Leadership Solutions with Russ Simon

What if YOU are the very reason feedback fails? 🤯 Stop self-sabotaging receiving feedback! Long-term success in using feedback requires respecting three critical cautions: 🧟Don't become the Feedback Monster (respect the tempo). 👣Focus on A to B, not A to Z (respect the next step). ⏳Expect the J-Curve (respect the time needed to practice). Learn about these essential guardrails that protect...

When hard feedback hits, what do you do? The feedback is out of your control, but your response is not! Learn the three "how-to" skills that empower you to take charge of your development: 2-Mirrors, Signposting, & Second ScoresStop feeling victimized by feedback. ➡️ Find out the three skills you need after the Clarity Question! Ready to talk about bringing this training to your team...

Someone just said, "I have feedback for you." 😬What's your immediate reaction? Defensiveness? Anxiety? That's the emotional autopilot taking over. You need a strategy—a single question—to snap yourself out of reaction mode and create the space for clarity, curiosity, and confidence. Learn the one powerful question that immediately puts you in control of the conversation.➡️ Watch...

Feedback is supposed to help you grow, so why does it always feel so puzzling and stressful? 🤯 That anxiety you feel before a conversation comes from a lack of clarity. You don't know if you're getting a gift, a nudge, or a performance review. Not knowing the type of feedback kills your confidence. The solution? The A-C-E framework. This simple acronym instantly identifies the three types...

😩 That instant feeling of dread, defensiveness, or dismissal when someone says, "Can I give you some feedback?" That's your inner cat arching its back. 🐈‍⬛ It's an involuntary reaction that shuts down your confidence and kills your ability to grow—and it's driven by one of three hidden T.R.I.ggers. Is your confidence being hijacked by questioning the Truth of the feedback,...

Did you know the real leverage in growth and career success isn't in giving feedback—it's in receiving it well? 🤯 Receiving Feedback, Part 1 - Leadership Solutions with Russ Simon Most leaders spend their energy mastering how to deliver the message. But if your team isn't equipped to hear it, your effort is wasted. 🗑️ When you learn to receive feedback with clarity, curiosity, and con...

🛑Stop sending your team to conferences just to consume information. You're falling prey to The Change Trap: Intent VS Intentional You have the intent to grow your team. So why are your efforts stalled? 🤔 Because... 👉🏼Intent is NOT Intentional! Too many leaders stop at wanting to do good (intent) and never bring in the needed support (intentional). You need structural REWARDS and TOOLS that...

Your team is motivated. Your people have the skills. So why is the new process still falling apart after the kickoff change? 🤔 It’s because you focused on the individual and forgot the team. 👥 Without true peer influence and collaboration structures in place, your team is simply working side-by-side, not achieving synergy. Discover how to build the social and organizational structures that make...

Are you a Willpower Leader or a Skill Power Leader? 🤔💡Too many leaders confuse inspiration with empowerment. They think if they just motivate people hard enough, the change will happen. It won't. ❌You need a system that moves beyond just giving your team the motivation to change. ⚙️If you're not providing the right skill set and/or toolset, your team's motivation will disappear the...