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Practical writing on leading people well: promoting the right person, leading former peers, hard conversations, hearing the truth and leading through change.

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Most of what I know about leadership I learned by getting it wrong first. My first leadership role came early in my career, and I quickly found out that a title does not make anyone follow you. Since then I have promoted many people into leadership, led teams through an acquisition and through the pandemic in healthcare staffing, and helped grow Uniti Med 10x in two years. These articles are what I wish someone had handed me at the start.

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How to Decide Who to Promote Into Leadership

The interview was last year. Why the team already knows who their next leader is, and how to ask them.

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How to Lead People Who Used to Be Your Peers

What to do in the first two weeks, how to stay friends and how to handle resentment.

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How to Have a Difficult Conversation With an Employee

Why being clear is kind, how to prepare and the words that help.

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01How to Decide Who to Promote Into Leadership02How to Lead People Who Used to Be Your Peers03How to Have a Difficult Conversation With an Employee04How to Lead a Team Through an Acquisition05How to Lead a Team Through a Crisis06What Great Managers Do Differently07How to Train New Managers08How to Give Feedback to Employees09How to Delegate Effectively10What Supportive Leadership Really Means11How to Build Trust With Your Team12How to See Hidden Potential in the People You Lead13How to Be Vulnerable as a Leader14How to Apologize at Work15Saying Yes Before You Know How16The Three Mindsets That Stop People From Growing at Work17The Words You Forget, Your People Remember18How to Run a One-on-One Meeting That Matters19They Were Great at the Job. Now They Lead a Team.20Your Team Knows Whether You Do What You Tell Them21What If You Do Not Train Them and They Stay?22Nobody Has Told You the Truth in a While23Truth Over Praise: Feedback People Can Actually Use24Protect Your Ego or Improve Your Performance. Not Both.25Your Strategy Is Whatever You Are Actually Funding26Why Growth Fails Without Leadership, Ownership and Culture27Succession: What Brings the Next Generation Back28The Leadership Half of Safety Culture29Supervisor Leadership Training30Leadership Retreat Agenda
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