How to Lead in a Caustic Culture
To lead in a caustic culture, focus on your influence. It’s a question we hear after every keynote we deliver: “I want to build a Courageous Culture, but I don’t know if it will work at my company. It’s not a healthy […]
How to Help Your Team Bring You Better Ideas
You don’t just want ideas—you want GOOD ideas. There’s no time for half-baked solutions to trivial problems. But if you stop listening, they’ll stop sharing, and you’ll miss the good ones. How you respond to incomplete, off-base, or inelegant ideas makes all […]
How to Interview For Courage and Innovation
Violet recruited Brian into the General Manager role because of his long track record of success at an established Fortune 500. Her company was on a trajectory of fast growth, so she wanted Brian to up their game. In the interview, he […]
How to Find the Great Idea in Your Best Practice
Your Best Practice Might Not Work Everywhere Javier was a well-loved director at an engineering design firm. He was also an accomplished Italian chef. Every year he would conduct an operational excellence rally that he personally catered with spaghetti made from homemade noodles, […]
The Problem with Just Do Your Job
Have you ever had a team member say something like this? “I just want to do my job. I know you want me to care, but I don’t. It’s a paycheck and I’ve got kids.” Or perhaps you’ve heard a leader tell […]
How to Capture Best Practices in New Hire Orientation
When it comes to new hire orientation, most companies focus on clarity. “This is how we roll, welcome to the team,” with an emphasis on values, vision, and “how we do things around here” policies. And if they’re really on it, maybe they’ll […]
Inspiring Innovation: How to Foster a Courageous Culture (A Whitepaper)
Is your team speaking up to share ideas, best practices, and advocate for your customers? “Why am I the only one who finds these issues? What’s wrong with my managers? Why can’t they see this stuff and fix it?” “We’ve got so […]
Leading Virtual Teams and Non-Traditional Workgroups: A Frontline Festival
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their thoughts about leading virtual teams and non-traditional workgroups. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! The September Frontline […]
The Most Important Factor To Ensure Your Feedback is Heard
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 […]
How to Hold a Team Mastermind Problem Solving Meeting
Nothing beats a great mastermind group to challenge your thinking, spark new ideas, and help you grow. Most of the time, we think of these mastermind groups as people from different organizations with similar levels of ambition and experience who meet to […]
Don’t Let Limited Perspective Destroy Your Team
Limited perspective traps leaders and drives apart teams. Recently, I’ve watched an organization of passionate and caring people disintegrate. The limited perspective of leaders and team members has frustrated communication and problem-solving. They’ve devolved into camps of us vs. them. It can […]
5 Reasons Your Employees Ignore Your Coaching
Have you ever had (what you thought was) a great coaching conversation—your employee seems to get it—but fifteen minutes later they’re back to their old habits? So you give them more coaching, this time “louder” either literally, or through progressive discipline. But […]