Leading Hope with Kevin Jack

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#1: Don’t ask someone to let go of something until they can hold onto something else.

#2: Be more focused on culture than systems

#3: Use cultural evidence to determine systems pace

Focus on playing the role that is needed instead of the role that is familiar.

The Roles:

The role of the coach is to elevate performance of the group.

The role of the counselor is to create clarity on where clients are, where they want to be, and how to get there.

The role of the consultant is to provide insight that creates actionable improvement.

The role of the manager is to align individual actions with overall goals and provide accountability to those actions.

You need to know which role you’re in and play the ones that’s needed not the one you like the most.

The absence of curiosity is actually an initial step towards cynicism.

Your next breakthrough probably does not come from a field you already know.

You can learn something from anywhere.

Assignment:

– Write down 10 fields of study outside your own.

– Write down everything you know about those 10 fields– then go figure out what you don’t know.

Most people exist & comment, they don’t lead.

We must have the conviction to be the one who sets the environments instead of the one who is impacted by it.

Get a taste of what the life you were supposed to live looks like, then refuse to live in anything else.

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I always feel behind.

Why You Might Feel Behind:

I have a picture in my head of what success looks like that is distorted.

I’ve allowed “should” to overtake my priorities.

What I do:

Define where I am and Where I can be in the near future:

What this does:

Allows me to “run my race”.

Gives me a proper sense of progress.

Trajectory matters more than current location.

Main Idea: Leaders know that evaluation is an important part of their role. But many leaders fall into a pattern in which they overlook common, but important, Blindspots that are the keys to moving from steady improvements to significant leaps.

1st: You focus on improvements detached from outcomes.

2nd: Your focus on improvement doesn’t enable you to think with a “blank slate”.

3rd: You don’t think broad enough in terms of your stakeholders.

4th: Evaluate too Early

Identify which of the Blindspots you’re most likely to commit & either

– Start with outcomes

– Start with a blank slate

– Invite others into the room or get their feedback

– Don’t do it all.