LEAD U from The Daily Art of LEADING

It’s that time of year again. In my company, the end of the year performance reviews and compensation discussions start Monday.

So many trainings cover how to give performance reviews, but who covers how to receive them?

We do.

Here’s a throwback to episode #8, where we covered how to receive feedback, along with key tips to deliver an end of the year performance review.

“All organizations are perfectly designed [and aligned] to get the results they get” – The RBL Group.

Just as The BEAR Model helps you get the results you want in your personal life, each result or output of your organization is caused by a uniquely balanced ecosystem.

If you want different results, LEAD U’s Organizational Effectiveness Model helps you deliberatively design and align the components to get the outcome you want.  

Learn all about it in Episode #39, the final tool in our New Manager Quick Start Series. 

First, understand how the elements in the OE Model interact and connect to produce the current results.

Then, holistically design and align all the key components to get the results you want. 

New Manager Quick Start Series: 9 Tools Your First 90 Days In A New Job

* Episode #21  – Create Your 30-60-90 Day Plan * Episode #22  – Mentally transition into your new role* Episode #23  – Create “My Style: A Guide To Working With Me”* Episode #24  – Create a network list and begin listening conversations* Episode #25  – Transition work from the prior incumbent* Episode #26  – Conduct a New Leader Assimilation* Episode #05  – Roll out your O3s (one-on-ones)* Episode #37 – Create your Management Operating System (MOS)* Episode #39 – Conduct Organizational Effectiveness Assessment Bonus: Begin to learn and apply the Top 5 Manager Must Do’s like giving Feedback (Episode #16) and Coaching (Episode #35)

Enter your name and e-mail to download Lead U’s OE Assessment template now (access at http://www.TheDailyArtOfLeading.com website and not from iTunes):

During the holidays, introverts like me need all the help we can get.  I love people, but if I’m honest, the work cocktail hour, Christmas party or networking event are the physical manifestations of my nightmares.  It was once so hard that I literally chose to eat alone in the bathroom stall with my porcelain buddy, “John” than eat lunch and talk with my high school classmates.But over the last two decades, I’ve learned the secrets to not only get by in these social settings but also enjoy them.  I value building authentic relationships with people I love and care about.The problem for so many years was that I simply didn’t know how to do it, and didn’t intentionally manage my mind to set myself up for success.In this week’s podcast, I cover the main tips to prepare before you go and share several questions to ask to get the conversation going.

Enter your name and e-mail below (at http://www.TheDailyArtOfLeading.com) to get the FREEBIE, “90 Questions to Get to Know Someone”.  

PS: Join us on social media to share your success stories of how you used these tips or what questions you asked at your holiday get-together.

If you don’t have an MOS, you’re not as efficient and effective at getting results with others as you could be.

An MOS is how you ensure you have the right system of controls, communication and activity to get results with and through others.

Learn how to intentionally lay out the different forums (meetings) with who should attend, how often you meet, and what you’ll address with the key inputs and outputs/deliverables from each session.

Get step-by-step instructions how to create it.

The FREEBIE attached to this episode includes the MOS template along with the Leadership Standard Work template – the list of recurring topics you’ll drive to proactively manage your work and more…

New Manager Quick Start Series: 9 Tools Your First 90 Days In A New Job

* Episode #21  – Create Your 30-60-90 Day Plan * Episode #22  – Mentally transition into your new role* Episode #23  – Create “My Style: A Guide To Working With Me”* Episode #24  – Create a network list and begin listening conversations* Episode #25  – Transition work from the prior incumbent* Episode #26  – Conduct a New Leader Assimilation* Episode #05  – Roll out your O3s (one-on-ones)* Episode #37 – Create your Management Operating System (MOS)* Episode #39 – Conduct Organizational Effectiveness Assessment Bonus: Begin to learn and apply the Top 5 Manager Must Do’s like giving Feedback (Episode #16) and Coaching (Episode #35)

Enter your name and e-mail to download your MOS template now (access at http://www.TheDailyArtOfLeading.com website and not from iTunes):

We’re joined once again with special guest, Sam Owens from SamsCareerTalk.com.

Topics covered

1:06 – What are the habits of good and bad people managers?

Get a sneak-peek into an intervention I think Sam and Brittany have for my “woodpecker” ways.  Are you a woodpecker manager, or maybe the “Aligner”? Click here for more examples of great people managers and here for bad managers.

9:00 – Most common new manager mistakes

12:15 – How to manage your manager

16:07 – How to become a better storyteller at work

Check out Episode 20 for the top 9 tools we recommend every manager, from first-time managers to experienced executives, use in their first 90 days to get off to a quick start.⁣⁣⁣

Whether you manage employees, manage a household of children, or are trying to manage your own mind to get the results you want, great leaders know how to coach.

The second most impactful management discipline or manager must-do is to give feedback and coaching.

In Episode 16, we discussed how to give feedback, and now you’re ready to coach.

The ABC Coaching Framework is how effective leaders coach, and can be used in both self-coaching and with others.

