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Bring value to any room (22)
o Most influential person in meeting = person most clear about their own thinking
and about decision that are needed from the group
Balance curiosity, advice, and silence
o Know when to ask, when to tell, when to listen
o Give advice sparingly
Make your own metrics
o Have good numbers
Catalog risks and start mitigating
o Have a risk mitigation plan
Run unmissable meetings
o Make meetings efficient and worth peoples’ time
Adjust your approach (27)
o Adjust leadership style to employee personalities and needs/goals of project
Launch 1:1s that actually drive performance
o 1:1 time with each staff member (minimally structured)
Make most of the screwups
o Things will go wrong- its all about how your recover and learn from them
Grow more leaders (30)
o Grow leaders by knowing your biases and make an effort to challenge them
Call the experts
o Focus on your expertise and know when to call in experts
Strengthen your strategic point of view
o Know where the company has been and where its going
o Keep up to date on current trends and standards in industry
Stay current and capable
o Find a way to stay up to date on everything in an easy and efficient way
Model healthy paranoia
o Anticipate problems
o Let team see you ask the heard questions (Ex: how do we know that?)
Ferret out feedback (35)
o Find out the feedback you want to know
o Create own feedback channels
Build your industry presence
o Set goals for your personal “brand”
o Challenge yourself to increase value-for-time
o Guide team to do the same
Make your job doable (37)
o Organize priorities
o Try not to sign up for tasks “off-mission” (sometimes these tasks are
unavoidable)
Stoke the energy of your group
o Translate organizational goals so that they stay “bold rather than burned out”
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o Call attention to wins
o Focus on motivating middle performing employees
o Pacesetting
o Think of complaints as commitment
Mind your mood
o Don’t add more stress
Now, lead with your life in mind (40)
o Design your lifestyle so that leadership is sustainable
Use your power for good
o Nudge your organization to do good
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