4 Words to Help You Build a Powerful Team
One question leads to a powerful team. “David, I just don’t have time. There’s so much to do that some days I just want to give up!” Lynn was a midlevel manager in a mid-sized healthcare company. She’d sought out coaching because […]
How to Lead When Your Team Can’t See the Obvious
It seems so obvious—until it isn’t. Bonaire is a desert island in the south Caribbean that’s known for fantastic coral reefs, flamingos, sea salt production, and donkeys. Coral, flamingos, and salt occur naturally in Bonaire. Donkeys—not so much. In the 1600s Spaniards […]
How to Help Your Team Navigate the Chaos
How do you help your team navigate the chaos, particularly when you’re feeling frustrated, overwhelmed (and maybe even a bit frightened)? In this article, I share three ways to help your team navigate the chaos of reorganization, shifts in direction or toxic […]
How to Prepare Your Successor For Success
The same mentor who jokingly told Karin that if you want people to think you’re a rock star “always follow an idiot” also smiled and said, “and always leave an idiot as your successor.” Not the best advice – but leadership transitions […]
How to Lead When Your Employees Don’t Have to Follow
Leading people who don’t have to follow starts with your mindset. How do you lead when people don’t have to follow? In a recent long-term leadership development program Karin and I conducted for leaders from around the globe, this was one of […]
How to Start the New Decade in Deeper Conversations
As we start a new decade, what if you took a minute to have some deeper conversations with your team? In addition to your kick-off meetings and goal setting sessions, what if you also paused to have a deeper conversation to build […]
The Best Leadership Articles of 2019 (based on your votes)
Each year, it’s fun to review the stats and determine what our readers found to be the best leadership articles of the year. The best leadership articles of 2019 covered a range of topics including culture, meetings, performance appraisals, leading courageously, and […]
When Your Boss is On the Naughty List
One of our most popular holiday posts is this look at Santa’s poor leadership in the classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV Special. Fortunately, Santa learns how to recognize and encourage talent. But what do you do your boss is the one […]
Leaders Share the Best Leadership Insights of 2019: A Frontline Festival
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their Best leadership insights of 2019 which we’ve loosely organized in our Winning Well principles of confidence, humility, results, and relationships. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx […]
Stretch Goals: How to Motivate and Challenge Your Team
It’s that time of year. All around the world teams are being handed stretch goals that feel more like a delusion than a challenge. If this is happening to you, and you don’t know whether to laugh or cry, don’t give up […]
How to Lead When Your Team is Exhausted
Most of us get there from time to time. You’re stuck in a season where everything feels urgent. It’s one thing to push yourself, but what do you do when you know your team is exhausted too? That Moment When Your Team […]
Stop Emailing When You Should Have a Meeting
Have a meeting for more bandwidth and speed. Recently we were delivering a leadership development program when Annia, a senior leader in the firm, raised her hand and addressed the room: “I’ve noticed that many of us quickly send an email rather […]