Let's Grow Leaders http://letsgrowleaders.com Lets Grow Leaders Blog Thu, 23 May 2013 10:38:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://users.feedblitz.com/8599398ac8a6b2d440d1b483bc830730/image001.jpg Let's Grow Leaders http://letsgrowleaders.com http://letsgrowleaders.com/2013/05/23/orchestra-without-a-conductor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=orchestra-without-a-conductor Orchestra Without a Conductor http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/41467338/0/letsgrowleaders~Orchestra-Without-a-Conductor/ http://letsgrowleaders.com/2013/05/23/orchestra-without-a-conductor/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:35 +0000 letsgrowleaders http://letsgrowleaders.com/?p=9084 This was a farewell.  The last concert of the year for the high-school orchestra.  The seniors wore roses and beamed with personality. The conductor held up his baton, and the music began.  Powerful.  Brilliant.  Exciting.  A send-off to the next phase of their lives. Then…he looked at the orchestra and grinned. He stepped off the [...]

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]]> <div style="clear:both;padding-top:0.2em;"><a title="Add to Any" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/26/41254015/letsgrowleaders"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/addtoany20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a>&#160;<a title="Tweet This" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/24/41254015/letsgrowleaders"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/twitter20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a>&#160;<a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/19/41254015/letsgrowleaders"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/email20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a>&#160;<a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/20/41254015/letsgrowleaders"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/rss20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a><h3 style="clear:left;padding-top:10px">Related Stories</h3><ul><li><a href="http://letsgrowleaders.com/2013/05/14/should-you-reveal-your-secret/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-you-reveal-your-secret">Should You Reveal Your Secret at Work?</a></li><li><a href="http://letsgrowleaders.com/2013/05/15/powerful_perspectivof-the-arch-of-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=powerful_perspectivof-the-arch-of-time">Powerful Perspective: Opportunities and the Arch of Time</a></li><li><a href="http://letsgrowleaders.com/2013/05/16/how-to-fire-someone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-fire-someone">How To Fire Someone&#8230; With Compassion</a></li></ul>&#160;</div> http://letsgrowleaders.com/2013/05/16/how-to-fire-someone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-fire-someone How To Fire Someone… With Compassion http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/41209243/0/letsgrowleaders~How-To-Fire-Someone-With-Compassion/ http://letsgrowleaders.com/2013/05/16/how-to-fire-someone/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:56 +0000 letsgrowleaders http://letsgrowleaders.com/?p=8936 You really like this guy.  You’ve grown close over the years.   You care about him.  You might even know his family.  Perhaps he’s even a strong performer who did something stupid.  Now you have to fire him.  How do you that? Firing someone is the hardest thing to do as a leader.  Layoffs are [...]

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