Leadership Fitness in 5 Minutes with Gary Slyman

It's the end of January 2025. 1/12th of the year is gone, are you on track with the goals you set for yourself? Let's check in with the following three questions. 1. What have you learned so far? 2. What's working? 3. What do you need to change? I'll walk you through my word/goals and would challenge you to do the same.

Think of that one leader that you did not trust. What were the specific reasons why? I would argue that they fall in one of the following areas.

1. Care - does that individual have as much interest about you as themselves?
2. Sincerity - did they say what they mean and mean what they say?
3. Reliability - a little different than sincerity
4. Competency - they don' have the level of training or skills needed.

I am beginning a video series on trust.

Think of the individual that you thought of earlier.

Let's define it first. I like the definition by Charles Feltman and his book "The Thin Book of Trust"

Definition: "Making something that you hold important (or value) to you, vulnerable to others."

Critical Thinking Questions:

1. When folks rank their own trustworthiness, do you rank yourself higher or others?
2. How do you build trust?
3. Of the four above which is the most important area to work on?

Join me over the next five weeks to dive deeper into the subject of trust.

Does your career ladder lean against the right building? How do you find out? Consider aligning the following three areas

1. Purpose
2. Potential
3. Motivations

Let's walk through a case study to see how to apply the above suggestion.

Now think about yourself as you are looking at your career? Where are tensions? Maybe these three areas are not in alignment. Ask yourself what is my purpose? Define it. What is your potential if you stay in this role? What are your motivators, intrinsic or extrinsic? Get them in alignment and your ladder will be up agains the right building.

Need help considering? I would love to help.

Welcome to 2025! We are at that point to set goals, resolutions or choose a word.

This year my word is fitness. I will use this word to set goals for myself personally and professionally. Let's walk through an example. What is at your top professional goal?

I will use A, B, C to assess the goal I want to achieve.

A - Affect - emotions?

B - Behavior- what will I do?

C- Cognitive- what do I want to be thinking?

You can apply this to a personal goal also. We will come back and revisit the goals you have set.

THANK YOU!!

Who do you need to thank you this year?

3 Categories: Family, Clients & Others

First thank you to my wife, Michelle, and my children; Scoop & Lindsey

Thank you to my clients. You have made me grow and helped me become a better coach.

Other Supporters…

• FreedomMakers
• D3 Web Design
• Gardiner & Appel
• Insurance Broker
• Mastermind Group

Think about those folks you don't see, I don't always know who they are. I acknowledge that and thank them.

Leadership is a great differentiator. If I know I can make a positive impact on just one leader I know that will continue to grow.

Thank you to everyone for supporting me to do just that.

The United States has transitioned from the great resignation to the great detachment. Data is coming from Gallup; gives us a big picture of employment and engagement.

This is a time in the US, the rate of individuals looking for new opportunities is the greatest it has been since 2015. This results in lower engagement and dissatisfaction. Only 18% say they are pleased with their employer.

This is a result of reorganization and disruption. There are higher expectations from both employers and employees.

Does this reflect your organization? Do you have lower productivity? Less engagement? How do you fix it?

Happy Thanksgiving!

What do you know about this great holiday?

Let's talk about it…how did this holiday come to be?

How many people does your leadership impact? Let's quantify that today.

Think of the best leader you have? What impact did they have on you? When did you talk about those leaders?

Think of the worst leader you had? Did they have an impact on those around you? Where did you talk about them?

What is the impact you are having. Are others talking about you positively?

Think about your direct reports, colleagues and stakeholders. Let's put some numbers on how many people you impact.

It is incredible how quickly those numbers will grow. Take time and quantify it and see what impact you are having.

November, the great American month!

Election day, Veterans Day, USMC birthday, & Thanksgiving!

Let's talk about Election Day!. In 1845 Congress passed a law that election day would be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

Each state ran their own elections and it was affecting each others results, Congress decided to do something about it. Listen to learn more things that affected this decision and how we arrived at the current day.