Leadership Fitness in 5 Minutes with Gary Slyman

Topic: Spirituality, Religious Practice & Giving Back

When coaching someone I start with building a vision. Starting with the following areas: Spirituality

Religious Practice

Giving Back

What does a 10 look like for you in the above categories? It might not be all three. Why are these areas important? We bring our whole self when we lead. If these areas are fulfilled you will be a better leader. If as a leader you provide opportunities for those you lead to be fulfilled in these areas they will be better employees and you will produce a better work environment.

Need help creating your own vision? Contact me today.

Topic: Harness Your Subconscious to Accelerate Your Professional Development Do these two things. 1. Create a vison 2. Label it Use your subconscious to have something working for you all the time. You begin with creating a vision. Decide what success looks like for you. Write it down, draw a picture and then label it. By labeling it you are stating that you have achieved the vision you are creating. You are visualizing your success. Now take a step back and figure out the steps you need to take to reach that goal.

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: 3 Ways to Assess Your Implicit Biases 1. Take an assessment (Check out Harvard's Implicit Project) 2. Look at your evaluations you give your team 3. Look at your behavior and that of your team in meetings Self-awareness is the most important trait of a leader. It allows you to have real feedback to your tendencies and actions and make adjustments. You want to know what your biases are and how they are affecting your performance, your team and your organization. This data will help you grow as a leader and lead more effectively.

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Topic: How to Grow as a Leader by Doing Less

Are you are leader with too much on your plate? Do you want to grow but don't have time? Here are three areas to explore to decide how to do less so you can focus on what only you can do.

1. Ask - ask those you work with, those you work for and those that work for you; what you need to stop doing.
2. Triggers - what items on your to do list cause negative emotions, do you dread. Triggers give you a sign that something is not in alignment with you values. It's an opportunity to delegate.
3. Look at Your Last Position - you got promoted because you were really good at something, are you doing that or too many other things.

As leaders you are in a constant cycle of moving things on and off your plate. Knowing exactly what you should focus on will allow you to grow to be a more effective leader. It also allows others to step up and grow in areas they might not have before.

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Topic: Talent or Teamwork? Which is More Important for a High Performing Team? Let's look at three criteria we can use to assess this topic. 1. Bias - do you have any toward talent vs teamwork? Look at your last team you formed. 2. Experience- what is your experience either in creating a team or being on a team. 3. Science - J. Hackman & Ruth Wageman share their successful model in "Senior Leadership Teams: What it Takes to Make Them Great"

Are you creating a team? Worked on a successful team? Being intentional with how you choose your teammates or team players can either lead your team to be high performing or not. Need help or an assessment, contact me today.

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Do you want to be successful in your transition to the next level? Master these 2 concepts 1. Identify what's different in your next or new position 2. Identify behavior changes you need to have at that new level to be successful. Are you looking to be promoted? Or transition to a new position? You can also find all standups on our weekly podcast: Leadership Fitness in 5 Minutes with Gary Slyman

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Topic: 2 Most Important Actions by a Leader in a Crisis to Maintain the Trust of their Team & Stakeholders

1. Make sure all stakeholders are aware of the crisis as soon as possible.

2. Involve your stakeholders in the solution.

How is your experience during a crisis? Have you found this to be true?

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Topic: How to Write a Leadership Purpose Statement with 3 Easy Statements

1. My leadership position exists to (what you do) _____________________
2. By doing (3-5 priorities or core competencies) __________________, _______________, _________________
3. So that (state the impact) __________________________

Learn the details of the above and how to create one for yourself and then teach those in your organization how to write one. Do you have one? How did you create yours? Share below

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Topic: Three Areas to Consider When Dealing With a Difficult Boss

1. Mindset
2. Agreements
3. Professionalism

Walk through these three to see how you can help navigate that difficult relationship.

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Topic: Two Reasons Failure is Good

1. You learn more from failure than successes
2. As a leader you gain more respect when you deal with failure

What are the good parts of failure? Let's hash out the above two reasons and how they play out in your goals, in your organization and as a leader.