Leadership Freak

JULY 5, 2023

You can't lead if resistance from others defeats you. Every leader needs to learn how to overcome resistance. This post provides four actionable steps you can take to lower resistance and strengthen connection. Learn 12 questions you can use today.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

However, such changes often face resistance from employees who may be accustomed to the status quo. Navigating this resistance is a critical skill for any leader aiming to drive sustainable transformation and keep their organization competitive. This collaborative approach can significantly reduce resistance and increase buy-in.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Leading a team that is resistant to your leadership can be one of the most challenging aspects of being a leader. As an executive coach, I have worked with numerous leaders who have struggled with teams that were initially resistant to their leadership. Lead with Understanding Leading a resistant team requires empathy and resilience.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 2, 2024

What Not to Do When You’re the Scapegoat Even when the urge to fight back feels overwhelming, resist these common pitfalls: 1. If the situation requires you to defend yourself, do it confidently and factually. Provide context without casting blame elsewhere. But emotional reactions can undermine your credibility.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

For leaders facing resistance or a need for change, this episode offers actionable insights to create a more engaging and motivated environment. In this episode, leadership expert Phil Geldart shares how bringing genuine, meaningful fun into the workplace can transform team dynamics, engagement, and productivity.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Dear Leadership Freak reader, I’m personally inviting all the readers in the Leadership Freak family to a Zoom meeting. Many of you have been reading my short posts for years. Your encouragement energizes… Continue reading →

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

” Developing Employees When They Resist You’re trying to do the right thing. By helping your team members develop—even when they’re resistant—you’re future-proofing their careers and your team’s success. “I’m Good. I Don’t Want to Be Developed.” You want to be a good boss.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Learn how to shift from resistance to adaptability using the power of “Yes, and.” 05:38] – How Resistance Creates Stress and Kills Innovation Leaders often encounter resistance from employees and within themselves. Gain strategies to make faster, more effective decisionswithout feeling out of control.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This subtle but powerful shift helps executives move conversations from resistance to resolution, ensuring discussions are strategic, action-oriented, and productive. Can feel like a challenge. What concerns do you have about this approach? Encourages constructive dialogue.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 26, 2021

The pole absorbs some of the car’s velocity, rather than resist it. The pole breaks cleanly and falls over rather than resisting the impact until it snaps and goes spinning off into traffic or someone’s living room. Resist the urge. It’s also less likely that the car will bounce off and spin into traffic. And wanting answers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2021

Help your change resistors connect to a more meaningful “why” Your change resistors aren’t necessarily lazy, stuck, negative, or even “resistant.” Resisting change actually makes a lot of sense. resist the urge to answer immediately. This small investment of time overcomes some common reasons people resist change.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Momentum : How to Avoid Going in the Wrong Direction: Maximize Clarity, Manage Distractions, and Minimize Resistance by Sam Silverstein Momentum is magnetic. People want to be with, work with, and build relationships with people who have momentum. But what is it, exactly?

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Leading in Context

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

By Linda Fisher Thornton Leading ethically requires staying competent as a professional and as a leader. The speed of change in today’s global economy may cause leaders to fall behind even while they are diligently working to stay on top of trends and industry knowledge.

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I woke this morning with a blurred recollection of my uncle teaching me how to hypnotize a chicken. I can’t tell if it was a dream or reality, but I know it’s about… Continue reading →

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 11, 2024

GUEST POST from David Burkus Employee resistance to change is one of the most perplexing and challenging issues that business executives encounter. This resistance manifests […]

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 19, 2019

Last week we shared reasons employees might resist your coaching. There’s one other vital factor to ensure your feedback is heard. Ground Yourself Here Before Giving Feedback Steve had thrown every ounce of energy into launching his most important strategic initiative. Everyone […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

But resisting natural, healthy change will prevent growth and stagnate your team. Resisting Natural Change Off the east coast of North Carolina and Virginia, a set of barrier islands known as the Outer Banks stretches over a couple hundred miles, guarding the inner sound from the worst of Atlantic storms.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 23, 2021

27:00 – What to do when you experience resistance in yourself or your team (look for the fear beneath it). 30:34 – A powerful question to move through your own fears and resistances. Humanity Works Better. 1:56 – An early leadership lesson in fire prevention rather than fire fighting.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 15, 2019

