Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Top 5 Reader’s Choice Articles of 2024 Your top picks focused on mastering clear communication, navigating emotional conversations, challenging unproductive mindsets, and fostering trust in the face of workplace challenges. Key takeaway: Clear, upfront communication saves time and frustration. Listen here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I had no intention of testing my ability to start an international leadership development company. The first decade of my career (and all my formal education) was about leadership development and communication. As a leader, a parent, and through our leadership development work around the world. Is it familiar, yet novel?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

What should I do #askingforafriend In today’s quick Asking for a Friend from the road (less than 3 minutes) from Gettysburg, PA, I share three PRACTICAL tips for communicating with executives and grabbing their attention for your important message. Resources for Compassionate Conversations Three Tips for Communicating to Executives 1.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 17, 2025

NOTE: We find there’s some tongue-in-cheek catharsis in using the word “couth” during the forming stages of the team agreement, but you’ll want to rename it before you begin your widespread communication plan. Think about communication, responsiveness, meeting etiquette, and accountability. We can help.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 14, 2024

If the main characters (your leaders) are poorly developed or behave unpredictably, the story won’t hold up no matter how compelling the plot. See Also: Leaders Coaching Leaders: How Leadership Development Leads to Sustained Culture Change 2. That’s a good start. But here’s the thing: Shaping culture is like crafting a story.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Leaders should always be working to develop new leaders, helping their employees develop the skillsets that will allow them to effectively manage others. Other factors may also inhibit leaders from investing time in developing their employees’ leadership abilities. How can you develop your talent?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2025

The 4 Cs of Collaboration from our SynergyStack Team Development System: Connection, Clarity, Curiosity and Commitment. Before diving back into your own tasks, you flag the update to your GTM partners, knowing theyre planning next weeks customer communications. Clarity + Curiosity) Its one thing to communicate. What do I know?

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As public servants navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment, government institutions must provide robust professional development frameworks to ensure sustained performance, job satisfaction, and adaptability (LawsLearned, 2024). Heslin et al., 2009 ; Ellinger et al., 2003 ; Liu and Batt, 2010).

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2024

High-performing teams invest in clear workplace communication by ensuring shared understanding. When your organization or team communicates effectively, you’re nimble. One easy-to-use workplace communication tool will eliminate most of these frustrations, save you time, and improve performance and morale.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 17, 2023

Practical Ways to Ensure Your Leadership Communication Has a Better and Broader Impact This question came in from a senior leader working to ensure their communication has a broad organization-wide impact: “Hi Karin, We have a lot of moving parts around here. I’m quite sure my senior team is with me. They get it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This section breaks down how to effectively set and communicate expectations. Mastering Strategies for Leading Gen Z Employees [27:54] 5 Key Questions to Build Stronger Relationships with Gen Z Employees From preferred feedback styles to pet peeves, these five questions will transform how you lead and communicate with Gen Z team members. [31:16]

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 27, 2025

The one who shows up with Connection, Clarity, Curiosity, and Commitment aka the Four Cs of productive collaboration that ground our book Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict and our SynergyStack Team Development System. In our leadership development programs, we talk about being interested and interesting.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 10, 2022

There are several answers that consistently rise to the top, including clarity, vision, encouragement, communication, listening, empathy, and support. For more on the valuable communication tool: look at Check for Understanding ). That’s why we recommend developing a habit of using one leadership skill before adding the next.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 19, 2021

Every time we ask these questions in our leadership development programs, the answer is always a resounding “YES!”. This leadership post covers some of the most popular performance feedback tools and techniques that we teach in our leadership development programs. Learn how to avoid these communication mistakes. .

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2021

When I came back from maternity leave, the first thing I did was to build a clear development plan for each member of my team with a clear focus on critical thinking. Build a highly integrated communication plan. In the great maternity leave debacle, my biggest mistake was that I was at the center of all the communication.

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CMOE

MAY 15, 2025

Mentorship is a crucial component of talent development for all businesses. Whether the mentoring process is formal or informal, developing a strong culture of mentorship within all levels of your organization is essential to long-term, sustained growth. Discover how to mentor developing leaders below. 90% of U.S. 96% of U.S.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 16, 2021

Communicate. Growth and development don’t necessarily mean upward movement into management or leadership roles. You don’t need to do all the development work for your people. You can use tools like our Developmental Discussion Planner to help employees take responsibility and partner with you for their development.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 1, 2024

Melissa told us, “I thought we were doing good with our communication, and that everyone understood what was happening. They had a clear communication plan. And as much communication as Melissa had done with her team, there was still more to do. Communication doesn’t mean you said it (or sent it).

