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Taking Charge 2: ID Roles
This video is part two in the five part series that lays out five key steps a new leader can take earn the trust and confidence of his team and get off on the right foot as their leader. Here
Taking Charge 1: Gain Position
This video outlines five key steps a new leader can take immediately when taking over leadership of a team or group, and details the first one. The steps are designed to enhance the new leader’s confidence in what he is
Building Trust: Six Building Blocks
This video takes a close look at one of the basic building blocks and most essential element of Leadership: Trust. Using rockets as a metaphor, we explore the six critical components of trust, understand why building trust is important, and introduce
3 Ways to Make Your Goal a Reality
Now that you have your SMART goal figured out, what do you do? This video lays out three things that you can do immediately to start moving towards your goal. Goals without action are just dreams, so this video breaks
How to set SMART Goals
This video introduces the acronym SMART as a tool to help you take your vision or idea and turn it into a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Taking the time to establish clear goals is the
Delegation, Part 3: Who, How to Delegate?
Now that you see the true value of delegating well, and have a handle on the kinds of tasks that are best to delegate, we get down to the business of choosing someone to delegate to, and the process of
Delegation, Part 2: What to Delegate?
Knowing what to delegate makes all the difference in the world. The the thing is to remember that it’s not just about clearing your calendar so you can focus on those key leadership tasks, it’s also about choosing tasks that your teammates
How To Delegate, Part 1: Why?
There are five reasons why a leader may fail to delegate work; understanding them for what they are is the first step on the path to learning to let go and start to delegate effectively. Key to the process is
Surviving a Leadership Vacuum
Things don’t always turn out the way we plan. Key people show up late, come down with the flu, miss the flight. Suddenly there is a leadership vacuum. People start to drift, time is lost, confusion and frustration set in.
Motivating with a Kitchen Utensil: The Golden Spatula
It was frosted toaster pastries and sugar-coated sugar bomb cereal for breakfast. Again. We have to do better. We were camping with the Scout troop, and while the outing was a lot of fun, the meals had become pretty uninspiring.
Quantifying Fun
How to Measure the Unmeasurable “OK,” I said, “I agree it’s a good idea to try to have fun at our weekly meetings, but how do you make a concise goal out of that? How do you know when you