If paparazzi had followed you last week, would they have seen a balance of activities at work and outside of work? What’s the impact? It’s well understood that, while we openly talk about structuring one’s time and attention to effectively...
It’s a challenge I think everyone faces. People will say, “Oh, I’m sorry to bother you. You’re so busy.” Well I know that person, and they’re as busy as I am. Everybody has things that are pulling at them. I...
Think of a person who had confidence in you and extended trust. Reflect on its ongoing impact. Will you have the same impact on your team members? Trust is one of the most written-about and talked-about topics in the business...
How would your team describe your leadership style when things are stormy? When things are calm? Leaders who carry their own weather exercise emotional discipline and resist the temptation to allow external dramas to distract them. When we’re triggered emotionally,...
Do you see every interaction with team members as an opportunity to build confidence and develop potential? Coaching is imperfect and often messy, but also real, relevant, and replicable. Coaching continuously requires a lot of engagement. First, you have to...
How will you find the courage to keep your team focused on what is most important, including saying no to some of your own best ideas? If you’re a corporate adrenaline junkie, urgencies can be a tempting distraction. They can...
What’s preventing you from holding 1-on-1s with each of your team members? Nothing is more important than the people you lead. What they need from you is time. They need 1-on-1s so they can bring up issues hindering their progress,...
Do you need to be the smartest person in the room? In Liz Wiseman’s book, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, she invites leaders to assess several key questions: Are you the genius or the genius maker? Are...
Have you articulated an inspiring vision so your people choose to volunteer their best? Creating a vision means defining where your team is going and how they will get there. It’s not unusual for a leader, after a grand pronouncement,...
https://www.franklincoveysuriname.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Confessions-of-a-First-Level-Leader_-Were-Overwhelmed.mp4 Jimmy McDermott shares some advice for leaders of teams that are overwhelmed. Acknowledge there is too much work. Model good behavior. Kill all non-essential projects and activities. Communicate up about the overload. Aggressively filter new demands. When you fail...
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