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

” These are “ Asking for a Friend” questions I hear frequently in our leadership development programs. . Build a highly integrated communication plan. In the great maternity leave debacle, my biggest mistake was that I was at the center of all the communication. Find, develop and encourage informal influencers.

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CMOE

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Investing in supervisor development with clear goals and measurable outcomes benefits supervisors and the organization by creating value for the organization. This guide will explore supervisor development goals and their key benefits. While good communication may seem obvious, many leaders fall short in using this core competency.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 18, 2022

This conversation came up when we were looking at curriculum design for ongoing training for one of our long-term leadership development clients. Communicate those important strategic priorities, five times, five different ways. Communicate your desire for innovation in the areas you really want them to focus on.

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For this research paper, we will be looking at how the ICF coaching competencies can be used in conjunction with and complementarily to Agile software development. What Is Agile Software Development: The Agile Manifesto, created in 2001 by a group of software developers, outlines the core values and principles of Agile software development.

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International Coach Academy

MAY 13, 2025

We discuss and even debate thoughts, create ideas, share knowledge, practice skills, discover connections, build community, explore business opportunities. We consider it a kind of soul to soul communicating.

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

An award-winning, best-selling author, mentor, and coach, Paul founded The Brian Tracy International Club by Paul Martin, an innovative platform for personal, professional, and business development. Shift Strategy : Develop a “Finish First” mindset by prioritizing one task at a time and setting deadlines. Use Eat That FROG!

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Furthermore, open communication improves problem-solving, as team members share insights that lead to comprehensive approaches to challenges. Stronger relationships develop within the team, fostering trust and cooperation, which in turn boosts job satisfaction and reduces turnover rates (Houston, 2019).

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CMOE

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To prevent this, it’s crucial to recognize the unique demands of the role and focus on developing supervisors in a thoughtful and structured way. When supervisors are properly developed, they can lead their teams to higher productivity and smoother operations because these challenges are more manageable.

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International Coach Academy

MAY 13, 2025

Talking via the telephone gives us a faster means of communication. Thoughts are discussed and debated, ideas created, knowledge shared, friendships discovered, business connections made, skills practiced, learning enhanced, trust developed and global partnerships formed. You develop a global network that you have never had before.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And of course, as a human-centered leader, you focus on connecting with and developing your team. And I was his HR and team development sounding board. How do they like to communicate? I’m talking about having a deep network of strategic advisors to help you win. Highly reciprocal. But not forced. Your turn.

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Vantage Circle

AUGUST 9, 2024

By regularly measuring employee morale, organizations can make informed decisions to enhance workplace culture, improve communication, and implement strategies that promote a positive and productive work environment. Communication and Feedback How would you rate the communication between you and your supervisor?

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International Coach Academy

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Coaching Leadership Style is a leadership theory that “supports and challenges colleagues intending to help them achieve individual development goals” Berg & Karlsen 2016. Leaders become effective communicators, sharing, engaging, and listening to the team. Personal and professional development of employees is encouraged.

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Crestcom

MAY 23, 2025

Self-awareness : It helps you understand your strengths, blind spots, and areas to develop. Think about how you communicate, handle conflict, and approach problem-solving. It might be to create a positive team culture, solve complex challenges, or help others develop their potential. These beliefs shape your leadership style.

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Crestcom

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Enhance Communication Skills Effective communication is the cornerstone of impactful leadership. Better communication leads to a more cohesive team environment where everyone feels heard and valued. Better communication leads to a more cohesive team environment where everyone feels heard and valued.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 22, 2024

Explain what sloppy mistakes communicate to your customers, stakeholders, and to the rest of the team. Even better, encourage your team to develop checklists and share them. Plus, building a peer review process is another way to communicate how important quality checks are. Of course, they SHOULD know this stuff.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Can you please come and share your thoughts as part of my 5×5 communication plan? For example: Here’s how I’ve been communicating this key initiative and why it matters. Related Articles: Communicating With Executives When Your World is On Fire. Executive Presence is a Virtual World: What Matters Now.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Have a meeting for more bandwidth and speed Recently we were delivering a leadership development program when Annia, a senior leader in the firm, raised her hand and addressed the room: “I’ve noticed that many of us quickly send an email rather […].

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