RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 14, 2017

Assigning a buddy to them to help them get started can take a lot of the fear and nervousness out of the process, and make it easier and faster for them to “get up to speed.”. And in the process of their interaction, your “champion” is imprinting the new person with team values and culture.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Ask for their thoughts on company processes and goals and you will soon sense the depth of their understanding of the bigger picture and the part they play. By sharing your mental process, you are teaching them how to think, and how to make decisions. Ask what processes they are involved with and in what sequence.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 29, 2017

Of course we can rightly suspect that what she was doing as an outsider was trying to understand the environment she would be working in, the function and processes of the company, and the people in it. Importantly, those sections also include discussion about the leader’s role in the process. And she interviews her direct reports.

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 20, 2017

To find the kind of problems you are looking for, ask questions like these: • Are processes and procedures functioning efficiently to support your team and its customers? • When people see that you are ready, willing, and able to solve their problems, you grow stronger in all these areas, and you become a better leader in the process.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 25, 2018

What has happened to the relationships among you and your teammates in the process? And in the process, your teammates feel that they are meaningful contributors. If the answer is “yes,” that’s a good start – you’ve made it to the other end of the pool. But that’s not the whole story. Are they stronger or weaker?

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 23, 2017

“Sally, I really appreciate that you were willing to question our thinking on this new product; you helped us save some time and money by forcing us to take a closer look at the process…”. If your organization uses some kind of performance review, include your cultural values in the process. Make it part of periodic feedback.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The more you know about your people, the better you will be able to lead them, and showing that you care enough to talk with them is a great way to begin the process of building trust. . – Emerson Click To Tweet. Plan to Act. This video-based course will arm you with the tools you need to be successful.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2017

There are several ways you can incorporate feedback , whether it is to have each member present the results of their work at intervals, conduct regular feedback sessions , or even having group members participate in a peer evaluation process. Peers may be in a good position to assess who's pulling their weight. Click To Tweet.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It was hard to see the process from where we stood, but one by one, these intrepid pumpkin jockeys mounted their spherical orange steeds and floated out into the river. They were clad in black wetsuits and carrying kayak paddles. When the crowd caught sight of them they let out a big cheer.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 10, 2018

The idea is to absorb, process, and come to your own conclusions. With the conditions set, consider injecting new perspectives and leveraging the thinking of other people as part of the process to sharpen your thinking. Allot time. It’s good to consult other sources – books, blogs, people, but manage how you spend that time.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 3, 2017

If you think in terms of the Cue/Routine/Reward loop, and develop patterns your brain can do on auto-pilot, you remove the decision from the process, and you just automatically start to do the right thing. Establishing good habits can be a very powerful way to keep you on track towards your goal. How cool is that?

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Mrs. Green quietly proved in 15 minutes that she knew what she was doing, and earned our respect and appreciation in the process. Some people find it easy to boast about what they can do, but you find that the loudest voices don’t always have the best idea, or deliver what they promise. Click To Tweet. Come prepared.

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 8, 2017

Our spotlights may be come from our role in the decision-making process or the daily functions we perform. It works much the same way for those in a position of leadership. Our stage may be the physical location of our office or our position at the head of the table. The Leadership Stage can make us seem larger than life, too.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Yes, you want the task done, but you are also training them in the process. When they come with an issue, ask them how they think they can solve the problem, and let them. Don’t do things for them that they can do themselves. Remind them this is a learning and growth opportunity for them.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 14, 2017

What was surprising was what happened when more people were introduced into the selection process. When working alone, people were nearly 100% accurate in their choices, no great revelation there. Researchers added seven confederates to the group, and asked each member to state which line was the correct answer.

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RapidStart Leadership

JULY 25, 2017

The authors had a lot to say about the process of identifying where your company stands in the market place and how the struggle for customers can leave the waters bloody from cut-throat competition (the red ocean). It was about strategy.

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 11, 2017

Do it to scale, get your team leaders and key players involved for their input, and put something together – you will learn a lot in the process that can save a bunch of time and frustration later on. It’s a lot like a rehearsal. Be a model.

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

If you are leading, that means that you are closely involved with the process of goal-setting, providing feedback and evaluating performance. You can achieve the same thing with a closed Facebook group for social sharing. Get (virtually) face to face.

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RapidStart Leadership

JULY 6, 2017

Of course you have to be clear about requirements, but when you give people more input into a project at the front end, more latitude to execute it as it progresses, and a say in the decision-making process along the way you are making room for their energies to dissipate constructively. Reduce the pressure.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 30, 2018

Even in the process of personally recognizing others’ accomplishments, he was building me up. Not only was the person thankful for the recognition from the big boss, they were thankful to me for passing their name along as someone who meritied positive attention. He talked to the people.

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Once the process was smoothly underway, somebody turned on the music. At the warehouse end of the operation, we paired off to do our tasks, racing to ensure the tables had enough supplies to do their jobs even before they had to ask for anything. Make it a team sport. The upbeat rhythms helped keep the mood light and the packing pace high.

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 27, 2017

In the process we’ll lose about 50% of our current square footage. With our kids out of the house, we are moving from Pennsylvania to be closer to family in the Midwest. One of the many challenges of this move is to make sure we will be able to fit into the new place. We are shrinking from a single-family house to a town home. What won’t?

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RapidStart Leadership

MAY 23, 2017

And in the process of all that, we’ve made a number of fun discoveries. In the short version of the story, we purged our stuff, sold the house, drove a thousand miles west and Tetrised ourselves into a nice but much smaller place near Mom. Costs are down.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 31, 2017

Set a positive example, make them a part of the leadership process, teach them all that you can – not just what to do, but how to think. Like good parents, our job is to give our teammates the best possible flight lessons we can. As a leader, you succeed when they succeed. Click To Tweet. Then give them a chance to fly.

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