Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2019

It’s the number one challenge we hear from managers – time. The post How to Help Your Team Solve Problems and Think Critically appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. It’s the number one challenge we hear from managers – time. It’s especially challenging when your team is […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2020

Your confidence is fuel for problem-solving and creativity In the past two weeks, we’ve been in several meetings and conversations with leaders responding to rapidly changing coronavirus scenarios. Regardless of the industry, as leaders shared responses and next steps, many of their […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 1, 2024

How to help your team challenge assumptions for better creativity and problem-solving In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” ” That’s not just a lack of imagination.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

Participants must manage through complex situations and team dynamics. Action learning is an approach to solving real problems that involves taking action and reflecting upon the results. The learning that results helps improve the problem-solving process as well as the solutions the team develops.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2021

Recently we’ve had several clients ask us to help their managers get better at delegation. Strategic empowerment removes the guesswork and helps people focus their creativity and problem-solving where it will make the most difference. Heck, some are not even up to you. How to Do I Empower My Team By Delegating Well?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2021

Even if you’re a rock star human-centered leader, doing all the right things to encourage micro-innovation and problem solving, it’s also likely that you have a few team members who still have best practices and ideas they’re holding back. How to Include Your Reluctant Employees in Your Speak-Up Culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

For more Clarity-building Habits check out: Great Teams: 12 Practical Collaboration Habits to Create Clarity Curiosity: Unlocking Innovation and Problem-Solving The best teams dont settle for surface-level thinking. Instead of saying, Do you understand, ask: What is your understanding of our response time goal?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Later, talking with Declan’s manager, she was grateful for Declan’s work, but also confused. Declan was frustrated—and so was his manager. He expected that by fulfilling those parameters, he’d done good work and that his manager would acknowledge that work. But what’s happening with Declan’s manager?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

Participants must manage through complex situations and team dynamics. Action learning is an approach to solving real problems that involves taking action and reflecting upon the results. The learning that results helps improve the problem-solving process as well as the solutions the team develops.

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Work-Life Balance: well-being, time management, burnout, and stress, pressure. Emotional Intelligence: understanding and managing own emotions, conflict resolution, more organic interpersonal relationships. The PROBLEM Coaching Model The name P.R.O.B.L.E.M. But what’s your unique way of handling them? Set time framework.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 1, 2015

Would you be up to offer a little free advice to beat down manager? Two years ago I took over as manager of the noted, “ really tough crowd” in our company. Tap into the energy of your prefrontal cortex– the part of your brain that problem-solves and plans. Let’s call him Guy. How Can I…”.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We’d designed a “speed-generation” problem solving session where groups rotated through stations to identify the ugly issues that needed to be addressed and worked on real solutions. The destruction that new manager is doing to our culture? Team’s admire managers who “own the ugly.”

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LivePlan

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Business problem solving can become a refined skill if you develop a consistent process. Let's show you how by walking through a simple and repeatable problem solving checklist.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? Managing change is critical for your success—too much change, too quickly creates instability. Is there a problem you’re trying to solve?

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Work-Life Balance: well-being, time management, burnout, and stress, pressure. Emotional Intelligence: understanding and managing own emotions, conflict resolution, more organic interpersonal relationships. The PROBLEM Coaching Model The name P.R.O.B.L.E.M. But what’s your unique way of handling them? Set time framework.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 16, 2023

In addition to the connections built through working together and solving problems, you can also include periodic conversations that build relationships, such as: Cultural conversations to problem solve or celebrate: for example, “What’s really getting in the way of people using our new system?” Let’s begin with mindset.

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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

MAY 8, 2021

And yet, most of the time when leaders complain that a manager is “missing that gene,” it turns out they’ve never been taught. In fact, in our Courageous Cultures research, 45% of respondents said they had not been trained in critical thinking or problem-solving. Our I.D.E.A.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When people are confronted with problems, a lot of times you get one or two reactions from managers. In this episode, David uses a real-life situation to walk through the steps of how we take responsibility for solving problems, solving the right problems, determining the best person to own the problem, and working to resolve it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 24, 2023

How often are your employees speaking up with creativity, empathy, and problem-solving? AI is changing how workers trust and engage with their managers—and connection is at the heart of these changes. But people still turn to human managers who can understand how they feel, c oach them in their careers, and build culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2020

As we look beyond this immediate crisis to establish a new normal, how will you leverage this spirit of micro-innovation, problem-solving, and customer advocacy on your team? Join us for a free IDEA Inspiration Rally to unleash your team’s best ideas for a better, bolder future.