A – Ask Questions

B – Brainstorm Options (To BEAR Up)

C – Commit

Topics Covered:

Intro to The ABC Coaching Framework

9:54: Learn what questions to ask – The top 5 W questions

Examples using the ABC Coaching Framework:

22:57 – Son asking for parental advice

29:12 – Employee asks for career advice

35:40 – Employee preparing a presentation for a big meeting

39:07 – Coaching how to make meetings more effective

For a more advanced version of the ABC Coaching Framework, the B in “Brainstorm Options” becomes “Brainstorm Options to BEAR Up,” and will be discussed in more detail in a follow-up episode. It incorporates using the BEAR model within the framework.

Reminder: Listen to Episode #5  (29 minutes) to discover the #1 most impactful management discipline or action you can take to immediately improve how you manage people and become the boss people want to work for by holding consistent, reoccurring one-on-ones or “O3” with each of your employees.

You’ve probably seen his simple, yet crazy good and entertaining videos on LinkedIn…we’re honored to welcome our special guest, Sam Owens from SamsCareerTalk.com.

Sam specializes in Career Progression. Simplified.

6:06 – How to find your sweet spot at work and stand out

10:20 – Job interviewing tips

16:04 – Sam’s best resume advice

17:30 – How to network as part of your job search

18:29 – How to start a new job off strong (you won’t want to miss Sam’s analogy about “The House”)

21:32 – How to give feedback

This podcast is taken from an 8-part series we filmed on the BEAR Model, to answer the call from our more visual leaders. Check out the entire series here.

Part 8 – How to lose weight, get up early to work out, or even make more money

If you have any items from one of your current or future BEAR models that you want us to run (one Belief from your thought download, an Emotion, Action or Result), contact us or schedule a free coaching session with a certified coach.

We can leave you completely anonymous, but still address the struggle you want to solve or result you want to reach.

This podcast is taken from an 8-part series we filmed on the BEAR Model, to answer the call from our more visual leaders. Check out the entire series here.

Part 6 – What to do when you hate your jobLeadership is intentional influence. ⁣⁣But unless you understand the core of why humans do what we do, you won’t be able to influence. ⁣⁣The core, or the seeds that produce the fruits of how we feel, the actions we take, and results we get are the beliefs we choose to think in our mind. ⁣⁣Change how people think, and you’re on your way to influence, including how you lead yourself. ⁣⁣Leaders focus on 3 types of beliefs: ⁣

* ⁣Beliefs about yourself⁣* Beliefs about others⁣* Believes about what the past was, the present is, and future can be

See the current and future BEAR model for someone who thinks, “I HATE my job!”.  Starting at minute 8, we’ll use this example to learn how to reprogram your brain by:1. Redirecting your brain: are you using the power of your reticular activating system (RAS) to make your dreams a reality?2. Thinking new thoughts: create new beliefs by asking great questions or laddering up/bridging your thoughts.

For more details on how to ladder-up your thoughts, listen to episode #6

Part 7 (starts at 15:15) – The #1 reason why employees leave companies is NOT what YOU think…

Want to know the real reason employees leave?

And no, it’s not technically the manager. It’s not even the pay.

After thousands of real life exit interviews from my experience at a fortune 100 company with 130,000 employees, the real reason is NOT what YOU think, it’s what THEY are thinking in their own brain.

They leave because of their BELIEFS about their manager, or their BELIEFS about any aspect of the job that makes them feel an emotion they don’t like…so they want to leave to feel better, thinking that changing the circumstance is the best alternative.See the current and future BEAR model for Sarah, a Senior Leader who wanted to quit, and how we helped her to not only feel better but also stay engaged.

If you have any items from one of your current or future BEAR models that you want us to run (one Belief from your thought download, an Emotion, Action or Result), contact us or schedule a free coaching session with a certified coach.

We can leave you completely anonymous, but still address the struggle you want to solve or result you want to reach.

What if you could dramatically lessen the stress in your life?  How different would your life be if you didn’t feel overwhelmed or could stop procrastinating?Part 1 – Could one model really help solve any struggle or reach any result – An Intro to The BEAR Model

Part 2 (9:40) – How to solve for the root cause problem and not the symptom.  

Part 3 (13:30) – How to C your BEAR and become aware of your unintentional current model

Part 4 (16:30 – 28:28) – What to do when you’re stressed out and overwhelmed.   Learn what causes stress and why so many of us over-eat, over-drink, over-work, or over-anything, and the root cause for why we procrastinate.

Once you know the root cause, you can learn how to finally feel better.  

This podcast is taken from an 8-part series we filmed on the BEAR Model, to answer the call from our more visual leaders. Check out the entire series here.

If you have any items from one of your current or future BEAR models that you want us to run (one Belief from your thought download, an Emotion, Action or Result), contact us or schedule a free coaching session with a certified coach.

We can leave you completely anonymous, but still address the struggle you want to solve or result you want to reach.