WE ARE CELEBRATING! This week marks the second anniversary of the start of the daily emails. We are republishing that first week of emails because they are still so relevant. April 10, 2020 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colleagues, What’s a curriculum? Today I’ll be helping some amazing members of a local non-profit develop curricula for serving the most highly stressed youth in our community. Those of you who are educators are very familiar with what a curriculum is, but those of you outside of education may not have as much clarity. No matter which group you are in, curriculum is something that is critical to leadership. A curriculum is a set of performance standards tied to a desired outcome and includes the knowledge and skills necessary to meet each standard. Want to teach someone something? Of course, there is a curriculum. But what about selling them something, like a product, an idea, or a set of behaviors? Yes, there is a curriculum for each of those too. What does this have to do with leadership? For almost anything you need someone to do, there is a performance standard, knowledge, and skills that need to be mastered to complete the task. If the person can’t meet the performance standard, it means there is a gap in knowledge or skills. If you understand the curriculum for the task, you can focus on the area in which they need help. I hope that’s not too heavy for a Friday! Speaking of which, tomorrow is my birthday! The best present you could give me is a brief story about how you have used something from one of my emails to achieve some positive outcome. You may even get a party favor in return. Cheers! Frederick
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WE ARE CELEBRATING! This week marks the second anniversary of the start of the daily emails. We are republishing that first week of emails because they are still so relevant. April 9, 2020 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colleagues,
Yesterday we looked at three strategies for helping those you serve:
I encouraged you to apply one of those strategies yesterday. Today, ask yourself these three reflective questions:
You can double the value of your reflection by clicking here to open an email to me and type out some bullet points! Cheers! Frederick WE ARE CELEBRATING! This week marks the second anniversary of the start of the daily emails. We are republishing that first week of emails because they are still so relevant. April 8, 2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colleagues, We are in a unique time that may be testing your current leadership abilities. Chances are that nothing has prepared you for leading in today’s specific context of social distancing and the threat born by a world pandemic. So, what can you do? Just as the situation challenges your leadership, it also challenges those around you. One powerful strategy you can embrace is focusing on the professional and personal well-being of those you serve. Here are three concrete strategies to help you meet others’ needs:
Choose one of these strategies and use it in one interaction today. Tomorrow, I’ll ask you to share with me what you did and how it went. Thanks for all you do each day to serve others. Cheers! Frederick WE ARE CELEBRATING! This week marks the second anniversary of the start of the daily emails. We are republishing that first week of emails because they are still so relevant. April 7, 2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colleauges, Are today’s issues also tomorrow’s issues? What is your most pressing issue today? Like many of us, you may have a laundry list of them. Our routines have been disrupted, the nature of our challenges has changed, and our future remains in flux. These things combine to create a huge demand on you to live in the urgent quadrants of the Eisenhower Matrix. However, what about next week, next month, or next year? It seems very difficult to imagine what those may look like, but it is still important to try. Go back to that laundry list of today’s pressing issues. Try answering the following questions about each of them:
This is more than an existential exercise. It helps you pull your head out of the immediacy of the situation to begin planning for the future. Also, going through this exercise may yield some insights that are relevant to dealing with the issue today. What’s one issue that you are focused on? Cheers! Frederick WE ARE CELEBRATING! This week marks the second anniversary of the start of the daily emails. We are republishing that first week of emails because they are still so relevant. April 6, 2020 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colleagues,
Before the week gets going at full speed, I encourage you to do the following:
I hope this helps frame some priorities for your week so that you can be intentional about investing your time. If you have a spare minute, please share with me one important thought you had during this reflection. Cheers! Frederick |
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