Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

Whether you’re in a formal leadership position or are participating on a committee, in a meeting, or on a project team, you have a role to play. Scenario: Group Discussion with Quiet Participants During a discussion, you notice that some members of the group aren’t speaking or sharing their thoughts. Are we voting?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Whether to participate fully or phone it in. Every ounce of energy they spend on a project is a gift. For example, if someone’s bringing some unorthodox solutions that don’t make immediate sense to you, you can start with: “I am grateful for the work you’ve put in on this project and the creative solutions you’ve uncovered.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2015

Our June Festival is all about new beginnings, fresh starts, and project launches. Wally Bock of Three-Star Leadership says that when you’re starting a new project, it’s tempting to think you can plan the error out of it. ” This post will show you how to stop leaving projects half-finished. Think again.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Indeed, research covered in HBR revealed that an incredible 80% of employees are juggling at least a few projects at any one time. The researchers examined projects done by a large multinational firm to understand who was responsible for what, how time was allocated, and the monthly targets the project adhered to.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Figure out how the meeting should motivate your team, build trust between you and them, deliver a platform for healthy collaboration, and finally, host a two-way communication platform so everyone participates equally. I used to hold 5-minute project status meetings while everyone stood. The shorter, the better.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 20, 2014

”Sure, I slacked off a bit on that project, but, I’m only human for Pete’s sake. When I asked them to self-assess where they feel they ranked in terms of class participation, 100% rated themselves in the top 30%. When it comes to self-assessment, our confidence seems to out-weigh our humility.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Here are 6 steps that you can take to get your next “Big Change” effort successfully off-the-ground: Give It a Name : Massive change efforts deserve to be formally managed like a project. It requires the involvement and participation of many stakeholders. So, give it a name.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It will see all of those who have been unemployed for at least a year invited to participate, after which they will go on a two-month preparatory course. Each participant will then be helped to find a suitable job in the private sector, which will be subsidized by the scheme, or alternatively a job will be created in the public sector.

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Leading in Context

MAY 15, 2019

By Linda Fisher ThorntonI participate in a global think tank called The Milennium Project (TMP). As an invited reviewer, my focus is on Global Challenge 15: Global Ethics.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2021

Your silent wounded need encouragement to participate in a courageous culture. Is that a project you’d be willing to help with?”. With all of these challenging types, your approach and the conversations give them a chance to participate in a courageous, speak-up culture. Silent Wounded. Schmoozers.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 12, 2017

Participating in volunteer projects – this is by far the most interesting way of enriching yourself. By working on a special project, you get to meet new people, learn new things and challenge yourself. Experience – this is what I call the school of hard knocks.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 1, 2013

There’s always excitement around a new project. Just about every influence on our once new and exciting project also brings a constraint. We can lose interest or become frustrated by our once shiny new project. In many ways, constraints shape our ability to understand the problem or project at hand.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 30, 2024

Participate in cross-departmental projects to gain insights into areas outside your expertise. Action: Seek opportunities to lead larger projects or initiatives that require cross-functional collaboration. Action: Attend industry conferences, join professional associations, and actively participate in business forums.

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Leading Blog

JULY 23, 2021

However, this doesn’t apply to change initiatives where the type of change, the context for it, and the project team are new. Setting up a frequent and consistent communication schedule creates the expectation that people will receive regular updates from leaders and the project team. Managing Uncertainty.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

What I didn’t foresee is how many teams would want to participate in learning together, and how many leaders of teams would want their whole organization to read and study together to help the whole company stand out. Even families want to read this together.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

As a Project Manager or PM, your trial by fire is probably going to be whatever projects you’re working to complete. Each new project will be its own trial by fire, and that which is being put on metaphorical trial are your skills as a PM. Perseverance: Some Projects Are Much Harder Than Others.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

According to research from Cornell, people prefer to collaborate with higher-paid colleagues on work projects, but they tend to hire subordinates with a lower pay history than their own. students were asked to bid on a project and choose a partner, knowing their potential partners bids. In the first experiment, 171 economics Ph.D.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Designing and delivering the ACE Leader Programme at Exeter College has been one of the most rewarding projects of my career. Participants are also required to complete a digital reflective workbook after each session and to submit an end-of-course assignment about leadership in FE.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 28, 2023

Be comfortable in social situations, making eye contact, and projecting a positive attitude. to encourage active listening and participation with your audience. Smile when you respond and nod your head to communicate approval and engagement. Be confident and charismatic. Don’t take too long — people today have a short attention span.

