The challenges that new managers and leaders face are immense. They must learn their new role and understand the expectations of them. They must get to know their team and begin to build trust with them. They must communicate with new people in new ways. They must get their new work done. They must delegate

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While it’s hard, time-consuming and often frustrating, coaching can be extremely gratifying on a personal level. Here’s a little motivation to help jump-start your next coaching situation. Click here for just the audio of this episode. Click to learn more about the Remarkable Coaching Workshop. As leaders we must coach – and when we do

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As a new supervisor, your only concern right now may be to take over the team, without making a mistake that makes everyone doubt your leadership skills. You may just be focused on doing the job, without rocking the boat, so to speak, until you feel more comfortable managing your new duties. The idea of making

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If you aren’t a baseball fan, Cal Ripken, Jr. is a Hall of Fame shortstop who played his whole career with the Baltimore Orioles. While over 18,000 have played in the Major Leagues, less than 250 have been elected to the Hall of Fame. And no one who has ever played in 2,632 games in

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SMILE! The positivity of your team starts with you. And when we create this positive environment, we see increased productivity, engagement and success. Watch today’s episode below for tips to help create a positive outlook for your team. Click here for just the audio of this episode. Click to learn more about the Remarkable Leadership

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After reading the above title, you may have thought:  “I’m really interested in that, but I don’t know if it is possible to accelerate change, given that I am a new leader coming in at a time when so much change is already occurring.” This article will help you think about change in new ways so

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Every leader deals with leading, championing or even driving change. And every book and article about doing that will talk about the importance of the vision for the changed state. There is a good reason for that – a vision of the changed state you want people to move towards is critical to a successful

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Coaching is usually about the poor performer. And while coaching absolutely can and should be used for this, if we want to be more successful as leaders, we need to also coach our high-performers. Check out today’s video for tips on coaching your high-performers to even more success! Click here for just the audio of

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The recency illusion. It is a phrase most often used in relationship to language usage, but when coined by linguist Arnold Zwicky, he defined it much more broadly as “the belief that things you have noticed only recently are in fact recent.” Here are two interesting language examples: You might think that the use of

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As leaders, we are in the business of change – helping to implement it, leading it, and helping our teams cope with and make sense of it. It is a critical part of our job. And the rate of change has never been faster. That isn’t just how we feel – study after study confirms

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