Leadership Fitness in 5 Minutes with Gary Slyman

Want to Build Your Influence Consider These Three Areas. 1. Be deliberate about the skills you want to develop 2. Build deep and real relationships 3. Develop deep expertise Want to know more? Comment the word "influence" for more resources.

4 Areas to Evaluate How You are Supported & How You Support Those You Lead

1. Information - Do you have the information at your fingertips to do what you need to do quickly, efficiently and effectively
2. Rewards & Recognition - Are you recognizing the right people, at the right time, for the right reasons?
3. Development/Education & Training - Do you have the correct trainings and education being offered?
4. Material Resources - Do you have the time, resources, hardware, and space needed readily available. Take some time to see how you are supported then assess how you support those you lead.

3 Criteria to Evaluate Your Decision Making

You are a leader therefore you are a decision maker. How good are you at making decisions? Rate yourself 0-10, then ask those you work with to do the same.

There are three areas I would ask you to look at to evaluate how you make decisions.

1. Decisiveness - do you spend the right amount of time and give the right priorities to your decisions? Understanding the who, what, when and where.
2. Ownership - Do you own your decisions? When you make a decision is it clear? Do you also own the results?
3. Values - a key to all things in leading. How well do your decisions align with your values? If they do, they are easier to make and you are predicable.

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This was a Memorial Day message but just as applicable for every day.

For Gold Star families Memorial Day is every day.

This Memorial Day take some time to honor and remember those that have given their lives for our freedoms. Maybe you don't know anyone personally but look around your community, often bridges or roads are named after fallen heroes. Participate in a parade or festivities that talks about these men and women and their families.

5 minutes to make you a more effective leader.

Topic: Celebrations

What is the spectrum of celebrations in your organization? What should it be? This month and next are full of graduations, weddings, etc. Think about celebrations in your work place?

Every celebration has three elements.

1. Looking behind - what got you where you are today to be celebrating what you're celebrating

2. Celebrating the accomplishment

3. Looking forward to how this will propel you forward.

As a leader what have you recently accomplished? Did you celebrate it? What about those that you lead? Or a team? Have they accomplished something recently? Did you celebrate it?

I would argue celebrating small accomplishments consistently can have an even larger impact than the bigger more obviously accomplishments.

How do you celebrate? Share below. Need help evaluating how to improve this in your organization? Contact me today.

5 minutes to make you a more effective leader.

How can you maximize your influence if you are not the direct person in charge? Take note of these three areas. Find someone you think does this well and rate them, then rate yourself. Learn what you can adjust to get the desired results you want .

1. Depth of Relationships- you need to have a certain level of personal and professional knowledge of those you lead or influence.
2. Breadth of Relationships - how often do you step outside your own area of expertise, department or level
3. Value you Give - what kind of value do you give to those around you, those you lead and those in your organization?

Do some self-assessments in the above areas to see where you can improve to get the impact and results you want. Want some help doing that? Contact me today.

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What is your next transition? Want to make an informed decision?

Listen to your feelings/emotions, thoughts, and behaviors and take some data.

We are always in transition. What transition are you in?

Take a self-assessment and determine where you are in the following three areas? Feelings, Emotions and Behaviors.

What are the things you love and the things that zap you in each area in both the personal and professional arenas?

Keep track of what fills your bucket and what doesn't. Take note of where you get your energy from and what depletes it.

Topic: Credentials are an Important Part of our Professional Lives Here are three elements to think about for you and your organization. 1. Education & Training - what knowledge do you need and where do you need to apply it? 2. Experiences - what are required for you to be effective or your organization to be effective 3. Standards - who has set the standards for your organization? Is it local, state, national? What makes sense for you. How do you make sure you have the right credentials to be the type of leader in your industry that you want to be?

How can you ensure a successful event?

Think about the following three areas:

A- Affect: How do you want people to feel during the event and after?

B - Behavior: What do you want people to do during and after the event?

C - Cognitive: What do you want people to think about during and after the event?

Any event you plan, big or little can be more successful with these three areas kept in mind.

Do you have a professional development plan for the year?

How is it going?

This week's Monday morning standup gives you

5 Areas to Assess That Your Professional Development Plan is Working.

As a leader planning and setting goals is imperative but how do you make sure you are on track to meet those goals?