Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The start of the year is the perfect time to reset and refresh performance expectations. Outstanding performance starts with clear performance expectations —a shared understanding of what success looks like. The new year is the perfect time to reset and refresh performance expectations. “But they SHOULD know better!”

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

How to Move a Team From Forming to High Performing in < 48 Hours. I spoke with several of the teams that made it to the final round– mostly curious about how the most successful teams accomplished so much so quickly. They kept the big picture in mind as they managed their interactions. Established Formal Norms.

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Career Advancement

DECEMBER 16, 2019

He reached out for executive coaching so he could take the necessary steps to help him improve his work performance. List your accomplishments for the year. Take the time to review your accomplishments. When you return to work, your performance will improve. Capture your accomplishments. ~Tom Peters.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 28, 2017

Whether you’re the manager, the one being managed, or both, one the easiest ways to take your performance to the next level is through great one-on-one meetings. Of course, you need more than 10 minutes a week to build a great relationship with your manager. It works like this.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It could also be THE WAY way your team is performing their tasks. They may be performing the activities and habits that SHOULD lead to success. They’re doing what you asked, but are focused on counting metrics (how busy they are), vs. quality metrics, (how well they are accomplishing these tasks). Mid-year reviews, check.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Be sure you know the MITs (most important things) you need to accomplish at a strategic and tactical level. For Managers: Powerful Phrases for Supporting Your Overwhelmed or Overloaded Team First, if you’re a manager, here are a few frequently uttered unhelpful phrases. A few powerful phrases that can help. Here’s what I need.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 7, 2022

So I’m pulling into the stadium and I can hear the cadence of the marching band coming around the track … Actually, I think this story will be more fun if I tell it to you this way: Communicating Clear Expectations is Not Micro-Managing, It’s Empowering. How to Reset Performance Expectations For Better Results.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 6, 2016

2- Mind the MIT (Most Important Thing) Pick something extraordinary to accomplish and prioritize getting it right. 5- Prioritize Peers Most managers understand the importance of supporting their team and making their boss look good. If there are 27 metrics on your balanced scorecard, trust me, they are not all created equal.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 24, 2017

If you’re like most managers, you’re neck deep in performance agreements, stretch goals, and the dance between managing your boss’s expectations and warning your team not to sandbag. The most important thing we accomplished was __. A Fresh, Fast, and Fun Way to Focus Your Team (or Yourself).

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 30, 2021

A cocktail of challenges had affected her team’s normally high performance. She didn’t realize how much her stress showed on the outside until a trusted manager on her team called her and said bluntly, “You’re changing.” A second manager followed up to say, “Your style works. Describe what a successful solution will accomplish.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 5, 2023

Successful Working Managers Relentlessly Prioritize, Invest in People, and Delegate “I’m a working manager – not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work, besides having to lead my team. What is a working manager? To manage this overwhelm, Mind the M.I.T.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

a middle manager, frustrated in his current role, overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. How well they will perform their role. I am so grateful for what you’ve accomplished here.” Gratitude is missing when…. They choose: If they will be a part of your team. How they will show up.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 11, 2023

Can you relate to the phrase, overwhelmed working manager? Recently we received a question from a manager and this manager writes, “I am a working manager. Not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work besides having to lead my team. What should I do?”

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International Coach Academy

AUGUST 24, 2022

How to Coach the Individual to Use Available Tools and Resources to Become Developing Managers of People™. In business, Managers are most often promoted because they were super-duper employees making widgets, now they are the manager of a widget-making team. Many apply the lessons learned from managers they work(ed) for.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 13, 2012

An important component to achieve your vision and accomplish your goals, is identifying the right behaviors at every level. If you are just tuning in this week, we are in the midst of a series on Building Results That Last Beyond Your Tenure. Just as with creating the vision, you have choices. You can identify the [.]

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 19, 2015

Sure they’ll be some long days and sleepless nights, but there’s nothing better than the electric feeling your team experiences when they accomplished what no one (particularly them) thought could be done. Tune in on Wednesday for more suggestions on improving bad performance. I encouraged my team to redefine the problem.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 21, 2021

Just as parents who praise their kids for every little thing may create dysfunction, shallow praise over the small stuff can be a real turnoff for your serious performers. One manager I know instructed team leaders to say, “Thank you for coming to work today,” as a way of reducing absenteeism. I disagree. Celebrating with caveats.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

.” “I just finished a big project, and my manager didn’t even acknowledge it before she dumped the next one in my lap.” ” “Our virtual one-on-ones are always about the work on my plate, never about what I’ve accomplished.” Take an extra three seconds in your emails.

