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I’m so glad you are here!
This free course is full of information and it’s easy to get overwhelmed, so take some time to look around first and see where you want to start (you do not need to do it in order).
There are seven sections (click on each to go directly to that section):
For each section, you have videos, blog posts and downloadable PDF resources. Some sections have radio show episodes too.
Meeting Management
When is the last time you left a meeting and said, “Wow! That was a kick ass meeting!”
Laughing yet? Don’t …
Ineffective meetings have a high price for organizations.
31 hour per month (per employee) are spent in unproductive meetings (Source)
$37 Billion in salary cost of unnecessary meetings for US businesses (Source)
Executives spent an average of 10 hours per week in meetings in the 1960s and today, that average is 23 hours per week (Source)
37% of meetings start late (Source)
The following resources will give you a checklist to help you run a successful meeting, as well as, a checklist of tips to improve engagement for virtual meetings.
Meeting Management Checklist
This resource gives you a checklist to help you plan and execute an effective and efficient meeting.
Check out this resource with 7 tips for engaged virtual meeting participation that you can share with meeting participants.
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Core Values
“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.”
You know core values are critical to your organization’s success, but maybe you don’t know where to start? This checklist helps you determine if you are ready to follow the three steps to living your core values.
Values Checklist
Checklist to determine, communicate and live your core values.
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Strong Teams
Everyone wants to work on a cohesive and effective team.
“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”
Build a Strong Team
Resource with 5 ideas to build a strong team.
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Common Leadership Mistakes
Making mistakes is normal. Especially if you’ve never been taught leadership skills. Growing from these mistakes is what is most important.
Resources for Common Leadership Mistakes
4 resources you can use to address common leadership mistakes.
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Common Leadership Mistakes
Common Leadership Mistakes Resources
Task Management
We have more tasks and commitments than we have time available. We need to learn how to prioritize and how to manage our time effectively which includes knowing when to take an item off our list and when to say no.
“When everything is important, nothing is important.”
Eisenhower Box
Use this matrix to help prioritize your tasks so you focus on the right ones.
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Listen to these radio show episodes about task management and delegation
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Getting the Most Out of What You Read
How many times have you read a book, or taken a course, and you are totally pumped when you finish. You are full of amazing ideas and a bit of excitement.
Then a few days pass and the excitement and ideas subside?
And more time passes and all the ideas are still trapped on the pages of the book or workbook, or possibly in your head.
Do you take the time to track these ideas? Are they compiled somewhere? Do you refer back to them?
I’ve discovered that there is a giant disconnect between having the ideas and executing on them. The teacher in me also recognizes that we don’t really have a great way to organize them.
So, I created one! Voila, my Book Review Template (although you could use it for courses, webinars, or really anything!
Use this template to capture questions, a-has, connections and actions for any book you read.
Book Review Template
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Read My Book Reviews
Listen to Radio Shows
Some of my favorite resources!
Understand Yourself & Others
The DISC Model
We all have innate communication and behaviour preferences. When we communicate with someone who has a similar style, it just flows and we seem to “get” each other. Unfortunately, we often work with others who have a different style which creates opportunities for conflict, hurt feelings and misunderstandings. When you understand someone else’s communication style, however, and can adjust your style to meet their needs, or conversely, hear them as they are, which can improve productivity and results, while decreasing misunderstandings and conflict. DISC gives you an excellent framework to understand how you communicate, as well as, recognize the style of those around you. Awareness of your DISC style, and the style of others, helps you build a stronger relationship, communicate effectively, and motivate them.
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
Understanding Yourself & Others is a 3 video series that is supported by a workbook.
Additionally, there are many curated blog posts about the DISC model and how to use it.
DISC Workbook
Use this workbook as you watch the three video series.
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Listen to these Radio Show Episodes
Next Steps
“You don’t have to know everything about the mountain in front of you to take the next step.”
Whether you’ve gone through all the sections of this toolbox, or just some, congratulations on taking that step.
The key to successful leadership lies in a willingness to improve and develop continuously. Overcoming the overwhelming feeling of having to do everything at once, James Clear's "Consistency over Intensity" (read more) concept becomes crucial. Small, consistent improvements, sustained over time, lead to lasting change.
I can help too.
Courses, Seminars & Webinars (Coming soon)
Sign up for one of the topics that I teach.
Leadership Boutique
Register for the next Leadership Boutique workshop (or sign up for the waitlist if registration is closed).
Resource Page
View some of my favorite resources to enhance your leadership skills.
DISC Assessment
Understand your leadership style through a DISC Assessment and Debrief. Take the next step with DISCover Connections (a three week training series on DISC).
Identify & Define Your Core Values
Purchase the workbook and do it on your own, or add some coaching and I will work with you.
Coaching
Work with me through individual, personalized coaching sessions.
Blog Posts
Explore blog posts on a variety of topics for additional learning and inspiration.
Not sure where to start? Contact me and we will determine the next step together.
A quick Google search yields a plethora of alarming statistics related to the cost of unproductive meetings. A few stats:
There are approximately 55 million meetings daily and at least half do not accomplish much (Forbes, 2019)