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Leaders, add new tools to your toolbox! Why?
- Because adding new tools to your toolbox can help you get flourishing and help you help others get flourishing.
- Because adding new tools (aka helpful resources) helps you leverage your strengths and the strengths of others.
- Because not adding new tools can result in outdated tools and stagnation.
- Because adding new tools to your toolbox is a best practice.
What new tools have you added to your toolbox? I’ved added mindsets, models, and questions:
(A) Mindsets:
- Leading with And (book, personal action plan): Leaders need to manage 5 tensions: (1) Become optimistic AND realistic. (2) Embrace change AND preserve stability. (3) Become profit focused AND purpose driven. (4) Have expectations AND extend grace. (5) Care for others AND care for yourself.
- People Development—Not People Management (article, graphic, book, resources, Leadr): Focus on people development through 5 practices: (1) recognizing unique strengths, (2) implementing personalized growth plans, (3) setting clear goals, (4) doing 1-on-1 meetings, and (5) giving consistent feedback.
(B) Models:
- 3 Building Blocks of Self-aware Teams: (1) “A leader who models the way…” (2) “The psychological safety and expectation to tell the truth…” (3) “An ongoing process to stay collectively self-aware” (Insight, loc 3790).
- 5 Cornerstones of Collective Insight: “1. Objectives: What are we trying to accomplish as a team? 2. Progress: How well are we achieving our objectives? 3. Processes: Is the way we’re working helping us reach our objectives? 4. Assumptions: Do the assumptions we’re making about our business and environment hold true? 5. Individual contributions: How is each team member impacting our performance?” (Insight, loc 3790).
- Engagement MAGIC (book, assessment, video playlist, course, website): To increase engagement, make some MAGIC: Meaning, Autonomy, Growth, Impact, Connection.
- Relational Nutrients (overview, book, website): There are 4 quadrants of relational nutrients: (1) Be Present, (2) Convey the Good, (3) Provide Reality, and (4) Call to Action.
(C) Questions:
- What’s on your to-don’t list?
- What’s an example of this?
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If you haven’t yet started a toolbox, what tools do you want to start with? If you’re looking for options, check out the Get Flourishing Toolbox and My Toolbox.
Get flourishing!
Michael
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