Leadership Skills
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Leading with Empathy
People want an empathetic leader. Many managers strive to be one. But ask someone to define the term, and you’re likely to be met with silence. Let’s start with the definition. According to...
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Make Career Conversations a Regular Agenda Item in One-on-Ones
Why would anyone want to be a career builder when they risk losing the people they develop? It’s a provocative question many leaders answer by not developing their people. But this strategy...
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The No-Os of Leadership with Mike Easley
Mike Easley explains why self-awareness and empathy are crucial for anyone aspiring to be a leader—especially a leader worth following.
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Meeting the Quota Challenge: Critical Skills Every Sales Manager Needs to Excel
Learn Blanchard’s point of view on solving the problem of the struggling sales manager through developing their leadership skills
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Turning New Hires into Top Performers... Quickly
Hiring and retaining workers is the defining challenge as we move nearer to the post-pandemic workplace.
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Building Resilience in Times of Crisis
As we all adjust to a changing landscape and a new normal in our personal and professional lives, it is imperative that we each develop an increased capacity to thrive in the face of adversity.
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The Three Secrets of the One Minute Manager—Classic Skills for a New Workplace Reality
Ken Blanchard shares how the principles of The One Minute Manager apply in today's remote work environment.
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7 Ways Poor Leaders Are Costing Your Company Money
Learn how poor managerial behaviors negatively impact engagement, alignment, productivity, and retention.
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Developing Your Leadership Point of View
Leaders are not robots; they are human beings with values and worldviews shaped by their own experiences. In the best leaders these lead to a personal leadership philosophy—a leadership point of view.
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Employee Reacted Poorly to Your Feedback? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a manager at a fairly new and fast growing software-as-a-service company. I have been managing people forever and nothing like this has ever happened to me. I recently gave...
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Taking a Situational Approach to Management
With SLII, managers and direct reports learn how to speak a common language that builds trust and a sense of partnership.
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Engaging in Your Employees’ Development
Most companies want their employees to continue to grow and develop because they know employee growth benefits not only the individual but also the organization. For example, how would...
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Direct Report Trying to Make You Look Bad? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a senior leader in a large state government agency. I’ve been here a long time. I came to the job as a high-ranking, decorated veteran and have earned an excellent reputation....
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What is the most important part of performance management?
When people don’t get the coaching they need.
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What to Look for When Building a Servant Leadership Curriculum
“Building a servant leadership curriculum begins by identifying the attitudes, skills, and behaviors of a servant leader,” says Vicki Halsey, vice president of applied learning for The Ken
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What is the key to being an effective manager?
When people don’t get the coaching they need--They flounder, they disengage, they get frustrated, they lose momentum, they miss out on valuable development.
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What Do We Know About Development Level?
Achieve a deeper understanding of the concept of development level and its components.
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Coaching Skills: The Missing Link for Leaders
Leadership experts explore the correlation between leader coaching behaviors & the impact this has on the trust, work, & emotions of teams.
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Why a Situational Approach to Leadership Matters
Effective leader behaviors are context-specific, depending on the development level of the follower on a particular goal or task.
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