Leadership Fitness in 5 Minutes with Gary Slyman

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...

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 . Depth of Relationships- you need to have a certain level of personal and professional knowledge of those...

Did you listen to the Monday morning standup?   5 minutes to make you a more effective leader. 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, Emot...

  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...

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?

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....

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 creat...

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 adj...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader 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.  Ask - ask those you work with, those you work for and those that work for you; what you need to stop doing. Trig...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader 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...

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...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader   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?

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: How to Write a Leadership Purpose Statement with 3 Easy Statements My leadership position exists to (what you do) _____________________ By doing (3-5 priorities or core competencies) __________________, _______________, _________________ So that (state the impact) __________________________ Learn the details of the above and how to create...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Three Areas to Consider When Dealing With a Difficult Boss Mindset Agreements  Professionalism  Walk through these three to see how you can help navigate that difficult relationship.

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Two Reasons Failure is Good You learn more from failure than successes 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.

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Planning an Off-Site Here are three lessons I learned from working with senior leaders and planning off-sites. 1. Have a clearly defined purpose 2. Realize not everything will be accomplished 3. Plan how to continue on-going work Have you put together and off-site for your organization?   What do you find to be the most helpful if plannin...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Onboard How do you onboard in your organization to make sure they are off to a great start? Let's look at three levels: 1. Entry level 2. Mid-level managers 3. Senior leaders What do you spend the time on when you onboard? What level of detail and for how long? Being intentional with your onboarding process can enjoy a smooth transition w...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Community Service What is community service to you? How can you give back and create more opportunities to serve? I explore three areas (see below) where you can make an impact in your community. 1. Volunteer your time 2. As a leader in your organization, use that influence to create policy about community service 3. Offer your profession...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Who is Helping You? As you are setting goals or resolutions and making changes having supporting relationships is foundational to helping you achieve those. You need to ask yourself the following in terms of those relationships: 1. What do you need? 2. Who or what person could support or provide that need? 3. How frequent? You are a leade...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Get Your Year Off to a Great Start Are you excited for the new year? How can you make sure you set yourself up for success? We will walk through the following: Resolutions- Do they work?, Do you set them? Goals - Do you set one big one or several small ones?, Are they SMART? One Word - Do you choose a word for your year? Let's make this y...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Holiday Greeting   Wishing you and your family happy holidays! I look forward to serving you and helping you become a more effective leader in the New Year.

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Professional Development as a Trip Let's take a look at your professional development as a trip. I want you to look at last year's development and then plan for this coming year. 1. Planning - determine your destination 2. Execution - how do you measure progress? 3. Evaluation - is it about the destination or journey? This is the perfect...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Gift Giving: Leadership Development The giving season is upon us. What gift can you give those in your organization? In the previous video we discussed how self-awareness is at the center of leadership development. Let's take that a step further. The current workforce wants career development to be a central component to their job. How ca...

5 minutes to help you become a more effective leader Topic: Gift Giving The giving season is upon us. What gift can you give those in your organization? Think about leadership development and self-awareness. This is a gift that would help develop those you work with. There are many assessments that are available to get you started. Walk through some suggestions and how this could look for you and...