Leader Fables

Join Jacob & Casey as they deliver the final installment of the Five Altitudes of Planning: life planning. Learn how to envision your best future self, consider key relationships, identify life accounts, and assess your ideal and current state. Hear tips on how to use your life plan to inform your days, weeks, quarters, and years.

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Learn how to take a personal, quarterly retreat that empowers us to order our weeks and achieve our goals. Join Casey & Jacob as they discuss quarterly planning and conducting a personal retreat. They discuss the five steps to completing a quarterly review and best practices for ratifying quarterly goals.

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Learn how to tame the chaos that inevitably occurs during even the most well-planned days. Join Casey & Jacob as they discuss daily routines that help ensure we get the most valuable work done that aligns with our weekly priorities. Learn how to build a startup and shutdown routine and tips to stay focused and productive throughout the day.

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Ever wonder how to better ensure your week is a success? Join Casey & Jacob as they outline the five steps of weekly planning. Learn how to reflect, set goals, review & capture open loops, and organize tasks.

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Jacob & Casey kick off season 2 of the show—which is all about planning—by giving an overview of the Five Altitudes of Planning. They discuss the importance of organization and share tips for creating a project inventory, picking good focus areas and projects, and how to effectively use the "Focus Compass" to eliminate tasks that cause misery.

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Casey & Jacob put a cap on this season of Leader Fables by hosting an episode where they answer listener questions about reluctant leadership, strategic planning, professional development, The Great Resignation, and what they're reading.

They conclude the episode by previewing the next season of Leader Fables which starts on July 12th, 2022. Thanks for listening!

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Mary Jane Isaacs of Entrata joins Casey and Jacob to talk about her experience leading highly productive software development teams. During their conversation, Mary Jane gives some great tips for navigating seasons of painful change, tips for 1-on-1s, and how to add a little whimsy to team celebrations.

Mary Jane loves to rock out to the Bleachers and is currently reading Super Pumped by Mike Isaac.

The most effective leaders take the time to reflect on what could go better and what's going well in their work and life. Join Casey and Jacob as they discuss the importance of reflection and listen to them demonstrate how to perform a retrospective. In this episode, Casey and Jacob consider what's going well with the podcast, what could be better, and what they should stop, start, and continue.

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• Audible: This episode of Leader Fables is sponsored by Audible. Show your support for the show by getting a free 30-day trial to Audible+.

Margaret Simonis of Western Governors University joins Jacob and Casey to talk about her leadership journey and some of the lessons she's learned along the way. During the course of their conversation, Margaret gives some great tips for conducting effective 1-on-1s, staying organized, establishing routines for recharging, and team celebration.

This episode is packed with great advice from an experienced middle manager for middle managers.

What is a Mastermind group, and why should middle managers consider starting one? Listen to Jacob and Casey discuss how establishing a Mastermind group—also referred to as a Fable Circle—can help us become better leaders. They also deliver tips on how to run a group effectively and some ideas on how to start a Fable Circle from scratch.

Sponsored By:

• Audible: This episode of Leader Fables is sponsored by Audible. Show your support for the show by getting a free 30-day trial to Audible+.