Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

” Once the lawyers got involved, the higher job was eliminated, and the career path disappeared, and really great people were disappointed, and stopped trying. Collaborates across departments for innovative solutions to improve quality and reduce costs. And it’s even more critical now. Let’s Discuss.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2015

In full disclosure, I didn’t learn this early in my career. Encourage Wacky Solutions. They expect disruption and leverage chaos as an opportunity to engage creative solutions. For a long time I believed my excitable nature proved I cared. I confused stress with passion. Fired up is a long way from freaked out.

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Solution Creativity Career IT 474

Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

The learning that results helps improve the problem-solving process as well as the solutions the team develops. In addition, the learning acquired by working on complex, critical, and urgent problems that have no currently acceptable solutions can be applied by individual, teams, and organizations to other situations.

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Problem Solving Leadership Development Solution Leadership 386

Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 1, 2015

We all have times in our careers where we feel stuck, lack confidence, or wonder why no one sees things our way. Vastly increase the odds of finding a solution. Sometimes you’ll realize that you don’t have the information you need in order to craft solutions. Most of us have hit a wall like that. Now watch what happens.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 12, 2021

For Problems] Discuss and Choose an Appropriate Solution. Early in my career my boss Jim, the Executive Vice President, took me to lunch at a popular spot for business meetings where the dining room was packed and bustling. Not every complaint needs a solution. For Problems] Discuss and Choose an Appropriate Solution.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Help your peers succeed as you invest in your career and you’ll be there together—or they’ll trust you more when you get that next promotion. Build Your Network When you invest in more relationships, you’ll have more opportunities, solutions, and wisdom. You’ll meet people with similar challenges, but different solutions.

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Critical Skills Career Management Management 266

Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Those phrases don’t empower people or lead to productive solutions. Teach your team to be curious and to look for alternative solutions. “I Please don’t say these things: “We just have to do more with less.” “The The boss says.” We’re just lucky we have jobs.” I really appreciate you and all you are doing.”

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Management Management Solution Accomplishment 601

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. Gratitude is missing when…. the team leader acknowledges the team’s steady progress, but fails to understand the deep personal sacrifices of her team.

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Leadership Creativity Creative Approach Solution 609

Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 14, 2015

I spent the first decade of my career in HR. Blinding rules and regulations” Strategic HR people sit at the table offering highly creative solutions to real business problems. Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning Results & Execution how to be a better support partner SHRM Why HR gets a bad name'

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 25, 2022

I know because I’ve heard this feedback many times in my career and relationships. The team needs you to help think through ideas and ensure the solutions you implement together are as sound as they can be. Present Problems as Solutions. But instead of stating them as problems, package them as solutions or opportunities.

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Solution Critical Skills Brainstorming Leadership 465

Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 16, 2014

Real Simple had a solution if I had more than 3 minutes to Google. Career & Learning Developing Leadership In Children Energy & Engagement entrepreneur parent entrepreneur work life balance' Plus notice the stains on his face (lovely, I know… don’t tell Martha). We didn’t have enough rehearsals.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

I’m talking about the handful of looney tunes you’ll encounter in your career who consistently make matters worse. Pull her into the solution-building equation. Open dialogue and employees expressing concern is not complaining. Seeking to understand is not resistance. Take it Off-Line. I swear this works.

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Solution Career IT 476

Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

The old school handbook says, “People don’t buy products, they buy solutions.” Career & Learning Communication how social media is the new old school old school social media selling' Begin making connections by inviting yourself to where they like to “party.” Solve a problem.

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Media Strategy Mining Consulting 485

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Is an artful coach and works to draw out the best solutions from the team. Balances day-to-day operations with a longer term view. Approaches problems in a systematic way and explores alternative solutions before making decisions. Is seldom behind closed doors, but is on the floor, listening, observing and supporting.

Leadership 466

Leadership Solution Development Accomplishment 466

International Coach Academy

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A Research Paper By Lucy Todd, Career Transition, UNITED STATES Career Transitions & Finding Support On any given day, over 3 billion people work at a job. What’s more, career dissatisfaction can affect our happiness and our health. Instead, they were making substantial career changes.

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Career Career Coach Career Coaching Career Change 208

International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This paper outlines a scenario that offers a viable, cost-effective solution for government institutions at the ministerial level to implement coaching. Leaders coaching leaders: A cost-effective solution for skill development. Public Service Leadership Careers. Public Service Leadership Careers (psd.gov.sg) Ruhana, F.,

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Government Leadership Development Leadership Performance 208

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The more people you engage in the solution, the less frightening the problem becomes. Career & Learning Communication dealing with ambiguity dealing with uncertainty leading your team through change' Engage Other People and Perspectives. Enlist unusual suspects to weigh-in. Engage some cross-functional collaboration.

Brainstorming 491

Brainstorming Communication Creativity Solution 491

Eat Your Career

JANUARY 20, 2025

As a certified career coach, I often remind my clients that no job is perfect. This process is commonly referred to as career crafting or job shaping. Career crafting is the process of redesigning and renegotiating the elements of your role to better suit your individual wants and needs. Dont expect your boss to suggest it.

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Career Solution Career Coach Career Coaching 52

International Coaching Federation

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Throughout my career working with various managers, one crucial insight has consistently emerged: The success of coaching programs relies on the involvement and commitment of senior management. Many organizations have a long-standing culture of instructing employees rather than engaging in a collaborative dialogue to explore solutions.

