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The Secret of Successful Leadership

November 12, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Learning, Teaching, Mentor, Goals, Needs, Wishes, Growth, Development, Confidence, Self-Awareness, Capacity, Advancement, Contribute, Engagement, Motivator, Input, Feedback, Progress, Ideas, Lessons, Insight, Support, Direction, Foundation, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

As a leader, one of the greatest gifts that you can offer your people is access to tools, knowledge, and opportunities that will help them build their capacity to contribute their best. It’s a way to ‘Give the work back to the people.’ It provides them the possibility for success and is a win-win for […]

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Developing Leadership Humility

July 11, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Leadership, Humility, Professional Will, Humanity, Humble, Vulnerable, Self-Examination, Reflection, Feedback, 360 Review, Coach, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

Trust yourself, trust your intuition, have a vision for, and be intentional about how you show up to lead. This offers a solid foundation for your impact and influence. Seeking feedback on how others experience you and your actions is key to being humble. And being open and vulnerable to the feedback you receive is […]

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Building Capacity for Feedback

March 26, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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As we wrap up this series on the Gifts of Receiving Feedback I want to mention that it’s equally important to take in and fully receive positive feedback. Even if we like to hear positive feedback we can still struggle with fully taking it in. We may have a tendency to speak disparagingly about the […]

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Challenges of Receiving Feedback

March 20, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Feedback, Receiving, Giving, Challenges, Increase Trust, Reduce Conflict, Growth, Confidence, Triggers, Truth, Relationship, Identity, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

It’s tough to give or receive feedback in a culture of ‘nice’, where we infinitely extend grace. While working with organizations I notice the leaders becoming frustrated that their people aren’t performing as expected. Yet, not wanting their people to feel bad, they avoid the difficult conversations that hold people accountable. Some leaders create stories […]

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Receiving Feedback Is Hard

March 12, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Perspective, Strengths Lens, Common Sense, Gift, Feedback, Reluctance, Workplace Challenge, Fear, Difficult, Undesirable, Issues, Challenges, Graceful, Resistance, Recognize, Manage, Fear of Change, Fear of Failure, Fear of Rejection, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

The ability to put feedback into perspective is a gift. Today, during a coaching conversation, a client shared a big AHA moment they experienced after becoming frustrated that the service person was not understanding and not addressing their concerns about a system being installed in their home. It wasn’t until later that evening that the […]

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The Resistance to Receiving Feedback

March 7, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Continuing our focus on ‘The Gift of Giving & Receiving Feedback’ this week, I reflect on some of my more painful growth edges—when I’ve truly taken to heart difficult feedback. Enabling me to sit with and grow from the feedback is my trust in the intentions of those providing me with the feedback, and knowing […]

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The Gift of Receiving Feedback

February 27, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Feedback, Receive, Grace, Humility, Leadership Skill, Courage, Emotional Intelligence, Relational Aptitude, Open Mindset, Appreciatory, Instructive, Evaluative, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

Following the last few blogs on Creating Cultures of Trust, I think about an overlooked aspect of the trust dynamic—our openness to courageously offer honest feedback and receive feedback as a gift that helps us to be the best versions of ourselves. With the strengths package that I was given I feel compelled, at times, […]

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Prevailing Over a Good-Enough Culture

October 18, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

In this final post on Good-Enough Cultures I’ll highlight two examples of Leaders who do not settle for good enough. I’ve worked with both of these leaders. Taking deep dives into their strengths and building their capacity as leaders was transformative for them in how they see their people and lead their teams. They felt […]

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Turn Around a Good-Enough Culture

October 9, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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If your organization suffers from a good-enough culture, take heart: there are steps that you can take as a leader in overcoming a good-enough culture. As I mentioned in a previous post, caring is linked to understanding. Author Chowdhury, in his book, The Difference: When Good Enough Isn’t Enough, suggests that leaders who apply these […]

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Can Dysfunctional Teams Become Functional?

June 8, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Many leaders I work with discover that, when they promoted to a new leadership opportunity, they have inherited a troubled team. And they are now expected to fix it – making the team functional. Frequently, their new team is not interested in being fixed or functioning any differently than do currently. To further complicate leadership […]

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