Leadership Fitness in 5 Minutes with Gary Slyman

First pillar of executive presence: Gravitas

Gravitas is a feeling about a leader. These are the elements that make up those feelings. Think about those you know with great executive presence and then think about yourself.

Performance under pressure - do you want to be close or around them

Decisiveness - ability to make decision in a timely manner with correct data and clarity

Integrity - candor, are you telling everyone everyone around you the straight story

Emotional intelligence - the how of all the others, how do you manage yours and others emotions

Reputation - your reputation gets in the room before you do, do you know what your's is?

Casting your vision - where we are going, why and the how.

All these things you can work on. Where to start? Self-awareness and emotional intelligence.

Executive Presence

1. Gravitas - what is your impact? What do you bring to the company? Especially in times of stress or chaos.
2. Communication - both written and spoken
3. Appearance - do you look the part?

Think about yourself and those you work for. Do you have executive presence?

1. Do those you lead love what they do?

Each year Gallup publishes a poll about happiness in the workplace. There are 4 areas they explore. Take a few minutes to examine yourself and those you lead to see how you can improve.

1. How well are they listened to? - people want to know you care and want to feel heard.
2. Do they know the expectations? - over 50% of employees do not know what is expected of them.
3. Are their strengths used? - employees want to use their strengths
4. Do they have what they need? Happiness in the workplace is essential to productivity and enjoyment.

Do you and those you lead love what you do?

What Would be the Impact on Your Life if you had Complete Control of your Calendar?

Does that seem possible to you? What were your first thoughts when you herd that question?

Here are four areas where you need a mindset shift.

1. Boundaries - do you have time just for you? who has access to your calendar to schedule?
2. Priorities - know what they are, looking at your calendar can show you.
3. Saying No - learn when it is in your best interest to just say NO
4. Asking More Questions - this simple process can help you know if it truly is something you need to add to your calendar.

Do you need help working through the above? Contact me today.

Are your unconscious biases or the unconscious biases of your organization limiting your success at your war on talent

1. What are your hiring practices?

2. Who are you excluding?

Work through these questions with me and make sure you and your organization are getting the best talent for your team.

War for Talent: What About Veterans?

Are organizations overlooking veterans? There are over 9.8 million vacancies and not enough people to fill them.

Veterans, are you becoming a student and educator to help the private sector how what you have to offer?

Organizations are you trying to understand how the veteran community can help and fill these positions. Take time to understand each other and these positions can be filled with highly capable and hard working veterans.

Over 50% of my clients are transitioning veterans. Need help? Contact me today.

Want to improve in a Professional Area? Find an expert!! And explore these three areas.

1. Fundamentals - what are those fundamentals you need to master to improve in this area
2. Assessments - assess where you are in terms of the above fundamentals
3. Practice - taking action so you can get better

Remove frustration and accelerate your path by getting a professional. Two popular areas delegation and communication. You might have other areas that you are looking for improvement and need a professional to help you reach your next goal.

A brief history and traditions of Independence day. Do you know the history?

Do you know why we have fireworks?

Tune in to hear the details. How are you celebrating this 4th of July?

Miss previous standups? They are all on the podcast: Leadership Fitness: 5 Minute Leadership Lessons

We are half-way through our year. Let's do a check-in on your goals and assess your progress. Look at the following three areas. 1. What have you accomplished? Did you catch the Monday morning standup? Take time to look back, see what has been accomplished as an individual and as a team and then celebrate those things. 2. What has changed? Look at your budget/revenue, schedule and performance/metrics and see what has changed. 3. Where are you moving from? Take the above into account again, did the changes work? If not what needs to shift and where are you going? Need help with the above self-assessment? Contact me today.