Inspirational Quote: A. Philip Randolph
“Leadership is a sacred trust, a great moral responsibility.” A. Philip Randolph
Empower and Delegate
Growth Activity #3: Work with a Peer Mentor on Your Training Approaches
Meet with a Peer. Share some of the most important things you’ve learned so far in this LeaderPod. Discuss one or two focused areas you would like to substantially improve on as a leader and seek their sincere insight. As you consider the peer feedback, identify one potential change you could make to become a …
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Four Important Leadership Traits to Consider
Alex Shootman, CEO of Workfront, shared with Leaders247 four key traits of a leader. Leaders who possess or are developing themselves along these four traits tend to think about their organization, their work, and their people from a perspective that fosters delegation and empowerment. These traits in leaders create a desire to train and to …
Training and Engagement
Engage Chip Conley (CEO of Joie de Vivre) shares insight into how using principles of engagement and empowerment through their training process produces significant business impact. https://youtu.be/KxBBnMf_Yjw
A Model for Training
One of the most important roles of a leader is to develop the capabilities of the people who report to them. Formal, professional training and attending conferences are important in the lives of people who are trying to grow their career. Leaders will want to help make sure their people have those opportunities. Additionally, self-directed …
Inspirational Quote: A. A. Vandergrift
“Battles are won during the training period.” General A. A. Vandergrift, USMC
Growth Activity #2: What Delegation Mistakes are You Making?
After having reviewed the fundamental principles of delegation think back into the past. Take some time to reflect on these three questions and provide your responses in the assignment box. What have you learned from the concept of delegating that you would like to act on? What have been your mistakes and successes as a …
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Case: 360 Transparency
by Gordon Whitehead, Founder of Leaders247 A Story Hello Grace, good morning. Good morning Ralph. Grace, I have something I need you to do – we have this new product hitting the market as you know. Marketing is pushing us to get the customer support documents in place so they can be published at the …
Case: Delegation Misfire
by Gordon Whitehead, Founder of Leaders247 This case provides an example of how it can be complicated to effectively delegate if you are under management scrutiny and when management jumps to conclusions because they do not recognize the complete situation. It also shows how managers might make assumptions that are not true – as leaders …
Don’t Delegate Your Opportunity
Unfortunately, sometimes leaders feel they are too busy to take care of an assignment that really is uniquely theirs. The idea of delegating all that you can is based on sound logic. However, as related in the story told by Gordon Whitehead, Founder of Leaders247, careless leaders may accidentally delegate something that they should retain. …