thoughtLEADERS, LLC https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com Why read this blog? You'll get: - Practical & pithy articles on leadership, strategy, career, communications & customer service - Topics affecting your daily work - Applicable, relevant career tools - Real-world stories and examples - Laughs via snarkiness and sarcasm Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:13:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.thoughtleadersllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cropped-favicon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com 32 32 49784771 How familiar are you with the day-to-day activities and responsibilities of your team members? https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/2026/04/how-familiar-are-you-with-the-day-to-day-activities-and-responsibilities-of-your-team-members/ https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/2026/04/how-familiar-are-you-with-the-day-to-day-activities-and-responsibilities-of-your-team-members/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:00:28 +0000 https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/?p=70181 How familiar are you with the day-to-day activities and responsibilities of your team members?

Our reader poll today asks: How familiar are you with the day-to-day activities and responsibilities of your team members?

  • I’m intimately familiar – 17%
  • I’m very familiar – 62%
  • I’m somewhat familiar – 17%
  • I’m not very familiar – 3%
  • I’m not at all familiar – 1%

Know their roles.

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Have you ever had a business problem that you’re not sure how to solve?  This five step problem-solving process is a great place to start.

At one point, I worked with a financial services firm, and we had this really cool program that, when we first launched it, was doing really well, both from a customer standpoint and from a financial standpoint. The problem came up when, all of the sudden, the financial numbers started tanking, and everybody started freakin’ out. 

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Differentiating your business and making it stand out isn’t about cosmetic external attributes. It’s about sharing the internal elements that make your business different.

Today’s post is from Winnie Brignac Hart, co-author of Stand Out. 

Today, we’re bombarded with marketing messages from every side – the New York Times estimates over 5,000 messages every day. Marketers used to try to reach consumers at home watching TV or reading newspapers and magazines, but now advertisers reach consumers in real time, trying to catch their attention at every turn.

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]]> https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/2026/04/8-elements-differentiate-your-business-and-make-it-stand-out/feed/ 0 70174 What best describes your organization’s approach to taking risks? https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/2026/04/what-best-describes-your-organizations-approach-to-taking-risks/ https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/2026/04/what-best-describes-your-organizations-approach-to-taking-risks/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:00:27 +0000 https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/?p=70131 What best describes your organization’s approach to taking risks?

Our reader poll today asks: What best describes your organization’s approach to taking risks?

  • We’re risk-seeking – 11%
  • We’re risk-tolerant – 50%
  • We’re risk-avoidant – 34%
  • We refuse to take risks – 5%

More risk than not. Over 60% of you report your organizations are risk tolerant or risk seeking.

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As you prepare to execute your decisions, think through your communication plan, identify the sources of risk and how you’re going to mitigate them, and think through how you’re going to measure and adjust.

Once a decision has been made, it must be communicated, executed, and then you have to measure it. Additionally, you need to adjust once you get new information.

Communicating

In terms of communication, be sure to articulate what the decision was, who made the decision, and why the decision was made.

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Individuals will always have different levels of hesitancy when it comes to change. Learn how to address skepticism in a way that makes change easier for everyone at your organization.

Today’s post is by Dr. Sarah Stebbins, author of From Fire to Water: Moving Through Change: Six Elements for Personal Resiliency.

A silly question, perhaps, but an important one to answer when experiencing or initiating a change.

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