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

How do I manage employees virtually? They go on to say, “Leaders need to ask if poor remote work performance or poor hybrid work performance is a location problem or a management problem. No location can *fix* poor management, and the office alone has no magic to create a great organizational culture” (p.11).

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2017

Nathan Regier of Next Element Consulting – Next From Nate shares his viewpoint that when we mediate, manage, or reduce the conflict, we necessarily reduce the energy available for productive problem-solving. My Manifesto For Change: Conflict Isn’t The Problem Follow Nathan.

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BetterUp

APRIL 12, 2023

Jump to section What is problem-solving, and why do hiring managers care so much about it? How to answer problem-solving questions Common problem-solving questions and answers Things to avoid when answering problem-solving questions How to prepare for problem-solving interview questions Problem solved

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Crestcom

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Escape Rooms: Building Problem-Solving and Team-Building Skills Escape rooms bring out the problem-solver in everyone. Problem-Solving : Escape rooms are full of puzzles that require analytical thinking and fast problem-solving —two critical leadership skills.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

To lead through chaos, clarify what matters most and define reality for yourself, your team, and your manager. I feel bad for my manager, they’re in a hard place and there aren’t any easy decisions, but I can’t seem to get them to make better choices. Time to Lead Your manager can’t solve the problem for you.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Keep an open mind when it comes to problem-solving. Leadership requires enormous drive, hard work, good stress-management skills, and enthusiasm. Or, if you’re a manager working to grow your people’s leadership qualities, prompt them to list those steps for themselves. Great leaders have high energy.

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CMOE

JANUARY 16, 2025

Unlike traditional management, which often relies on directives, coaching emphasizes partnership. Why Coaching Matters for Front-Line Supervisors Manufacturing is a high-pressure industry that requires quick decision-making and the ability to manage a team with varied skills.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Testing these aspirational values against real-world competing pressures provides real clarity, and helps guide problem-solving and decision-making down the line. Of course, there’s also the issue of translating compassion into behaviors for your employees as well. How does compassion play into that Sunday request? Empower innovation.

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Your Work, Your Way

OCTOBER 18, 2022

I don’t have a problem with time management, but her point is well taken. She also says optimists tend to think tasks will take less time than they do, so they often struggle to get things done. She calls this planning bias. Research more, work on effective – and accurate – estimates of time and other resources.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

Cross cultural leadership to build better teams Cross cultural leadership is a fantastic chance to broaden your impact and develop teams that excel in performance and innovative problem-solving. You can achieve these outcomes when you recognize the challenges and focus on four dimensions of team collaboration.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

” “They meet deadlines, but I wish they were better at problem-solving.” ” When it comes to managing your professional brand, the “buts” matter. .” “He’s our best salesperson, but he’s a jerk with internal partners.”

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International Coach Academy

JULY 18, 2024

I have personally managed, through years and experience, to develop unwavering resilience, while having someone in my entourage who became deeply entrenched in extreme victimization. ” Behaviour: Active problem-solving, seeking support, maintaining a positive outlook, taking responsibility for actions and outcomes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Managers are relearning how to lead and support their teams. That’s not necessarily a sign we’re getting better at conflict, just escaping it— and potentially losing out on the innovation and problem-solving that comes from learning to do conflict well. These rapid changes and missing human connections fuel conflict.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Episode 237: Do you ever get frustrated that your manager wastes time with bad delegation? Alright, today’s question comes from a manager named Declan, and that is not Declan’s real name, but we’re going to use the name Declan here. So Declan was frustrated, but so was his manager. (

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Crestcom

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Crestcoms accredited and award-winning leadership training provides insights into key leadership competencies, from communication and problem-solving to decision-making and strategic planning. for Life , your managers can continue to develop leadership skills and bring fresh, effective strategies to your organization.

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McKinsey

DECEMBER 17, 2020

technologies let manufacturers integrate top-down performance management and bottom-up problem solving into business-as-usual routines—without replacing their current systems. Industry 4.0 The result? A virtuous cycle of improvement. .

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