Leadership Fitness in 5 Minutes with Gary Slyman

First quarter is in the books. Let's check in and see how things are going.

We are going to look at three areas.

1. Lessons learned
2. What worked?
3. What needs to change?

I will walk you through an example of a client I currently have…now take some time answer the same questions and see where they lead you. Need help? Contact me today.

Are you in the throws of making a big decision? Do you just want clarity? Get to your NO's. What are your non-negotiable no's?

No's will set some boundaries and give you clarity.

Former head FBI Christopher Wray talks about not getting to a "yes", but getting to a "no" in a negotiation.

Let's walk through an example and then decide how this can apply to you and your team.

Your no's will give you boundaries and set you on a path with a direction and velocity.

When making a big decision we are negotiating with ourselves. You want to achieve clarity, I have made a decision and I have reasons why and they are aligned with my values. Getting to your no's will help you get that clarity.

Trust has a large impact on our leadership behavior. We are going to use YOU as a case study. Pick out someone you trust the most and the least in your professional setting. If you walk into a meeting and see that person you trust the least, what emotions come up? If you walked into a similar meeting with the person you trust the most? How are your emotions different? Where do you feel these emotions, physiologically? How is your emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence, understand your emotions, where they are coming from and how they affect others. Putting all the above together, how does this impact your leadership behavior? How about you? How do others feel about you on the spectrum of trust?

Do you stay or do you go? That is an emotional question many folks in the government are dealing with right now. I want to give you three considerations in this emotional time to help you build clarity around that decision. 1. Alignment 2. Obligations 3. Effectiveness Assess how aligned you will be with the organization. Will you be able to meet the obligations of your position and how it changes? Roles, responsibility and level of authority. How effective are you going to be at your job? Will you be happy with your growth? Take these three areas and you will have a picture of what it might look like with all the changes. This should help you decide whether to stay or go, stay for a little while or not.

Do you work in the government space as a government employee or government contractor? You are in a transition.

Government is going through disruption. You're experiencing confusion, stress and uncertainty.

I can help you through that transition. I help individuals build clarity to help them transition to what is next.

Let's walk through some questions:

1. What do you need? What do you want? What's next? Vision of what you want success to look like in the future.
2. Why? What's your why? Why do you want to be in this position? This is a look at your values.
3. How do you do this? How do I find out the way this process works? How do I network?

Move forward with clarity. I would love to work with you and help you build clarity through this transition.

Do you want to love what you do? Focus on your strengths.

What would be the impact if you could work on your strengths as apposed to filling in the gaps of your weaknesses.

Often as leaders we focus on weaknesses. I want you to use your strengths.

The, RBS - Reflective Best Self, is a tool that can be used to help you use your strengths. Here are the five steps it will walk you through.

1. Identify who you will get feedback from.
2. Get the feedback
3. Analyze the data
4. Compose a self portrait
5. What do you want to redesign?

How can you use this? Or your team?