Welcome everyone to your source for everything you will need for your course in Foundational Leadership. We are excited for you and your journey of learning. We have a number of resources for you, to help you make the most of your training experience.
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Podcasts you will want to listen to:
All leadership is founded on having a clear direction. This cast will help you find yours…
The most powerful tool of any leader is their ability to take stock of themself and the situation they find themself in. This cast is designed to help you grow your awareness.
The most common question I get relates to the difference between these two roles. You definitely want to know and live the differences.
Mediocre managers settle for compliance while powerful leaders are after commitment. Commitment is the standard of performance you want. Learn about the difference in this cast.
While we are at it a leader is a master at creating and maintaining high performing work teams. You can learn about doing so here on these two podcasts.
Conflict is inevitable, it will find you. Discover some of the concepts about engaging in conflict correctly here.
No conversation about leadership would be complete without also engaging in a discussion on how to lead change. This cast is designed to challenge the way you think about change and leading thought it.
Here are a couple of videos we created a while back on a few specific leadership challenges
Unfair Feedback
Have you ever felt that your manager was unfair in criticizing you? CAREFUL! Handle this prickly situation wrong and you will be labeled defensive and immature! Want to know how to navigate? Watch this video…
Talking to negative people
Negative attitudes are like a cancer, they can destroy morale and performance. This video offers strategies to deal with negative knuckleheads and negative employees.
Additional reading:
The SNAFU principle – situation normal all fouled up – is designed to help managers, professionals and employees alike understand how their current reactive mode of communicating doesn’t work and is actually causing them more problems then they even realize. Communicating the way you have always done it dooms you to mediocrity, misunderstandings and conflict. If you are frustrated that you can’t negotiate great outcomes, can’t motivate employees, can’t convince others to see things your way, don’t feel heard or are just generally frustrated with your results you need to read and apply the lessons of this book.