352: Patrick Lencioni - The Five Key Actions Of Excellent Leaders

<p>The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk</p> <p>Text LEARNERS to 44222</p> <p>Full show notes can be found at <a href= "http://www.LearningLeader.com">www.LearningLeader.com</a></p> <p>Episode #352: Patrick Lencioni - The Five Key Actions Of Excellent Leaders</p> <p>Notes:</p> <ul> <li>Leaders who sustain excellence = <ul> <li>Humility - They don't feel they are more important than others, but they realize that their words and actions carry more weight.</li> </ul> </li> <li>"Leadership is a privilege... It's about serving others. A lot of leaders lead because they think it looks cool."</li> <li>"Leadership has to be about what you can give, not what you can get."</li> <li>Exploring the two leadership motives: <ul> <li>Reward-centered leadership: the belief that being a leader is the reward for hard work, and therefore, that the experience of being a leader should be pleasant and enjoyable, avoiding anything mundane, unpleasant or uncomfortable.</li> <li>Responsibility-centered leadership: the belief that being a leader is a responsibility, and therefore that the experience of leading should be difficult and challenging (though certainly not without elements of personal gratification).</li> </ul> </li> <li>One of the questions to ask yourself: <ul> <li>"How do you see your job in terms of verbs?" — what do you do to really help the business?</li> </ul> </li> <li>The leader must be a constant, incessant reminder of the company's purpose, strategy, values, & priorities. You're not only the CEO, you're the CRO." Chief Reminding Officer</li> <li>The actions of great leaders: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Running great meetings</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Managing the executive team</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Managing the executives as individuals</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Having difficult conversations with people</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Constantly communicating and repeating key messages to employees</li> </ul> </li> <li>"The CEO should have the most painful job in the company."</li> <li>For the mid-level manager -- "Am I waking up with the right rationale to do this job?"</li> <li>Love is a verb: <ul> <li>Time</li> <li>Affection</li> <li>Discipline</li> </ul> </li> <li>"Leadership is not a noun, it's a verb."</li> <li>Running great meetings: <ul> <li>"Meetings are the central activity of leadership. Bad leaders have other people run their meetings." <ul> <li>Good meetings have debate and conflict. People are able to be passionate without consequence. The leader prioritizes what will be talked about.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>CEO's are responsible to build teams. Your job is to build teams based on trust</li> <li>When receiving a message from a cynical leader who says "You don't understand." Our response? "No, we're not going to be that way. The ones who do the hard work change the world."</li> <li>Micro-managing vs. Accountability: <ul> <li>"There is an abdication of management. You should know what your team is doing."</li> </ul> </li> <li>Parenting: "The great news about being a parent is it's humbling."</li> <li>The leader must be the chief reminding officer: <ul> <li>"Constant, incessant, reminder of the company's purpose, strategy, values, and priorities. You must over-communicate."</li> </ul> </li> <li>Marriage advice: <ul> <li>"Be completely humble, vulnerable, especially in front of the kids. Engage in healthy conflict. When people can't argue, that's a problem."</li> </ul> </li> </ul>