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Even well-intentioned feedback can miss the mark. In this exclusive excerpt from Fueled by Feedback, discover seven common mistakes that undermine clarity, trust, and growth—and consider which patterns you recognize in yourself, your team, or your workplace.
As organizations race to adopt new technologies and increase efficiency, many leaders are feeling growing pressure to move faster, produce more, and adapt continuously. But while AI can streamline workflows and accelerate information processing, it cannot replace wisdom, discernment, emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, or meaningful human connection. In the age of AI and constant acceleration, leaders must learn what to speed up — and what should never be rushed.
Why a rhythm-based approach to the new year can lead to more sustainable, intentional leadership. Try these seven micro-practices to create values-aligned leadership rhythms.
Gratitude and ambition can feel like competing forces — one calling for stillness, the other for speed. Yet the best leaders know how to balance both, leading with appreciation while staying hungry for growth. Here’s how to navigate that paradox in your own leadership practice.
Learn all about the four most commonly cited benefits of executive coaching and how it can elevate your leadership by deepening self-awareness, improving communication, optimizing mental bandwidth, and gaining fresh perspectives. Learn how these essential benefits can help you navigate challenges and drive success in all areas of your work and life.
Learning to delegate effectively is not just about offloading tasks; it’s about strategic empowerment and trust-building. It involves understanding the strengths and potential of your team and leveraging them in a way that supports their growth and enhances overall productivity. By using these five tools, you can transform delegation from a chore into a powerful leadership strategy.
December is the perfect time to set goals, intentions, and New Year’s resolutions for the upcoming year. This 5-part process will make sure your goals and focus for next year is strategic, thoughtful, proactive, and personally meaningful for you, and ensure you’ll spend 2024 working smarter and not harder.
When you bring your gratitude practice to work as a leader, it can have profound ripple effects. Showing your employees that they are appreciated can improve morale, wellbeing, engagement, retention, and overall productivity. The problem is, we get caught up in the laundry lists of to-do items and gratitude often falls off our radar. To keep it top of mind, here are seven ways to create, practice, and demonstrate gratitude at work that make it easy to do and harder to forget.
There are many ways courage is critical as a leader, but the most common place I see leaders lack courage is in communication. Courageous communication is a pillar of effective leadership, and there are countless nuanced reasons why leaders don’t say what needs to be said, but most come down to fear. What is the antidote to fear? Courage.
What are the three levels of awareness, and how do they relate to leadership? Learn all about what they are and get some ideas on how to expand your awareness on all levels.
How a leader receives feedback signals how valuable feedback is on the team and in the culture. Learn five tips to receive feedback in a way that encourages a growth-minded culture.
Compassion is a complex and often misunderstood mindset, yet it is critical for healthy and thriving workplace cultures. Building a culture of compassion starts with – and necessitates – compassionate leadership.
There are dozens of communication mistakes leaders make, particularly when they need to communicate something tricky like behavioral feedback or ideas for improvement. Let’s take a look at the most common mistakes leaders make in communication, so that we can learn from them and avoid the common pitfalls.
Sugarcoating feedback is when you bury the lead underneath a pile of niceties – so much so that the main message is not actually delivered, received, or understood. Find out why leaders sugarcoat their feedback and learn about the associated risks.
There are dozens of frameworks and tools about how to deliver effective feedback conversations. The collaborative feedback framework focuses on collaboration, positioning feedback as a two-way dialogue and partnership, rather than a one-way conversation. Start here if you want to prepare for a feedback conversation that stays productive.
As another year draws to a close, take a moment to reflect on the highs, lows, and everything in between. Follow the reflective exercise and journaling prompts in this article to look back and look ahead – to ensure you begin 2023 with a lot of intention.
In our society – and particularly our workplaces – we tend to focus on the faults, mistakes, and blunders of ourselves and others – and skip over the accomplishments achieved. When so much attention is flowing towards criticism and judgment, the cost is a culture that focuses on what is going wrong, rather than what is going right. This article is packed with tips on how to focus on positive feedback and appreciation at work – for yourself, others, and in organizations at scale.
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