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Career Advancement

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Finding someone to help perform monotonous tasks, like data entry or account maintenance, can help keep you available for the necessary tasks. Without a precise objective for what you need to accomplish, time can go by unchecked, and before you know it, the day is over with nothing accomplished. Manage Your Email.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2023

“I’ve always had trouble “selling” my (or our) job to higher management. How do I ensure that management knows of our achievements and realizes how much work the team does? Avoid overselling or exaggerating your accomplishments. Today’s #AskingForaFriend came in from our Micro-Learning Lab.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2024

But make that first “yes” as manageable as possible. Identify Habits for Success There are two questions every volunteer (heck every employee, leader…every team member) needs to be able to answer: 1) What does success in this role accomplish? Our teenagers would get so annoyed when adults try to micro-manage their leadership efforts.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 18, 2018

Achieving the highest possible return on human capital must be every manager’s goal. Sebastian asks: As a new manager, I see that building relationships with my employees is way different than with coworkers. Trust is important to the employee/manager relationship. Brian Tracy~. Be Trustworthy. Uphold Boundaries.

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International Coach Academy

JULY 6, 2022

I have worked on a lot of projects, either worked with several departments or worked as a vendor, the people who contacted the most are middle-level managers. Whenever they decided, you would find that the reasons were either from the senior management, the feasibility of working-level operations, or the pressure from the peer level.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 19, 2017

Discuss the goals and objectives frequently as a group and be relentless in the pursuit of accomplishing them. John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement shares, “In general I believe goals are counter-productive. Ensure the goals are aligned with the overall purpose and strategy of your organization. Follow Jon.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Is your team doing what you asked, but they’re focused on counting the metrics, and how busy they are as opposed to the quality metrics of how well they’re accomplishing those tasks? This question came from a reader of Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 3, 2017

As a leader, you should become more proficient at helping your team accomplish their goal. All high-performance organizations have staggering levels of alignment. Mission – Does EVERYONE in your organization know WHAT you are trying to accomplish? You may be thinking: “Clarity around what?” As much as possible!

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Career Advancement

MARCH 19, 2018

Yet many companies’ “ employee engagement plan ” consists of giving out a survey and then telling managers to make things better, says Gallup. If you’re hiding behind your desk all day, you’re missing opportunities to contribute more as a manager. If you need to bring an idea to upper management, create the idea as a team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Then in the sweet spot, you learn fast and your performance accelerates. Anchor – once you’ve accomplished what you set out to do, take time to honor it. You can manage your team as a portfolio of S curves. But, you’re learning about the possibilities of this new adventure and if it’s right for you.

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McKinsey

MARCH 10, 2023

In the modern workplace, middle managers face many challenges. A new survey finds three areas where organizations can better support their managers and help them accomplish more.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2024

Be sure you know the MITs (most important things) you need to accomplish at a strategic and tactical level. “If Powerful Phrases for Supporting Your Overwhelmed Team First, if you’re a manager, here are a few frequently uttered unhelpful phrases. What’s most important?” Focus is the antidote to overwhelm. Here’s what I need.”

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 19, 2022

My confidence jumped and I was performing exceptionally well for the next couple of years. I have always been a great performer at work. Everything progressed as expected but soon my manager left the business for a better opportunity outside. This was my first case of turning uncertainty into an ideal possibility.

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International Coach Academy

JULY 4, 2022

Before the transitions, the actions, and the decisions, the starting point is raising awareness in the senior management. Next, senior management formulates the vision and spreads the strategies to the rest of the colleagues. Then, the colleagues have to be aware of the new direction and perform the new way of working.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By evaluating your own performance (instead of simply relying on others to provide feedback), you can proactively identify areas of strength and opportunities for growth. With that in mind, here are five strategies to evaluate your work performance: 1. Predictability: Plan vs. Do Ratio Your ability to follow through is critical.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Key Behaviors : Challenges each team member to continuously improve their skills; addresses performance issues head on; provides consistent, candid feedback. John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement suggests you favor efforts that will help you build organizational capacity to do more of what you want going forward.

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International Coach Academy

APRIL 14, 2024

In the workplace, it is often associated with the practice of motivating yourself or others to accomplish important goals or objectives. By recognizing and cultivating empowering management habits, leaders can create environments where employees feel valued, motivated, and empowered to reach their full potential.

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Career Advancement

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Maxwell Tamra asks: When I asked my direct reports for feedback on my own performance recently , I was surprised by the answer one of them gave. Here are three steps you can take to promote your star performers: Tell your employees exactly what you plan to do in order to help them get promoted. Have them rehearse it with you.

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International Coach Academy

MAY 14, 2024

A Coaching Model By Lenord Melvix, Career and Leadership Coach, UNITED STATES The Dumbbell Model: A Support to Early and Mid-Level Management Professionals We present a coaching model, the Dumbbell Model , designed to support early and mid-level management professionals looking to work on their Leadership skills and challenges.

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