Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The Winning Formula for Building Trust and Accountability Peter Winick and Kim Scott discuss the transformative power of Radical Candor in leadership, emphasizing the importance of giving honest feedback with empathy. What happens when you mix radical candor with thought leadership?

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Operations Software Scaling Manager 255

Lolly Daskal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant risks for leaders. While AI can enhance decision-making, streamline operations, and drive innovation, it also brings challenges such as ethical concerns, job displacement, and data privacy issues.

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AIHR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Conversely, poor leadership can lead to disengagement, reduced productivity, and increased turnover. Try this Offer leadership development programs: To enhance management effectiveness, invest in leadership training that focuses on emotional intelligence, communication, and employee coaching.

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Lolly Daskal

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Conflict is inevitable in any workplace, but how leaders handle these conflicts can make or break the team’s morale and productivity. Leaders with high emotional intelligence (EI) navigate conflicts with grace, turning challenging situations into opportunities for growth and deeper understanding.

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Energy Manager Leadership Development 179

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Servant leaders develop people who deliver results. I Know some remarkable servant leaders. This post represents their passion. Average leaders deliver results. People don’t rise to low standards. Stretch goals that are always reached are too low. Confront helplessness. Promote responsibility.

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Leadership Development 346

Leadership Freak

JUNE 4, 2024

Coaching is leading powerful conversations that enable others to flourish. Skilled leaders use coaching skills to bring potential into reality.

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Leadership Development 345

Lolly Daskal

JULY 29, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I have seen firsthand how communication plays a significant role in how people perceive and respect you. Many of my clients are unaware that they are being rude. It’s only through coaching that they gain the insight needed to recognize and address this issue.

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Employee Engagement Leadership Development 342

Leadership Freak

APRIL 15, 2024

Taking perspective is more important than giving perspective when leading. But many leaders run around spouting their perspective without learning how others see the world. Perspective taking increases influence, energizes others, and builds trust. Here are three actionable approaches to the art of perspective taking.

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Leadership Development 341

Leadership Freak

JULY 25, 2024

Personal growth is the first practice of remarkable leaders. Show up as the person you aspire to become. What are you waiting for? Average leaders show up as their best selves. Remarkable leaders… Continue reading →

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Leadership Development 341

Leadership Freak

JUNE 3, 2024

Distraction is the enemy of life. Unfocused Leaders are stress filled bags of irritation. A person who rushes to finish one thing so they can do the next thing is dying while they live. Here are 7 ways to eliminate distraction.

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Leadership Development 341

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 13, 2024

Gratitude energizes. Unspoken appreciation drains vitality. Would positive energy improve your life? Think of gratitude as pouring energy into others. Discover five simple strategies to bring vitality to your team and yourself.

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Energy Leadership Development 341

Leadership Freak

APRIL 24, 2024

Leaders who love telling people what to do can’t coach. The use of authority creates conformity. The leader as coach ignites vitality. Here are 10 essential qualities of the leader as coach.

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Leadership Development 341

Leadership Freak

MAY 8, 2024

Stories invite engagement. I'm talking about hearing another's story, not telling yours. Your greatest tool of influence is your ears. People light up when they tell their story. We're adrift without facts. We're barren without stories. This post shows you how to invite people to tell their story.

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Leadership Development 339

Lolly Daskal

JULY 16, 2024

Leadership is a powerful tool that can either cultivate an inspired and energetic workplace or flatten an organization’s morale. As an executive leadership coach, I’ve seen how certain leadership behaviors can systematically undermine team motivation.

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Lolly Daskal

JULY 25, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve seen firsthand the remarkable impact a future-oriented mindset can have on a leader’s success. This forward-thinking approach is not merely advantageous; it is an absolute necessity in today’s fast-paced business world.

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Benefits Employee Engagement Risk Management Operations 338

Leadership Freak

JULY 30, 2024

Infatuation with dramatic change is the reason you’re stuck. Transformation happens in 10-minute increments. Momentum is a series of small successes. Dedicate 10-minutes to one thing on this list. It will improve your day. Keep doing it, it will change your life.

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Leadership Development 337

Leadership Freak

MAY 17, 2024

Distrust interprets action as manipulation. When people don’t trust you, the things you do for them feel insincere. Skeptics believe compliments obscure self-serving ends and gifts mask selfish motives. Trust reflects how others… Continue reading →

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Leadership Development 335

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 22, 2024

Work that isn’t noticed isn’t valued. People who work hard are overlooked for promotions every day. Helping doesn’t advance your career when others see you as a helper, not a leader. A reputation… Continue reading →

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Leadership Development 335

Leadership Freak

MAY 7, 2024

We're giving away a wonderful book on Leadership Freak today. Don't miss it. Some people become more engaged, more challenged, and more in control during difficult times. Dr. Steven Stein helps people become hardier. It's a practice you can learn. Did I mention we're giving his book away, today?

