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Leadership Development by Kara Janssen

The Reality of a Leadership Shortage

Globally, the growing leadership gap has become a pressing concern. As seasoned leaders retire, industries continue to evolve, and employee expectations...

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January 08, 2025

Your Team's Place on the Spectrum of Interdependence

The Key to Determining Your Approach to Teamwork

If you are reading this blog, it can be assumed that you have some vested interest in the importance of team effectiveness in your organization. You...

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September 22, 2016

Team Effectiveness

What Do Emerging Leaders Want?

3 Micro Signals Every Employer Must Attend to for Greater Bench Strength and Emerging Leader Retention

Every business leader is struggling to build bench strength in each department so that when a... Continue reading.
September 15, 2016

Leadership Development

How to Engage Emerging Leaders

A Quick-Start Guide to developing emerging leaders

This short guide is designed for those of you looking for concrete ways to start developing emerging leaders now. Before you engage emerging leaders...

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September 07, 2016

Leadership Development

Solving the Problem of High-Potential, Relationship-Challenged Executives

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We have all seen executives, regardless of age, who continue to rise in an organization based upon their accomplishments and technical expertise despite being...

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September 07, 2016

Coaching

Infographic: How a Future-Oriented Mindset Impacts Leadership

Steps Leaders Take to Develop this Master Skill

Last week we touched on the fundamental concept of the “growth mindset.” 

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September 06, 2016

Leadership Development

Let's Dive In to Learn Leadership

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Back to Basics to Become an Exemplary Leader

Have you ever watched Olympic platform diving? If you’re like me, your stomach flutters into your throat each time...

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August 31, 2016

Leadership Development

Google Knows My Birthday! (Does My Boss?)

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Manager as Coach: How to Personalize the Way You Lead

Do you know the birthdays of your employees? How much do you know about the personal and professional aspirations...

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August 24, 2016

Leadership Development

FlashPoint Included on the Inc. 5000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDIANAPOLIS—Aug. 17, 2016—Inc. magazine today added FlashPoint to its 35th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list...

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August 24, 2016

News

3 Musts for Making Leadership Development Stick

How to Involve Stakeholders Before, During, and After

For too long, leadership development has not been seen as a strategic, long-term source of increased revenue. A one-time leadership “vaccination”...

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August 17, 2016

Leadership Development

What Your Employees Won’t Tell You (and Why)

3 Things Your Employees Wish You Would Do

I conducted a workshop last week for a group of new managers. It was a group of about 25 people from different organizations. As I was talking to the...

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August 10, 2016

Leadership Development