During a live Q&A call with executives from many different industries, Bobbie LaPorte learned that many of them were having trouble making decisions in this challenging and uncertain times. In her October 19, 2020 “Let’s Get Growing” video, she shares a tip for how you can reflect on past successes to choose what seems like the best option—and then go with it.
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Connecting the Past to the Future
As we head into the seventh month of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s becoming increasingly clear that things may never go back to what we consider “normal.” So how can you help your team adapt to the kind of permanent changes they’re now faced with? In her October 12, 2020 “Let’s Get Growing” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a tip for building a bridge from successes your team has had in the past to where you need them to go in the future.
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Leverage Your Team’s Strengths
"Strength Spotting" involves more than just connecting people with their strengths. In her September 21 "Let's Get Growing" video, Bobbie La Porte explains how you can leverage those strengths in new ways to accomplish more, even if you're faced with fewer resources than you've had in the past.
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A Chance to Take Bold Action
Amid so much uncertainty, your usual end-of-year strategic planning process will likely be more challenging than ever. In her September 14 "Let's Get Growing" video, Bobbie La Porte shares three questions you can ask to approach this annual ritual from a place of possibility and opportunity.
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Don’t Hit the “Pause” Button on Executive Decision-Making
With so much fear and uncertainty in the world today, it’s natural for leaders to want to hit the “pause” button and wait to make any big decisions. But the cost of delay is even greater than it was before. In her September 8 "Let's Get Growing" tip weekly video, Bobbie La Porte shares an Ironman anecdote and some practical tips for adapting, regrouping, and taking action from a place of what can be.
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The surprising power of small wins
Today many of us feel distracted, worried, and not as productive as we'd like to be. In her July 6 "Coronavirus Curveball Tip of the Week" video, Bobbie LaPorte talks about the surprising power of "small wins"—and how you can leverage them to motivate bigger achievements.
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A simple tip for calming your own brain down
In these times of great uncertainty and anxiety, it's more important than ever to be an empathetic leader. But that's also more challenging when you yourself are operating in a "high threat" state. In her June 29 "Coronavirus Curveball Tip of the Week" video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a simple tip for calming your own brain down so you can really listen to others.
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A simple but very effective tip to help you stay connected
After months of working remotely and not being able to see your team and colleagues in person, it's becoming more and more challenging to keep the human connection. In her June 15 "Coronavirus Curveball Tip of the Week" video, Bobbie LaPorte shares one simple but very effective tip to help you stay connected.
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Redefining Strategic Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty
This article is excerpted from the first chapter of Bobbie LaPorte’s new leadership book, When the Curveballs Keep Coming: A Leadership Playbook for an Uncertain World. There is no question that the requirements for strategic leadership are changing in an uncertain environment. In the past world of certainty, leaders could rely on being experts in a specific functional area.
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How to Lead When You Don’t Have All the Answers
Here is another “sneak peek” from the first chapter of Bobbie LaPorte’s upcoming book, Leadership Curveballs, Blind Spots and Black Holes:As leaders in an uncertain environment, we rarely have the answers our teams expect from us and trying to “spin” how we respond, pretending that we do have the answers will not help us. We don’t know where to turn for support for fear of seeming week and irrelevant, even as our natural networks of supporters disappear.
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