Comments on: 4 Strategic Conversations to Have With Your Team https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/ Award Winning Leadership Training Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Karin Hurt https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7978 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:04:53 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7978 In reply to Chery Gegelman.

Chery, Thanks so much for sharing that powerful example.

]]> By: Chery Gegelman https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7977 Wed, 28 Dec 2016 10:23:52 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7977 Great post Karin – We have been raving fans of a company for 12 years. Investing heavily in their products, merchandise and recruiting others to do the same. We recently had an experience that caused us to communicate with every level of Customer Service in the organization and finally with the CEO. They refused to own the ugly. Our investments and communication to others about them have been completely altered.

]]> By: Karin Hurt https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7976 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:36:25 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7976 In reply to LaRae Quy.

LaRae, Thanks as always. You raise a good point… it IS getting talked about somewhere. So much better to have a healthy conversation about it.

]]> By: Karin Hurt https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7975 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:29:53 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7975 In reply to Jonathan G.

Thanks so much, Jonathan! I agree this would be great as a quarterly cadence. Happy holidays to you as well.

]]> By: Karin Hurt https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7974 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:28:48 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7974 In reply to Sam.

Sam, So agree! Thanks for sharing your insights.

]]> By: Karin Hurt https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7973 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:28:20 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7973 In reply to Terri Klass.

Terri, Thank you! Yes, the team has built a lot of trust… and done a good bit work around eliminating “diaper genie” feedback and telling one another the truth.

]]> By: LaRae Quy https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7972 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:16:22 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7972 Love this article Karin!

“Own the Ugly. Make it safe to talk about what’s not working. It’s getting talked about somewhere. Best to lift it up, stare at it, vent if needed and then figure out what must happen next.” As you point out, it’s getting talked about anyway so why not be a constructive part of the conversation? One of the biggest problems I see is that no one wants to call the baby ugly…this is especially true if leadership has ownership in the project…it’s vitally important for leaders to set the tone and bring it up before it ends up as water cooler chatter…

]]> By: Jonathan G https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7971 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 01:36:15 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7971 SUCH an important process! It is important to clear the air and make sure all team members have the same line of sight about what the challenges are and what can be done better. I would even see this as a best practice for a quarterly process as it makes more sense to create strong open dialogue around this rather than traditional operational reviews. This really gets to the core of what a team should be working towards! Love this post! Happy Holiday Karin!!

]]> By: Sam https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7970 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:27:39 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7970 Great post Karin. I’m a big fan of the “G” – what’s gotta go. So many times I hear, “we’ve always done it like that.” Just because a process has stuck around doesn’t mean it needs to stay.

]]> By: Terri Klass https://letsgrowleaders.com/2016/12/12/4-ugly-conversations-to-with-your-team-before-year-end/#comment-7969 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:48:30 +0000 http://staging6.letsgrowleaders.com/?p=26164#comment-7969 I love the idea of an UGLY conversation! I think the way you set up the process for leaders to think and then own their decisions is fantastic. It sounds like your offsite was so successful due to a great deal of trust on the team and respect for each other’s suggestions and opinions.

Well done Karin!

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