an email about a boss's aspirations. A direct answer might be difficult. I offered this reader some suggestions. What suggestions to you have?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 29, 2020

The rancor in our political system, fueled as it is by people who do not want to listen to one another, paralyzes so much of our public discourse.” It is difficult to find a voice today that is not hindered by personal biases, political affiliations, pandering, sarcasm, and name-calling. And it matters most when there is disagreement.

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leaderCommunicator

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Companies and their leaders are facing increasing pressure today to speak out on political and societal issues.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 20, 2014

Learn about 3 lessons from the political realm that inform us on how leaders can successfully champion change initiatives in their organization. Managing Through Career and Life Changes. Monique Valcour of the Harvard Business Review Blog Network shares If You’re Not Helping People Develop, You’re Not Management Material.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 2, 2020

elections in November will likely exacerbate anxieties, given the volatile political environment and inevitable stoking of fears by some politicians. Now, I’m not here to offer financial advice or political commentary. First, the approaching flu season could spell trouble if the pandemic is still in full swing.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The political world contains similar offenders. You win great victory or manage to ascend somehow to the top of what the nineteenth-century Conservative prime minister Benjamin Disraeli called the greasy pole. You conclude that youre a genius.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Featuring commentary from the leaders themselves describing how they handled each situation, it helps managers better understand not just what emotional intelligence is, or how to measure it, or how it is linked to bottom-line results: it also shows how real leaders used their emotional intelligence to deal with real situations.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2017

Nathan Regier of Next Element Consulting – Next From Nate shares his viewpoint that when we mediate, manage, or reduce the conflict, we necessarily reduce the energy available for productive problem-solving. For Better Decisions: Convert Competitive Talking into Collaborative Talking Follow Shelley.

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Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2023

Looking the Part, Being the Part by @James_Albright 5 Things To Quit To Become More Successful by @JosephLalonde Identity Politics Comes for Tim Scott by @jamesstrock | Social Conservatives Join the Attack on One of Their Own. It Matters More Than You Think by @PhilCooke The Death of The Manager Role Is Predicted Yet Again.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

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. We can fix that by improving employee experiences and teaching managers to be better coaches. Remove abusive managers. Upskill managers to move from boss to coach.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2019

This is an invaluable discussion for executives, managers, team leaders, and human resource professionals looking for an effective way to engage and motivate employees at every level of an organization. This movement was all over the news, internet, and social media. But what, if any, has its impact been in the workplace?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2024

I politely declined and spent the next month working to act less “leader-like” at church. You’ll need to politely tell him to chill. But make that first “yes” as manageable as possible. Our teenagers would get so annoyed when adults try to micro-manage their leadership efforts. He needs relief, and it’s a new day.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 3, 2019

Whether you are a self-starter ready to make a disruptive pivot in your business, a high-potential individual charting your career trajectory, a manager looking to instill innovative thinking amongst your team, or a leader facing industry changes that make for an uncertain future—you will be sure to benefit from this hour-long exclusive webinar.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

I once worked with a company that decided to collapse its engineering organization by turning Engineering Managers into Managing Engineers, and oh, what a difference the word order makes. Managing Engineers are expected to have their hands on a keyboard most of the time. Instead, they compete with the work for the leader’s time.

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leaderCommunicator

JUNE 3, 2024

Given just how intense the political environment has become, leaders surely have their hands full. Many of the veteran leaders at our recent meeting said the 2024 election season is the most fraught political and communications environment they’ve ever seen. People have less and less trust in institutions. …

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. Part four will balance needs with compromises and float tangential opportunities to expand horizons and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘pink giraffe’ management candidate. The bar is set high.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 28, 2019

The man had clearly hung up the phone, so all the father had to do was mention politely how the radiation can still be impacted even with the doors open. Next time you see an employee acting out, take them aside and reflect their behavior back to them in as polite a way possible. End conversation.

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