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. Read here Why it clicked: Most employees were never taught the art of effective reporting and readouts.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Speak Up to Get Better Feedback in Your Next Performance Review. A few years ago, I wrote “Avoid These Infuriating Phrases in End-of-Year Feedback” to encourage managers to stop making stupid comments when giving a performance review. How to Respond to the Most Infuriating Kind of Performance Review.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Equip your people with the right tools, training, and habits to perform at their best. In this episode, we break them down so you can clear up confusion, improve performance, and build a high-impact team. [01:48] Learn why reinforcing successjust like keeping a steady drumbeatis key to high performance. [10:38] The good news?

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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. They werent asking about technical skills or strategic decision-making. or Ill follow up by [date].

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 10, 2022

Master remote team communication with variety and consistency. If you’re serious about becoming a better remote leader, you’re going to want to become a master in the art of remote team communication. Key initiatives, motivation, strategic priorities, updates, celebrations–there is so much to communicate with your team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 9, 2025

Youll discover a practical, people-centered communication tool that replaces fuzzy follow-ups with real resultswithout tipping you or your team into burnout. Its not a people problem, its a communication gap. [03:28] 08:30] Use it in performance conversations. You say soon, they hear next weekor worse, not important.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The Right Words at the Right Time: Crafting Recognition That Sticks Think about the best recognition youve ever received. Who said what, and why did it hit you so deeply? Recently, two people told me, I am proud of you. Both times, my throat tightened with unexpected emotion. The Words Matter Powerful words are simple, specific, and sincere.

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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

OCTOBER 14, 2024

We would love to partner with you and your executive team to build a practical plan for a high-performing, human-centered culture (it’s what we do best). Ensure every executive team member team has a practical plan to model, communicate, and build a cadence of accountability and celebration around those habits.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

There’s the initial shock, the communication, the “I wonder if I’m impacted too” angst, and of course, the really painful decisions involved in selecting who will go. And, will likely be extra sensitive to THE WAY things are being communicated as well as what is being said. I know it’s hard. Be a listener.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In the meantime, poor performance or toxic behavior continues and becomes the norm. What to do: Address poor performance and disruptive behavior as soon as it happens. Additional reading: How to Provide More Meaningful Performance Feedback (this article describes a step-by-step methodology to do this well).

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

“My boss has talked with me three times about my communication. The other day I tried to give her some feedback about how her communication style was landing with my team. Start with yourself to ensure everyone can receive feedback. It’s a frustration we hear all the time. “My people aren’t coachable.

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The growing complexity of governance, rapid technological advancement, and rising public expectations have put immense pressure on public servants to perform efficiently (Hornung, 2023). Therefore, this paper examines how coaching can be applied cost-effectively in resource-constrained government institutions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

High-Performing Teams Turn Pressure into Progress, One Habit at a Time Your team’s under pressure to perform—fast. They weren’t going to win any high-performing team awards, but things were working well enough. They weren’t going to win any high-performing team awards, but things were working well enough.

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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

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The way you respond to challenges, celebrate wins, and communicate expectations creates the framework everyone else will follow. The secret to success is ensuring that the most critical success habits spread throughout your department through deliberate modeling, communication, and reinforcement. It starts with you.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

As a leader, your ability to communicate effectively directly impacts your success and your team’s performance. Understand how to align your communication style with your manager’s needs to avoid miscommunication and frustration. Ready to transform your communication with your manager?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 19, 2021

How to Provide More Meaningful Performance Feedback (February 2021). If you knew your manager really cared about you, would you want them to give you meaningful performance feedback? Most employees yearn for more meaningful performance feedback—and are just not getting enough. Learn how to avoid these communication mistakes. .

