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Planning for 2025? For folks in learning & development, our CEO Claire Lew shares some specifics on what she's noticed most L&D strategies overlook – and what to do instead. Read her thoughts in full on the Canopy newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/ggcd2xy2 #learningandevelopment #2025planning

"What is my role as a leader this week? Should I say anything to my team about the US elections, as a leader? Should I not?" Our CEO Claire Lew gives her take on this complex question here: https://lnkd.in/gPXatGDY #leadershipcommunications #uselections

"Is there any way to make this easier?" We get this question often from leaders in the thick of performance reviews. Many of us feel overwhelmed and ill-equipped to summarize all the performance feedback from a given year in a single review for all our direct reports... But there?is?a way to make sure that performance reviews are put together and delivered well, especially when you're crunched on time. Our CEO Claire Lew address this head-on during our free webinar?TOMORROW, Thursday, October 24th, at 8AM PT,?"Equipping Your Leaders (and Yourself) for Performance Review Season." Specifically, she'll cover: ?? How can I encourage my leaders – and myself – to make sure that the performance reviews are worth the effort they require? ?? How can I coach my leaders – and myself – to share the reviews well? ?? How can I help my leaders – and myself– ensure that feedback shared in performance reviews is implemented our team? REGISTER FOR FREE HERE: https://lnkd.in/gya-RwTw #performancereview #annualreviews

Having a hard week? It's okay. It happens to *all* of us as leaders. Our CEO Claire Lew writes what helps her the most when she has a hard week, based on working with thousands of leaders... Read the full post here ?? https://lnkd.in/g2EVkwhU #leadershipdevelopment #management

It’s time. Q4 is here. You need your team to kick things into another gear. But you have constraints: Your team is overwhelmed and exhausted. There are more to-dos than time. How do you increase performance and a sense of urgency with the reality of these challenges? Next week, our CEO Claire Lew will dive deep into how to increase performance amidst constraints – based on a methodology developed over the past decade working with 30,000+ people. You’ll walk away with the answers to the following questions: ?? How can I increase productivity in my team when they are already burnt out (or on the verge of burnout)? ?? How do I create a sense of urgency without overburdening my team? ?? How do I increase performance when folks on my team are quite junior? ? Register for FREE here → https://lnkd.in/g-NevnAG Look forward to seeing you there! #teamperformance #leadershipdevelopment

How to get your team to pick up the pace, when an important outcome is on the line? If you've ever wondered how to instill a sense of urgency in your team without becoming overbearing, our CEO Claire Lew details this in her brand new post. ? READ IT IN FULL HERE: https://lnkd.in/ggpGvMfb #urgency #leadershipdevelopment

A little momentum goes a long way. Sometimes, a nudge of encouragement helps us to invest time in our learning. We’ve now baked this into?Canopy... Introducing?Streaks??? — an easy, automatic way to keep track of your learnings and pick up momentum. Complete any meaningful learning activity in a week, and you’ll kick off your streak. For example: ?? Filling out a?Leadership Skills Assessment? ?? Listening to a?90-second tip? ?? Participating in a?5-minute lesson? ?? Completing a?reflection at the end of a lesson? ?? Watching a?previous event recording Sign-up for a FREE Canopy account and you can give a try yourself → https://lnkd.in/g5QPuZ3f

As leaders, we sometimes have to tell our team something they don't want to hear. How do you deliver disappointing news to your direct report? Our CEO Claire Lew wrote a brand new piece on delivering disappointing news, and walks through how to do this in 4 specific scenarios: ?? Telling your direct report they’re not ready. ?? Telling your direct report they didn’t get the promotion. ?? Sharing that your team failed. ?? Letting someone go. Read the full post here ?? https://lnkd.in/gaeH-3bk #leadershipdevelopment #hardconversations

How to get someone to change their “tone” without it feeling like an attack on their personality? Our CEO Claire Lew wrote a brand new piece answering this – and how to give feedback on something that feels more subjective. She covers: ?? 4 key concepts for giving subjective feedback ?? Suggested phrasing for giving subjective feedback ?? 2 real-life examples from executives on how to do this Read the full post here ?? https://lnkd.in/gpaNdM-V #givingfeedback #leadershipdevelopment

You notice the shift: Transitioning from managing individual contributors to other managers *feels* different. More layers, more projects, more stakeholders... How do you cut through the noise and make sense of what matters most, as a leader of leaders? Here are the 4 biggest shifts for leaders of leaders to be mindful of ?? #managingmanagers #leadershipdevelopment