Becoming GREAT

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You are the hardest person you will ever lead, and all of your leadership flows out of how you lead yourself... so it really matters! Becoming Gritty means growing your long-term tenacity, perseverance, and toughness, and GREAT Leaders will equip you with the tools you need for dynamic personal leadership growth, helping you become a stronger and grittier leader. 

Topics covered by GREAT Leaders for becoming Gritty include: 

1. The Importance of Humility
2. The Discipline of Intentionality
3. Top Box: Passion and Your "White-Hot Why"
4. Becoming a GREAT Listener
5. Finding a Healthy Life Balance: Time + Energy Management, Introducing Margin, and Self-Care
6. Growing Self-Awareness and Lessening Blind Spots
7. Becoming the Leader Others Want to Follow: Character, Compassion, and Competence
8. Great First Impressions: Appearance + Confidence
9. And Much More!

In a free society, people have a choice about who they want to follow, so leaders use their influence to move their teams from "here" (which is not working) to "there" (which is much better). They do this by gaining the trust of the people on their teams. GREAT Leaders will give you with the Relational tools you need for creating and leading powerful teams over the long-haul. 

Topics covered by GREAT Leaders for becoming Relational include: 

1. Fundamentals of Workplace Leadership
2. The Role of the Senior Leader: Cues, Ghost Rules, and Corporate Values
3. Communicating Vision, Clarity, and Hope in the 21st Century Workplace
4. Seeing + Hearing: Always Adding Value to Your Teams 
5. The Power of Being Genuine & Intentional
6. Their Success = Your Success... So Always Empower
7. And Much More!

Leaders are always leading, even if they are not the senior leader in the room. You need to have the confidence that you are prepared for any situation. At GREAT Leaders, we ensure that wherever you go, you will be Equipped to lead in that space, providing great leadership in that context by successfully applying all of your leadership principles. 

Topics covered by GREAT Leaders for becoming Equipped include: 

1. Leading Every Room, Even If You're Not in Charge
2. Taking a Room's Temperature... And Setting It
3. Good Leaders Know How to Follow
4. Just Say Hello: Inclusion + Belonging
5. Leading from Where You Are
6. Commanding the Room: Effective Public Speaking
7. And Much More!

Quality service is increasingly hard to find in the 21st Century marketplace, yet our customers' expectations have not changed. They expect three things: timeliness, a defect-free product, and to be treated well. This last one is the most crucial: how people were treated when we served them is what they remember most about their experience with us. At GREAT Leaders, we help you on execute a variety of strategies for growing a reputation of excellence and a loyal customer base by providing Authentic world-class service that puts your customers first. 

Topics covered by GREAT Leaders for becoming Authentic include: 

1. Fundamentals of Service for the 21 Century Marketplace
2. Always Serving: Servant Leadership in Action
3. Equipping Your Team for Authentic Service
4. Helping Your Customer Feel Valued
5. And Much More!

Every workplace has a culture, and because it is constantly changing, your culture will either be healthy and dynamic or toxic and harmful to the vision you have for your organization. This directly affects your organization's bottom line: team members who feel valued and empowered are more productive, go beyond what's expected, and are less likely to leave. GREAT Leaders teaches you to become Transformational in your leadership: you will build an amazing workplace culture that people look forward to participating in every day when they come to work. 

Topics covered by GREAT Leaders for becoming Transformational include: 

1. Building + Leading Cultures of Honor and Empowerment
2. Cause & Effect: The Senior Leader and Workplace Culture
3. Achieving Generational Cohesion in the Workplace
4. Finding + Hiring a GREAT Team
5. Constructive Feedback and Coaching
6. Unleashing Creativity and Innovation: The Importance of Celebrating Wins, Losses, and Risk-taking
7. And Much More!