Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 5, 2022

How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes New Managers Make. So many new managers don’t receive the training or skills they need to be effective, lead their teams, and achieve meaningful results. Here are the common mistakes new managers make: Avoid Accountability Conversations. 10 Mistakes New Managers Make. Be a Push Over.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Invest One Hour a Month to Help Your Team Perform Even Better. Every truly high-performing team has one thing in common: They spend time in candid conversation talking about what’s working and consistently look for ways to improve. Here are ten important questions to start with when building a high-performing team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 11, 2025

Episode 298: Are you a new manager struggling to boost teamwork and communicate in ways that truly move your team forward? This episode explores seven essential communication skills every first-time manager needs. Skills to reduce conflict, earn respect, and build a more collaborative, high-performing team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Everyone is watching how you respond when a high-performer quits. When a high-performer quits, it can feel like your world is imploding as you scramble to keep the work going AND find the right unicorn to fill that spot. Of course, there’s never a good time for a high-performer to quit. But, what you do next matters.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 26, 2024

To be a better performance coach avoid these common mistakes. Have you ever had (what you thought was) a great performance coaching conversation—your employee commits to behavior change—but fifteen minutes later they’re back to their old habits? So why does so much performance coaching not work? But even so, nothing changes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 11, 2021

It’s easy to take things personally and get upset when you need to lead a tough performance conversation. Leading a Performance Conversation without Losing Your Cool. 2:00 – Why leading a performance conversation without losing your cool is a vital leadership skill.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

Most managers will say they want those outcomes and that they believe in an empowered team, but unintentionally prevent their teams from doing their best. One Big Reason Managers Disempower Their Team. The most common mistakes that disempower teams often result from a manager’s insecurity. Misguided support. Fear new ideas.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Episode 276: Do you ever feel like your attempts to manage up leave your manager more frustrated than satisfied? As a leader, your ability to communicate effectively directly impacts your success and your team’s performance. Ready to transform your communication with your manager?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

So how do you help your team’s performance stand out? How do you ensure that they not only get the recognition they crave, but their performance shines so strong it’s difficult to ignore? For Better Recognition: Start By Differentiating Your Team’s Performance and then Bring on the Spotlight. Keep them growing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This article unpacks how to manage confidential information with integrity and professionalism. No More Vague Reports: How to Give Useful Information (September 2024) As is with many of our articles, we wrote this one in response to a frustrated CEO, asking to help us fix this problem with his team.

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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

APRIL 25, 2019

It takes compassion and strength to fire a poor performer Have you ever been reluctant to fire a poor performer? The post How to Be Okay When It’s Time to Fire a Poor Performer appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. You might identify with Mary. I was the […].

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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. Senior managers who participated in the pilot began to adopt a more inquisitive and supportive approach. The results were promising.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2025

Managers often assume everyone just knows how to have a sensitive conversation. Managers often assume everyone just knows how to have a sensitive conversation. Managers need to be talking with their HR partners, not just about policies, but about practice. Whats the right setting to deliver a layoff or performance warning?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Leading through a layoff is one of the most unnerving challenges you can face as a manager. And, I had lost some of my best managers- – many of who had become close friends. We managed to sustain momentum, but it wasn’t easy. I know it’s hard. Getting Real with Your Own Emotions. ” Me too, Alyssa.

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Let's Grow Leaders

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 Coach Academy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Maximizing Impact, Minimizing Costs: A Strategic Approach to Coaching in Resource-Constrained Government Institutions Government institutions serve as the backbone of a nation, charged with upholding public trust, managing essential services, and advancing societal welfare (Sedgwick, 2016).

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Performance pressure? See Also: The Manager Squeeze: How the New Workplace is Testing Team Leaders Step 2: Help Them See Your Genius (Without a Neon Sign) Your work is valuable. Get clarity now, so that when the time comes for performance reviews, you know youre aligned. Your Boss Doesn’t (Or So It Seems). But your boss?

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International Coach Academy

JULY 26, 2023

A Case Study By Wai Lan Kwan, Life Coach, HONG KONG How Coaching Supports Management Decision I was introduced by my human resources department to take a vocational coach program. One of my colleagues knows that I am studying to be a coach. After a few days, Miss C approach Miss T and request Miss T to re-hire her to work remotely in the UK.

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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). Ignoring Frontline Management’s Role Your front-line managers are your culture carriers. Make it clear that values are non-negotiable—even for your top performers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2021

My phone buzzed with a text message from Amena, a junior manager. Because many managers lack the courage or know-how to give meaningful feedback and help their people grow, they default to useless negative feedback that isn’t just a waste of time—it’s painful and destructive. Many managers err on one side or the other.

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Let's Grow Leaders

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. 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.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2023

If your managers of managers are struggling to hold their teams accountable, dig a level deeper into the root cause This Asking for a Friend question came in from a manager of managers in one of our executive development programs. I’ve got a manager of managers on my team, let’s call her “Sue.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

” Solution: Make change manageable. “My manager says I need to be more strategic. Start with yourself to ensure everyone can receive feedback. It’s a frustration we hear all the time. “My people aren’t coachable. They’re defensive. It’s like they have a wall and just won’t listen.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Perhaps your manager can’t or won’t address it right now. Check here for more on how to hold an effective INSPIRE conversation to address performance challenges or misaligned expectations.). Take the initiative with confidence and humility to lead other leaders. The question is about leading other leaders without excess drama.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 2, 2022

If your Sales SVP thinks your leadership development program is a distraction, your sales managers will show up late and multi-task. They facilitate practical conversations about how the team can take performance to the next level. Your leadership development ROI compounds significantly as managers coach what they learn.

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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

JULY 15, 2024

High-performing teams invest in clear workplace communication by ensuring shared understanding. But if your organization doesn’t invest in effective workplace communication, you’ll face a constant series of misunderstandings that waste time, create conflict, and drag down everyone’s performance. You can respond to change quickly.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In our research for Courageous Cultures, 67% said their manager operates under the notion “this is the way we’ve always done it.” ” And it’s not just managers who can get stuck in a rut. ” And it’s not just managers who can get stuck in a rut. By Showing Up a Bit More Curious.

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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. Read the article here. Read how here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If you’re ready to build a culture that unites, inspires, and fuels performance, hit play now and start transforming the way your team works together! Culture isnt just a workshop or an annual eventit must be intentionally integrated into hiring, strategy, performance management, and leadership behaviors.

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Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While many factors contribute to team performance, one powerful tool that leaders often overlook is recognition. Far more than just a feel-good gesture, strategic and sincere recognition can be a catalyst for transforming good teams into great ones, and great teams into exceptional performers. The secret?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, when you don’t pay attention to tactics and effective management, you create needless conflicts, frustrations and hurt feelings. Leaders and managers often struggle with the difference between strategy and tactics or vision and operations. In looking at the trail ahead, I lost focus on the ground beneath my feet.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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. As a manager, you want to do what you can to prevent the snowball of overwhelm from picking up speed as it rolls downhill. You’re overloaded at work.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For many leaders, emotional splash comes from their intensity and drive-useful attributes, but ones that need to be managed. The staff in front cringed (along with all the customers) as their manager berated an employee. Here are more ways to manage your leadership stress.). Hold performance conversations privately.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over-involved managers frustrate people all over the world, telling them what to do, slowing them down, and getting in the way. Over-involved managers frustrate people all over the world, telling them what to do, slowing them down, and getting in the way. The manager constantly wants to know what everyone is working on.

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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. You investigate and it turns out that they’re spending time with the same three low-level managers because they have a good relationship. Here’s the sad truth.

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