Leadership

Empowering and leading others to do and be more.

Effective Communication Was Never His Strength – And Now He’s Your Boss

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Imagine the following scenario:  There is someone in your work that would benefit greatly from an effective communication course.  He talks mostly to hear himself think.  When you are communicating with him, his eyes wander and you know he is truly not listening to what you are saying.  You find that you have to repeat … Read more

8 New Manager Hacks:  A Cheat Sheet for Starting Your New Leadership Role Right

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Throughout my career, I have seen dozens of different New Managers as they try to succeed in their new role.  If you are a new manager, congratulations.  You have exhibited competencies that have given you success and got you to where you are now.  Now that you are here, where do you start? As a … Read more

Effects of MicroManagement (Infographic) – Signs That You Are a MicroManager

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Have you ever been micro-managed when you had the competencies to perform the task at hand?  How did it make you feel?  The effects of micromanagement to a company culture can be disastrous.  You have heard it said that people don’t leave bad companies, they leave bad bosses.  There is so much emphasis from executives … Read more

How to Balance a Full-Time Job and Blogging without Losing at Both

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How do you balance a full-time job and blog on a consistent basis?  I have been blogging at Lead Grow Develop for only a short time but had a Parenting blog for a while.  Often, it can be challenging and sometimes even discouraging.  There are strategies I use to be able to balance not only … Read more

Presentation Skills From A Ten Year Old– 11 Steps to an Effective Presentation

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Are some people just natural-born presenters, or is it a skill that you have to carefully mold with experience?  If my son is any indication, some people just naturally have what it takes.  During my last blog post about personal development, I mentioned that not only am I an introvert but was also extremely socially … Read more

What Type Of Leader Do You Want To Be? – A Leadership Exercise

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Are you passionate about becoming an effective leader but not sure where you stand in the leadership effectiveness scale?  Do you truly understand what type of leader you want to be?  Here is a leadership exercise to help you find out. In my last post, I mentioned that the one important key in becoming an … Read more

What’s The One Important Key To Being An Effective Leader?- A Leadership Exercise

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There is the type of leader that we are, and the type of leader that we would like to be.  How do you bridge the gap?  I have had several conversations with managers and leaders who have tried to convince me that lack of time is the reason why they didn’t have a development conversation … Read more

How Great Leaders Inspire Action – Simon Sinek Ted Talks [Video]

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I wrote recently about starting with the Why with personal development when trying to improve on a skill. I wanted to share with you a video from Simon Sinek that masterfully explains Why in more detail. In this video, Simon discusses the pattern that all successful leaders have in inspiring action. According to Simon, all … Read more

Why a Customer Centric Environment Is Crucial To Your Success

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If you are in business, you know that you are not alone. No matter your market, there are competitors vying for your customer’s business. Customers have more and more access to information through social media and the internet. They can easily research the vast array of options they have. So how can you differentiate yourself … Read more

Key Effective Leadership Traits – Roselinde Torres on Ted Talk [Video]

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In this video, Roselinde Torres shares a study of 4000 companies that were asked about the effectiveness of their leadership programs.

She further questions:

Why is the leadership gap widening?

What are the successful leaders doing?

It is true that companies invest so much money in leadership programs without seeing an increase in effective leadership.  Is it in the program itself or in the follow-up of the training program after?  A topic for a future blog post.

Roselinde suggests you ask three questions in order to measure your leadership effectiveness:

  • Where are you looking to anticipate change?
  • What is the diversity measure of your personal and professional network?
  • Are you courageous enough to abandon the past? Even abandon a practice that made you successful.

I particularly enjoy question 3.  Too often we stick to the same methods because it worked for us in the past only to fail to realize that it is no longer an effective method.

What questions do you ask to measure your leadership effectiveness, or the effectiveness of others?

Why We Win When You Love What You Do (And you Should, Too!)

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What drives our motivation?  There was a study that measured two kinds of motives for engaging in any activity:  internal and extrinsic motivation Internal or Intrinsic Motivation: engaging in behavior because it is personally rewarding.  In essence, engaging in an activity for one’s own benefit and not a reward. Participating in a sport because you … Read more