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International Coach Academy

MAY 15, 2024

A Research Paper By David Keneford, Leadership Coach, CANADA A Performance Coaching Culture Creating a performance coaching culture within an organization is crucial for achieving long-term success and growth. These are all important ingredients for success.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Operational tactics (looking at the ground beneath your feet) include clear communication, a shared understanding of success, healthy professional relationships, and consistent accountability. Are you consistently communicating critical messages and concepts five times, five different ways? The trail demanded attention.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 11, 2021

Building a High-Performing Team Takes Rhythm. A former marine, Virg is an absolute expert in creating an operating cadence to build a high-performing team. How to build a high-performing team through an effective operating cadence. Virg Palumbo on Building an Operating Cadence of a High-Performing Team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

Your success is how successfully your team performs, how they grow, and the quality of problems they solve. The challenge for most managers is that they think they’ve communicated what success looks like, but their team doesn’t have the same picture at all. It often takes far more communication up front than you think it will.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

They earned their reputation as a courageous manager one small daring moment at a time—small micro-moments of courage that led to better performance and deeper trust. Most definitions of managerial courage involve speaking with candor, being willing to act with incomplete information, timely decision making, and addressing performance issues.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

reports, communication, analysis) that no one would miss if we stopped? More Questions to Inspire Your Team Toward High Performance. How to Build a High-Performing Team: Ten Vital Conversations. By Showing Up a Bit More Curious. It’s a strange and ironic phenomenon. But, is it giving your team what they need most, now?

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

How to Coach Your Team on the Team on the Habits that Matter Most Learn More About the SynergyStack™ Team Development System The SynergyStack™ System is a revolutionary team development system that fosters collaboration and ignites team performance. Collaborate with Confidence Communication is the bedrock of successful teamwork.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 16, 2021

When you hear stats like 4 million Americans resigned their roles in one month or that 40% are considering a change in job , you might feel nervous about the future of work, and how the heck you build a culture of sustained performance in all that turmoil. Communicate. Communicate–consistently. Cultivate Curiosity. Contribute.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

You have a solid track record of building high-performance teams. I established a clear vision and performance expectations. 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. What does “regular” mean?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Building a Human-Centered Leadership Approach [00:38] Discover how a human-centered leadership approach can transform your work environment, helping you master communication and accelerate team performance while building a career with respect and influence. [01:30] 18:55] Dive into the importance of mutual dependence in a team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2023

Achieve Success Together: How Great Teamwork Turns Talent into Performance Are you ready to learn how great teamwork can propel your organization into high performance? David says, “Taking talent and turning it into performance comes down a lot more to the culture of the team.” What are the characteristics of a great team?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2025

Whats the right setting to deliver a layoff or performance warning? Difficult Conversations: It’s not just WHAT you say, BUT WHERE you say it If youve ever been blindsided by feedback via Slack, had your stomach drop at a cryptic text from your boss, oryes, it happensbeen let go over Zoom, youre not alone. Start here.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Creating real trust and the psychological safety that leads to great performance takes time. You cannot over-communicate your team’s shared purpose. Then communicate it five times, five different ways –and then do it again. Then communicate it five times, five different ways –and then do it again. Be real and transparent.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

Do You Tolerate Poor Performance or Let the Slackers Slide? Or you let a performance issue fester for fear of not being liked? In this article, we address the common reasons so many managers tolerate poor performance, and what to do instead. How to Be Okay When It’s Time to Fire a Poor Performer 3.

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International Coaching Federation

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Managers who participated were better prepared to support their teams, foster a collaborative environment, and promote open communication. Notably, improvements in performance and absenteeism were significant. Shifting from a directive approach to collaborative coaching can be challenging.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

How well they will perform their role. Cultivating gratitude will open daily opportunities to communicate your encouragement and genuinely thank people for their choices and contributions. Progress is good. You need recognition. And courtesy is vital. But none of these are genuine gratitude. True gratitude begins with deep humility.

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Vantage Circle

JULY 19, 2024

The primary purpose is not to punish but to guide employees toward better performance and strengthen their understanding about company policies and standards. The primary purpose is not to punish but to guide employees toward better performance and strengthen their understanding about company policies and standards.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2021

You start by telling them something great about their performance. Or, they leave the performance conversation remarkably confused. The sandwich method of giving feedback has long been taught as a coaching and feedback technique. What is the Sandwich Feedback Technique? And you follow it up, with some more positive feedback.

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