Resist the Urge to Intervene When a Peer’s Team is Struggling Have you ever watched another team struggle? It’s a challenge most leaders face at some point in their career. You’re not perfect, but you lead well and people come together to produce […]. The post How Do I Help When My Peer’s Team is Struggling?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 11, 2019

This is also why the rational approach doesn’t really work: your arguments elicit resistance , whether spoken out or not. Your first change is your attitude towards resistance. When you see resistance as unwanted and unpleasant, you limit your possibilities. Resistance is a signal for dialog. Don’t push.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

It Signals Resistance to Change When leaders use this phrase, it reflects an inflexible mindset. The phrase “That’s just how it is” reflects low emotional intelligence because it shuts down dialogue, dismisses emotions, resists change, erodes trust, and fails to inspire. Emotionally intelligent leaders show adaptability.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 1, 2025

Accustomed to comfortable habits, some people resist the necessary alterations that are required to improve productivity or customer experiences… SO what are the “7 steps of change?” ” This resistance isn’t personal; it’s a way of regaining control in a situation that feels uncertain.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Repeatable by Morgan Housel @morganhousel The way to get luckier is to find what’s repeatable.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

31:16] How to Give Feedback to Gen Z Without Resistance Gen Z values transparency and authenticitybut that doesnt mean theyll take criticism easily. Heres how to deliver feedback in a way that resonates. [36:33] 36:33] Recognition That Matters to Gen Z Forget generic employee appreciation.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Overcoming Resistance: A Stepping Stone to Coaching Adoption Driving the adoption of coaching programs often encounters resistance. By showcasing success stories and fostering a culture of trust and collaboration, organizations can overcome resistance and fully harness the transformative power of coaching.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 7, 2024

Bold people resist being managed. Insecure people are conformists. Doubt produces caution. It’s easy to manage insecure people. Do you really want to enable boldness? Do you want people solving problems on their… Continue reading →

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Leadership resists change because it’s about human nature. In the last 50 years, production, distribution, and communication have been reset by technology. Leadership hasn’t changed much in 5,000 years. Technology doesn’t alter leadership. It lets leaders reach more people, quicker, more emotionally—that’s all.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 4, 2021

You don’t find strength while snoozing in a hammock or snacking at the movies. Expand potential by doing things that require energy and strength. Strength rises when you do hard things. No challenge… Continue reading →

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Leading Blog

MAY 20, 2024

Whenever new concepts, methods, or ways of thinking are introduced, they are bound to come up against resistance. In change management, assuming everyone is prepared at the same time to move at the same pace can result in miscommunication, resistance, and disengagement.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Experience is destructive when it resists change. Congealed experience hinders progress. Arrogance assumes it will win because it won in the past. Disaster awaits when business-as-usual meets new challenges. Congealed Experience:… Continue reading →

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Our greatest challenge is always overcoming our own resistance. That resistance often comes in the form of a pain shift: when the pain of the status quo finally outstrips the fear of the change itself – when the status quo becomes unacceptable – that’s when meaningful, lasting change occurs. .

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2024

But the fact is, our minds have been built to resist new information, especially when it refutes our prior experience or goes against our beliefs. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Brian Solis on keeping an open mind: “I don’t know that I’ve ever encountered anyone who self-identifies as ‘close-minded.’

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As the emotional cascade takes hold, it becomes harder and harder to resist.”. Source: The Journey Beyond Fear: Leverage the Three Pillars of Positivity to Build Your Success. Thomas Sowell on the media gimmick of turning questions of fact into questions of emotion: “Emotions neither prove nor disprove facts.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Effective Change Agents: Interim executives can implement necessary changes more effectively, as they are less influenced by internal politics or resistant corporate cultures.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 28, 2021

Give a chance for employees to react to the direction and express concerns (knowing that resistance is often just a cover for wanting to be heard). Always add your perspective to upper management directives and help employees understand how their work specifically fits into the broader mission.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Niccolò Machiavelli on resistance to change: “It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Overcoming Resistance and Driving Adoption of Executive Leadership Team Coaching Programs In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, executive leadership team coaching has become essential for organizations striving to stay ahead of the curve.

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