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Management Management Performance Solution 138

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

It may feel cathartic, and it may even feel like you’re part of the solution. The team needs to know you care about them and their careers at least as much as you care about your own. The more you listen, the worse the stories will sound. It’s tempting to react and trash the guy before. Don’t go there.

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Solution Leadership Career IT 476

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

I’m talking about the handful of looney tunes you’ll encounter in your career who consistently make matters worse. Pull her into the solution building equation. Open dialogue and employees expressing concern is not complaining. Seeking to understand is not resistance. Take it Off-Line. I swear this works.

Solution 469

Solution Career IT 469

Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

Action: when a team member asks for your direct involvement on a work task, search for solutions that do not involve your involvement. Career & Learning big mistakes leadership mistakes mistakes' It also means less energy to consider the big picture threats facing your organization.

Leadership 489

Leadership Accomplishment Government Communication 489

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 5, 2015

I’ve seen this first hand, when I look back at the most creative times in my career and in how I’m approaching my business now, the best solutions came when we felt the most stretched. I believe these companies were successful not in spite of, but because of their constraints.

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Finance Banking Management Management 457

Career Advancement

AUGUST 17, 2020

In every career path, there’s a level at which leadership skills and visibility play a much stronger role in promotions than job skills. Pitch a novel solution to an issue that concerns them. His expertise on the promotion process through visibility will propel your career to the next level.

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Shadowing Career Path Executive Coach Executive Coaching 317

Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 13, 2023

As I said, I know because I’ve heard this feedback before in my career and relationships. The team needs you to help think through those ideas and ensure the solutions that you implement together are as sound as they can be. The second shift is to present problems as solutions. So how can you be less negative?

Solution 428

Solution Leadership Critical Skills Brainstorming 428

Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

Here are just a few examples that we’ve faced in our careers: Decreasing insurance benefits or eliminating positions. Often, just the act of looking at a challenging situation through a different frame will re-energize you and reveal solutions. Do you have a solution they can use? Is there an alternative path to achieve success?

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Insurance Solution Leadership Development Problem Solving 538

Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 24, 2023

But people still turn to human managers who can understand how they feel, c oach them in their careers, and build culture. When the easy work is automated, will your managers know how to draw out the best solutions from their teams? Do your front-line employees feel encouraged to speak up and share solutions?

Critical Thinking 430

Critical Thinking Creativity Problem Solving Insurance 430

Career Advancement

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Ask for solutions. Challenge dissenters to present possible solutions, even far-fetched ones. When people start thinking creatively, solutions that higher-ups never imagined might take shape. However, people should feel free to voice dissent regardless of whether they’ve thought of a solution yet or not.

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Career Advancement Solution Communication Executive Coach 249

Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 5, 2022

If you’re a new manager, eliminating these mistakes and building effective habits early will leverage your influence, build your career, reduce your frustration, and help you enjoy your work. These are practical ways you can build a strong foundation for your career. Favor Friends and Former Peers.

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Management Management Communication Leadership 591

Vector Solutions

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Vector Solutions has won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Bronze award for excellence in the Best Online Courses category for its Leadership and Career Readiness course.

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Solution Leadership Career IT 105

Adventures in Career Development

OCTOBER 21, 2022

With a new Prime Minister and King, a controversial mini-budget, a plummeting pound and the hoopla of party conferences, even the most dedicated follower of politics might be forgiven for missing the start of the House of Commons Education Select Committees inquiry into Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG).

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Career IT Education Government 137

Career Advancement

JULY 17, 2017

This isn’t just about career advancement. Ask employees how they need to feel more supported, and engage in creative brainstorming with them to find solutions. Seeking input and solutions from employees will make them feel invested in the change rather than blindsided by it. Lack of opportunities to grow. Fears about the future.

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Career Advancement Solution Brainstorming Performance 267

Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 27, 2016

If this sounds like you, here are a few ways to back away from the grind and add additional value to the team– and your career. Ask your team open ended questions that encourage them to find solutions (if you’re reading Winning Well, see pages 135-139 for a useful list). Start with a Heart-to-Heart with Your Boss.

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Career Accounting Solution Leadership 293

Universal Coach Institute

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Solution-focused therapy and coaching use carefully crafted questions to promote self-reflection, awareness, and change. This guide contains 101 unique questions that inspire clarity and action across various areas, such as personal growth, relationships, career planning, and mental health.

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Solution Career 83

Career Advancement

JANUARY 9, 2017

After all, they were all where you are today at one time in their careers. When a higher-up lacks clarity on an issue and doesn’t have the solution in that moment, work to provide the answer. You need a strong self-promotion strategy to advance in your career. Gain face time with the C-level executives. What results did you see?

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Career Advancement Mentor Strategy Career 250

Career Advancement

MAY 11, 2020

We’re all working to create solutions step by step. Fortunately, all of the best minds are hard at work on that task, and we’re bound to create novel solutions together. Give each individual an action step to take that will bring the group closer to the solution you’re striving toward. Assign action steps.

Leadership 312

Leadership Brainstorming Solution Executive Coach 312

Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 17, 2023

That you’ve deprived yourself of a simple solution because of your blind stubbornness? As a leader, you’ve built your career on having answers. And looking at them, I realized that my dislike for them was an assumption, not based on any experience. So, I bought a pair and tried them out. Turns out, they were great!

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Leadership Solution IT Career 488