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Get Out of the Rut: A Groundhog’s Day Challenge
Get Out of the Rut and Consider What Lights You Up If you're feeling stuck in a rut, this freaking pandemic might be the perfect time to try something new. You have time to consider what matters most, what lights you up, and how you can add the most value to the...
How to Succeed with a Frustrating Boss
How to Succeed Despite a Frustrating Boss The ability to influence the people you report to-especially a frustrating boss-is as essential to your leadership success as the ability to influence your own team. Ask yourself these five questions before you try to...
5 Tragic Communication Mistakes That Sabotage Teamwork
Innocent communication mistakes can leave a lasting impact on your team. Avoid these common communication mistakes that sabotage teamwork and degrade trust. Have you ever heard yourself muttering these words, only to realize later it was an innocent communication...
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How Your Employee Recognition Program Can Destroy Morale
Avoid These Big Mistakes When Recognizing Employees A great employee recognition program is a remarkable way to build culture, increase employee engagement and reinforce critical behaviors. Done well, these programs will have a positive impact on culture and can...
Calm the Chaos and Help Your Team Regain their Focus
It's a challenge common to many leaders and managers: Last-minute customer requests, emergencies, interruptions, and distractions make it hard to stay focused on your M.I.T.s (the Most Important Thing). If you're not careful, reactivity can become a permanent way...
The A.R.T. of Advanced Accountability (Video)
The Let’s Grow Leaders A.R.T. Method of Advanced Accountability Hi Karin, I've read Winning Well: A Manager's Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul. And, I love the I.N.S.P.I.R.E. method for difficult conversations. The coaching method works great much...
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How to Carve Out a Great Team Culture in a Fast Growing, Changing Company?
"Hi, Karin, our company is growing so fast, I'm not even sure what our CULTURE is. I'd like to have some semblance of unity on my team, but I'm not sure where to start. How do I CARVE OUT A TEAM CULTURE?" #askingforafriend How to Carve Out A Team Culture Even When...
Growing Leaders Who are Confident, Skilled and Human-Centered (Mistakes to Avoid)
Growing Leaders through Modeling Behavior & Honest Feedback Hi Karin, What are a couple of the BIGGEST MISTAKES leaders make when GROWING LEADERS? #AskingForaFriend This fantastic question came in during one of our recent leadership development programs. Three...
Leadership Training ROI: How to Translate Leadership Training into Behaviors that Last
Hi Karin, We just completed our leadership development program, and we're feeling really good about how we've been applying what we've learned along the way. The leader-led Challenge and Support groups have been so helpful as we've worked to implement what we...
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How to Carve Out a Great Team Culture in a Fast Growing, Changing Company?
"Hi, Karin, our company is growing so fast, I'm not even sure what our CULTURE is. I'd like to have some semblance of unity on my team, but I'm not sure where to start. How do I CARVE OUT A TEAM CULTURE?" #askingforafriend How to Carve Out A Team Culture Even When...
Growing Leaders Who are Confident, Skilled and Human-Centered (Mistakes to Avoid)
Growing Leaders through Modeling Behavior & Honest Feedback Hi Karin, What are a couple of the BIGGEST MISTAKES leaders make when GROWING LEADERS? #AskingForaFriend This fantastic question came in during one of our recent leadership development programs. Three...
Leadership Training ROI: How to Translate Leadership Training into Behaviors that Last
Hi Karin, We just completed our leadership development program, and we're feeling really good about how we've been applying what we've learned along the way. The leader-led Challenge and Support groups have been so helpful as we've worked to implement what we...
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Culture, Fit, and Employee Motivation Strategies
Episode 248: In this podcast episode, Andre Martin discusses the importance of finding the right fit in your career and building a culture that supports employee motivation, engagement, and satisfaction. He emphasizes the need to reflect on values, goals, and ideal...
Unlock Team Success with Proven Strategies to Build a Better Team
Episode 247: In this episode, Tania Luna discusses the principles of power with and how to a build better team. She emphasizes the importance of following a purpose rather than a person, relying on context instead of control, being a cultivator rather than a...
Putting People First: The Promise of Human Centered Capitalism
Episode 246: Megan Gluth-Bohan, CEO & Owner of TRInternational, Inc. and owner of ChemBlend of America, discusses human centered capital, and the importance of compassion, empathy, and resilience in leadership. She emphasizes the need for leaders to be...