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Culture Matters: DTR and Your New Hire’s First Year
Think back to your first twelve months at your company. I imagine you spent a lot of time thinking about the culture and how you fit in. Your new hires are doing that too. There's a lot to consider before they can truly commit. How can you make a difference?...
Get Things Done – Leading When Life Isn’t Fair
Get Things Done by Changing Your Question Sara leaned back, crossed her arms, and sighed. “It’s not right! My VP expects me to hit these numbers, but customers want updates, and research is focused on new products and won’t give me the time of day. How can I get...
Massive Failures? What Great Leaders Do Next
What do you do when you’ve screwed up and everyone knows it? Your failures weren't just mistakes in judgment...you let yourself down. You didn't keep your commitment. You hurt people you are supposed to help. Your team looks at you with disappointment. Now what? We...
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How Do I Deal With a Passive Aggressive Co-worker?
Practical Techniques For Coping with a Passive-Aggressive Co-Worker Have you ever dealt with a passive-aggressive co-worker like this? A real jerk at work? On Monday your passive-aggressive peer says, "We girls have to stick together. You know there's a special...
Developing Ownership and Commitment: A Frontline Festival
How to Build More Ownership and Commitment in Your Teams Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their thoughts about developing ownership and commitment (and a few shared things they were most proud of.) Thanks to...
What No One Tells You About Leading But You Desperately Need to Know
Leading is tough enough without ignoring these critical truths. “I wish someone would have told me some of this before I started leading. Life would have been so much easier. I bet my team wishes I knew it too.” We hear this sentiment after almost every leadership...
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The Future of Learning and Development: Best Practices and Insights
Chief Learning Officers Share Insights on the Future of Learning and Development Training and Development (TD) award-winning learning and development leaders share their insights from past successes and discuss the future of learning and development on Asking For a...
How do I find the perfect mentor? (Video)
More Mentors are Better Than One- The Art of Micro-Mentoring The perfect mentor can be really hard to find. If you're like most managers we talk with, you've got more than one area you're working to develop. And the same person who is great with executive presence...
How Do I Deal With a Suspected Two-Faced Leader? (Video)
Strategies and Techniques For Dealing with a Two-Faced Leader on Your Team When you’re a manager of managers, one of the most important parts of your job is to know the managers on your team are leading well. Which can be tricky. Because every now and then you run...
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The Future of Learning and Development: Best Practices and Insights
Chief Learning Officers Share Insights on the Future of Learning and Development Training and Development (TD) award-winning learning and development leaders share their insights from past successes and discuss the future of learning and development on Asking For a...
How do I find the perfect mentor? (Video)
More Mentors are Better Than One- The Art of Micro-Mentoring The perfect mentor can be really hard to find. If you're like most managers we talk with, you've got more than one area you're working to develop. And the same person who is great with executive presence...
How Do I Deal With a Suspected Two-Faced Leader? (Video)
Strategies and Techniques For Dealing with a Two-Faced Leader on Your Team When you’re a manager of managers, one of the most important parts of your job is to know the managers on your team are leading well. Which can be tricky. Because every now and then you run...
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How to Lead a Team That Lacks Urgency
"My team lacks urgency. I've got to follow up on everything or we miss deadlines. I'm tired of babysitting. How can I ensure things get done on time?" Sound familiar? In this episode, you'll get five ways to help get things moving. Paradoxically, sometimes leaders...
The Long Game with Dorie Clark
Do you feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind? How can you break out of this endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful life that focuses on what matters most - in the long run? In this engaging episode, Dorie Clark gives you unique...
Leading Through Disruption with David Giersdorf
Is there any industry that's been disrupted more at a global level over the past twenty years than the cruise lines? In this episode, David Giersdorf, a former senior executive in the global cruise, travel, and marketing services industry, gives the roadmap for...