Leading Lightly

Teaching Great People how to start leading

Although we often feel like it, we are often not alone in your organization. Teaching your talented staff how to begin to step up and into leadership is a key way for you to serve your community. However if you do it incorrectly you may minimize their success. This episode includes a few steps to take as you increase leadership in your team, strengthen your organization, challenge your team, and lighten your burden

Fight to Simplify

How many times do you look at a document and realize its way too long and you think its your job to wade though it.  That is what I used to think until one email crossed the line so I began my fight to simplify and it changed everything. I hope you enjoy and find something in this to use in your life.

 

My Formula for Starting Conversations

Do you have a formula you lean in to start healthy valuable conversations?

In this episode I share my formula, why I do it, and how I use it to test and refine my skills in conversations and connecting with people.

 

Whether you adopt or create your own, practice, refine, and make sure it pushes your skills.

 

Starting a Conversation to reduce future issues

This episode discusses how trusting my gut and caring for my staff helped me avoid a big mistake, a lot of work, and most importantly losing an incredible employee.

I will share the one question I use to initiate all conversations to create meaningful conversations and connect.

Reducing the Pain of Critics

If you are trying to improve your life or your organization, you will inevitably need to create change which will lead to conflict and friction with some of your community.

After taking criticism for years I am finally learning how to reduce the pain of critics while gathering the right pieces of information to drive forward. I hope this helps you on your journey.

Lead or Fade Away

A big lesson from one of my favorite burger joints about evolving your organization and leading.

While it is important to have your organization in order, eventually without trying new things your organization will disappear. 

This is why it is also important to lead your organization into new opportunities no matter how uncomfortable it may feel.  

 

Saving hundreds of thousands from an unlikely lesson that

How a simple lesson from a facility expert shifted my perspective on customer service leading me to free up several $100,000/year, reduce frustration and grow leaps and bounds.

Understanding Tolerance Can Save Lives

Understanding staff tolerance on issues is a key to creating a highly productive workplace and in a previous situation, it saved a life.

Every individual has different skills and expectations and your job is to understand and leverage them for the safety and smooth operations of your organization.

 

Stay Out of the Ring

No matter how difficult the situation, no matter how much pressure you as a leader get to take up a cause and get in the ring...stay out and stay strategic.

This episode is some of my ways to keep a clear head no matter how frustrated you may be with the situation you are facing as a leader to best serve the best interests of your community. No matter how important the situation I am sharing my mindset to emotionally detach from difficult emotional situation and find the best solutions.

Stop Using Traditional Job Profiles

If you want to make your life easier you need to take a new approach for how your staff approach their work. 

This episode discusses key factors to consider while shifting how your staff/volunteers/community approach their work.

Decrease friction while increasing success and satisfaction while at work.