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Leadership Development 335

Leadership Freak

JULY 24, 2024

Click the link to expand your leadership influence. “When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.” Brenda Ueland You might be a lousy listener if. #1. Listening feels easy. #2. Listening is about technique. #3. Solutions are top of mind.

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Leadership Development 335

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 6, 2024

Read this post if you want to thrive in leadership. Intellectually humble leaders get better when things get harder. Humility isn't a feeling. It's a way of seeing yourself. This post explains the advantages of practicing intellectual humility.

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Leadership Development 335

Leadership Freak

MAY 29, 2024

A mind is a terrible thing to spew when it’s a bubbling cauldron of brilliance. Practice strategic silence rather than blinding with faux wisdom. Conformity disempowers. Strategic silence empowers. The more certain you feel the more likely strategic silence is protection. Practice strategic silence, not disengagement.

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Leadership Development 335

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Competence gets in the way when you don't believe in others. People do it themselves because they think they can do it better. Do it with is better than do it yourself. One-person teams are a myth. Believe in others to free yourself. Here's how.

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Leadership Development 333

Leadership Freak

JUNE 6, 2024

Technology is the gift that keeps on taking. Micromanagement is a breeze. Bosses can persecute with texts and emails while wearing their pajama bottoms. The solution is the problem.

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Leadership Development 332

Leadership Freak

MAY 14, 2024

Leadership success depends on EQ more than technical talent. Emotional Intelligence enables you to stay calm under pressure, resolve conflict skillfully, and connect with people deeply. I'm delighted to host another wonderful book giveaway. Today it's, "Elevate Your Emotional Intelligence." I look forward to reading your comments.

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Leadership Development 332

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Power corrupts, so does lack of power. Weakness isn't virture. The paradox of power is it grows when it’s shared and shrinks when it’s hoarded. Discomfort with power is contentment with weakness. Power is the ability to get something done. Embrace power responsibly. Expand power ethically. Here's how.

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Leadership Development 332

Leadership Freak

JULY 18, 2024

Transform personal challenges into opportunities for growth and leadership. Personal struggle is an unexpected source of lasting impact. Life is not about you. It is about what you do for others." - Tom Rath Discover 10 sources of competence and learn how reflecting on your struggles can lead to meaningful contribution.

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Leadership Development 330

Leadership Freak

MARCH 11, 2025

Servant leadership doesnt win popularity contests in authoritarian environments. You could be a bad leader for doing the right thing! Showing up as a humble leader in a dysfunctional culture makes you the problem. Here are seven ways to be a "bad leader" in a good way.

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Culture Change Leadership Development 291

Leadership Freak

APRIL 22, 2024

The second step to leadership is practicing things leaders say. The first step to becoming a leader is in the heart. You learn to love people. A person who loves people turns their focus outward. Words without heart are meaningless irritants.

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Leadership Development 330

Leadership Freak

APRIL 11, 2024

Willy Wonka built a land of pure imagination and so do you. Decisions are shaped by imagination. Evan a logical list of pros and cons is based on imagined eventualities. Your view of the future explains how you live today. Leaders imagine the future.

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Leadership Development 330

Lolly Daskal

JUNE 21, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve worked with numerous teams transitioning to remote work, helping them create a culture that not only survives but thrives in a virtual setting. In an era where remote work has become the new norm, building and maintaining a robust team culture presents unique challenges.

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Implementation Manager Employee Engagement Leadership Development 330

Lolly Daskal

JULY 23, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve seen firsthand that strong leadership is critical to any organization’s success. Navigating today’s competitive environment and achieving top results requires leaders to be proficient in several key areas.

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Accounts Manager Employee Engagement Leadership Development 330

Lolly Daskal

MAY 6, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I understand the vital role that effective communication plays in leadership and how they are riddled with mistakes. Verbal communication is a cornerstone of our interactions, yet it’s often riddled with pitfalls that can hinder our success.

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Inclusion Accounts Employee Engagement Leadership Development 329

Leadership Freak

MAY 15, 2024

The Goldilocks Paradox says the path rises between too little and too much. This post explains how to challenge enough and how to coach just the right amount. People lean toward extremes. We help too much, or we help too little, for example. 4 questions to dance with extremes.

Leadership Development 329

Leadership Development 329

Leadership Freak

MAY 28, 2024

Are you a leader brimming with ideas? Ideas are like rabbits. Multiplication leads to disease. The only thing worse than a leader with no ideas is one with too many. Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.” Paul Valéry What if you have too many ideas?

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Leadership Development 329

Lolly Daskal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Given the fast-paced, ever-changing nature of today’s business climate, the traditional notion of leadership is being challenged. While technical skills and managerial experience were once the primary criteria for identifying leaders.

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Implementation Diversity Energy Education 329

Lolly Daskal

JULY 5, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I have seen the power of language to create a cohesive and collaborative team atmosphere. Fostering a collaborative culture is essential in today’s interconnected workplace.

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Leadership Development 329