Team Development
8 Reasons It’s So Hard To Find Great People These Days
So, like all leaders, you’re trying to build your team—to hire great people and build a strong team for the future. Why does it seem so hard to find great people these days? As a leader who’s been building teams for a few decades now, I understand the struggle. Finding people is one thing. Finding great people…
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4 Things That Cap Your Leadership (Or Unlock It)
This post is by Jenni Catron. Jenni is the Founder and CEO of The 4Sight Group and is a member of my Speaking Team. You can book Jenni to consult with your team or speak at your next event here. By Jenni Catron Ever wonder what the real cap on your leadership is? You intend to be…
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3 Rules For Keeping Conflict Low and Passion High At Work
So you want to keep conflict low and passion high at work. How do you do it? Great question, and apparently a needed one. Gallup says 70% of Americans remain disengaged at work (aka they’re phoning it in). And, curiously, 37% of all job applications are put in on Tuesday, which likely means after giving…
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5 Disruptive Leadership Trends That Will Rule 2020
A brand new decade is here, and with it a massive amount of change as well as a lot of potential. So here’s a question: why should trends matter to leaders? For starters, we live in an age of massive disruption. A decade ago we were still traveling to video stores to rent DVDs, purchasing music…
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3 Ways to Coach Young Leaders Without Frustrating Them
This is a blog post by Dillon Smith. Dillon is the content manager for Carey Nieuwhof Communications and a member of the Speaking Team. You can book Dillon to speak at your church, next event, or on for an interview on your podcast here. By Dillon Smith Do you ever wonder how to best coach young leaders? If…
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CNLP 308: Larry Osborne Spins Gold on How to Connect with High Capacity Leaders, Why People with Low EQ Dominate Meetings, and Why All the Traits You Hate in a Child You Love in a Leader
Larry Osborne shares 4 decades of wisdom with leaders on everything from how to connect high capacity leaders, to what to do if you wanted to make a million dollars, to questions you should ask other leaders, to meeting dynamics on how to handle him. Carey spends almost the entire episode pitching some of his…
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5 Outdated Leadership Practices in Today’s Office (Why 8-4 Doesn’t Work Anymore)
If you sense that things are changing rather profoundly in the workplace these days, you’re correct. What’s strange is that so many of the rules at work that made sense a decade ago just don’t anymore. What seemed normal at work for several generations is suddenly seeming as outdated as driving to Blockbuster to pick…
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CNLP 307: John Ortberg and Carey Nieuwhof on Workaholism, How to Be Appropriately Vulnerable, and Finding God When Things are Bad in Leadership
John Ortberg has a brand new podcast, What Were You Thinking? Today, we flip the mic, and John interviews Carey Nieuwhof about workaholism, how to be appropriately vulnerable about your story, and finding God when things get tough in life and leadership. Welcome to Episode 307 of the podcast. Listen and access the show notes below…
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5 Things Older Leaders Can’t Stand About Younger Leaders
What are your thoughts about young leaders these days? I’ve been at countless breakfasts and meetings with people my age or older who, about a decade ago, started complaining about younger leaders. The part that puzzles me is that I love working with young leaders. They have been the heart of my team for over a…
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CNLP 306: Sarah Piercy and Dillon Smith on How to Develop, Attract and Keep HIgh Capacity, Young Leaders, and a Backstage Look at Working on My Team
How do you develop, attract and keep high capacity, young leaders? In this episode, Carey interviews Sarah Piercy and Dillon Smith, two amazingly gifted young leaders he hired at ages 22 and 19 respectively. They have an honest, candid and insightful dialogue on the highs and the lows of developing young leaders, what didn’t work,…
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