Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility Transitioning top individual contributors into effective people-first team leaders. Trivia Challenge What does Subway officially call the person making your sandwich? A) Sandwich Artist B) Culinary Technician C) Deli Engineer D) Bread Consultant (Scroll down for the answer) Management Is The Job. Leadership is the Skill. Here's something that's been bugging me. Every few weeks somebody starts a thread on corporate jargon. Circle back. Low-hanging fruit....
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Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility Transitioning top individual contributors into effective people-first team leaders. Trivia Challenge True or false: the term now known as 'imposter syndrome' was originally coined to describe struggling beginners. (Scroll down for the answer) Why New Leaders Feel Like They’re Faking It Leadership is learned through action, reflection, and adjustment, not before the promotion. Let me give you an analogy. Remember that time you had that special event you had...
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Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility Transitioning top individual contributors into effective people-first team leaders. Trivia Challenge What percentage of new managers underperform or fail within their first two years in the role? A) 25% B) 40% C) 60% D) 75% (Scroll down for the answer) Why Leadership Training Alone Doesn’t Create Better Leaders Every year, organizations spend millions of dollars teaching leaders how to lead. You attend workshops. You complete online courses. You leave with...
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Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility Transitioning top individual contributors into effective people-first team leaders. Trivia Challenge What is one of the shortest words in the English language that contains the letters a, b, c, d, e, f? (Scroll down for the answer) Turning 360 Feedback into a conversation You finally got the green light for 360 feedback on your team. Real development. Real data. A real shot at seeing where your people are strong and where they're stuck. And now comes the...
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Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility From an overwhelmed manager to the leader your team trusts and respects. Trivia Challenge Which leadership skill do new managers report struggling with most? A. Delegation B. Giving feedback C. Difficult conversations D. Time management (Scroll down for the answer) The Myth of Having It All Together The day you became a manager, something funny happened. Apparently, you decided you had to have all the answers. Your team started coming to you with problems...
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Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility From an overwhelmed manager to the leader your team trusts and respects. Trivia Challenge True or False: Extroverts are statistically more successful at pitching new startup ideas to venture capitalists. (Scroll down for the answer) Two Paths to Impact: How Introverts and Extroverts Lead Differently Your personality doesn’t determine your success as a leader, but it does influence how you communicate, make decisions, recharge, and are perceived by others. It...
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Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility From an overwhelmed manager to the leader your team trusts and respects. Inside A small shift that makes a difference Three ways to start thinking like you’re building a career Your next steps This week's resource Your turn Trivia Challenge What percentage, according to a 2024 Harvard Business Review leadership study, found that the word "we" appears more often in top-performing team reports than "I"? (Scroll down for the answer) Somewhere Along the Way,...
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Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility From an overwhelmed manager to the leader your team trusts and respects. What's Inside We’ve been here before What matters most right now Ask yourself This week's resource Your Turn Trivia Challenge What year was the first AI chatbot launched? (Scroll down for the answer) AI Isn't Coming for Your Job. Panic Is. You read another post on how AI is taking your job. You tell yourself you have to quit doom-scrolling. And still, every time you see one, you feel...
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Clarity ➡ Confidence ➡ Credibility From an overwhelmed manager to the leader your team trusts and respects. What's Inside The Feeling You Can't Quite Name What Low Trust Actually Looks Like Before You Try to Fix It, Figure Out If It's Real How Trust Actually Gets Built This Week's Resource Your Turn Trivia Challenge What percentage of employees say they trust their manager to do what's right? (Scroll down for the answer) Does Your Team Actually Trust You Most managers assume they have trust....
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