How to Unlock Your Team’s Best Ideas
To get your team’s best ideas, ask courageous questions. Have you ever watched a team member do something insightful, helpful, or creative and asked them why they hadn’t shared it with everyone else? Their answer holds the key to unlocking your team’s best...
How to Respond When You Can’t Use an Idea
When You Can’t Use an Idea, Pivot to Get More Ideas “I need people to think.” Mattias, the CEO of a mid-sized human service provider, leaned back in his chair and sighed. “They have all kinds of ideas that just don’t work. The market’s changing and it’s like no one...
How to Get Your Boss Excited About Your Great Idea
You’ve got a great idea you just know will improve the business. How do you get your boss excited? Okay, let’s be real, not just excited, but as excited as you are? 7 Ways to Get Your Boss Excited About Your Great Idea Your boss has a lot going on. How do...
How Your Failure Inspires Connection and Success
We hear all the time that learning from past failure is the key to success. But what about TALKING about failure, particularly with people who already see you as a success? Do failure stories damage your brand or make it stronger? After all, if you’re on a...
Building Stronger Relationships and Human Connection: A Frontline Festival
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their thoughts about building stronger human connection and relationships at work. We’ve expanded the Frontline Festival to include other formats such as podcasts and...
How Leaders Can Get More Solutions from Their Team
Invest twenty seconds to get more solutions and ideas. Recently, I donated blood through the Red Cross. What happened next is a great example of how you can get more solutions, ideas, and critical thinking from your team members. Four weeks after donating, I received...
What To Do When the Job Outgrows Your Employee
Your team needs your leadership during rapid growth. Recently, we received a great question from a manager who had taken part in a Winning Well Leadership Intensive. Her question is one you’ll face in your career – especially if you work in a fast-growing company: ...
Why Your Best Performers Hate Your Great Idea
You’re convinced you’ve got a great idea that you know will yield breakthrough results. So you call the team together to announce the new direction. But instead of being met with a spirited “game on,” your top performers are staring at you...