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Leading Blog

JULY 30, 2021

Most of them stem from one fundamental flaw: we never took the time to establish the ground rules for meaningful participation. Most of them stem from one fundamental flaw: we never took the time to establish the ground rules for meaningful participation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 3, 2017

Yesterday “Doug,” a participant in one of our Winning Well workshops, asked, “Karin, if I were to walk into your office right now with the goal of convincing you I’m a rock star, what behaviors would get your attention?”. Do You Offer Solutions?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 23, 2021

Maybe it’s a quick message about something that’s happening for them personally, a person, a pet, a project, something that’s going on in their life that you can recognize, acknowledge, encourage them, wish them well in it. Who is it that could use that, that encouraging note, maybe it’s handwritten.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

Where problems lurk unnoticed How well do you really understand how your team executes a typical project from day one to very end? There are different stages in a project. Team members'' daily roles can be different depending on the project life-cycle. They have a lot of data some of which may even be hidden from themselves.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 2, 2021

How to Have an Effective Project Team Meeting. Following good meeting management procedures can have a highly positive effect on your project: People will be more willing to attend meetings that run smoothly. The team will feel a sense of accomplishment that increases commitment and willingness to do project work.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2017

Chery Gegelman of Simply Understanding tells the story of an under-performing team that was feeling victimized but changed their focus , learned how to play together, built trust, began exceeding their goals and instigated organizational development projects throughout the company. Follow Chery. Follow Alli. Follow Shelley. Follow Beth.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 12, 2014

One of the most powerful and least appreciated ways to connect a team is to have them select a non-profit organization in their community and spend a day working together on a service project to serve the community organization. To maximize your time serving, prep your team to “connect then serve.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2019

I have a project in front of me right now that should take me an hour and a half to finish. In the earlier mentioned University of Northern Colorado (UNC) survey, a whopping 69 percent of the participants identified clutter as their biggest email problem. As with meetings, the larger the group, the lower the individual participation.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 11, 2020

The company had good people and we identified that poor beginnings to team projects created challenges later on. The Role of the Project Team Member. The team members participate in meetings, contribute knowledge/expertise, carry out assignments, and help gain organizational commitment to the project.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 5, 2025

Instead of ending a meeting by asking if anyone has questions, new research from UT Arlington suggests a different approach: ask participants if they can think of anything that might go wrong with the plan. This gets people thinking about who might be affected or if theres a part of the project we havent considered, the authors explain.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We are shifting people, projects and changing roles. Suggest people participate in change skills sessions. Re-affirm the important project milestones and deliverables. Those that get picked for a post will receive a free copy of my eBook. If you cannot tell people something explain why in sufficient detail.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2017

3) Project engagement – This a very effective means of growing talent. The leader gets a chance to work with their people on projects that allow them to impart knowledge as well as assess the overall capability of their people. This enables their constituents to learn while participating in a project with set deliverables.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 16, 2020

It also didn’t help that he was only given four weeks to complete the project. Next, ask each participant to anonymously list down three potential reasons that the plan did not succeed. These reasons should factor in both internal and external factors and decisions within the scope of the project team.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

Humor can be used as an especially effective approach to build group cohesiveness, with a leader as the role model of projecting a relaxed and fun attitude, sharing occasional jokes, anecdotes, and stories that inject a playful aspect to day to day interactions.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Getting other people on board takes more than just explaining the merits of your project. Enlist others to help move your project forward. Become a Forceful Champion. Getting our work done often hinges on our ability to gain the support of others. You’ve got to inspire them. Not just grit, but smart grit. You must unite.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 23, 2020

It reminds me of the old project management adage: people don’t plan to fail; they just fail to plan. When I conduct training workshops on building trust, I often like to ask participants to draw a symbol or picture that represents trust. They assume others view trust the same way they do.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 7, 2023

” In our Courageous Cultures innovation programs, we’ll often ask participants to talk about one of their most “courageous moments” at work. These questions are powerful when forming a new team, starting a new project, or any new initiative. What’s at stake if I stay silent?”

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Other ways of reducing tension in the first few minutes are sharing airtime while projecting genuine interest, showing respect and asking for agreement on some small initial ground-rule (e.g., To diffuse it, open by conveying your sincerity and warmth with a handshake, eye contact, and a smile, as appropriate.

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