Transformational Leadership With Billy Martin

  Creating a great leadership environment will have a couple of immediate benefits 1. Get the results they’re looking for faster 2. Direct reports to grow and become better leaders 3. Elevate you in the organization as the go-to person to be developing talent   How to Create a Great Leadership Environment 1. By being a leader worth following and I’m specifically referring to a person of integrity  2. Pour into into others 3. Allowing risks to take place Giving people the freedom to fail and experiment will allow you to create an atmosphere 4. Putting the right people in place You have to hire people who understand leadership and organizational development When you create a great leadership environment, your employees are challenged to grow and team is more effective. Furthermore by creating a trusting work environment with great opportunities, you will increase your employees self-esteem and work ethic immediately.  

  Steps to channeling the innovative leader within you: 1. Innovative Leaders question the question 2. Innovative leaders ask open questions 3. Innovative leaders understand on the details while keeping the overall vision in the forefront 4. Innovative leaders understand context 5. Innovative leaders redefine failure  6. Innovative leaders don’t see end-states, but rather next-states 7. Innovative leaders surround themselves with smarter people 8. Innovative leaders see challenges as opportunities 9. Innovative leaders visualize achievement  10. Innovative leaders ask for help 11. Innovative leaders are adaptable 12. Innovative leaders listen intently 13. Innovative leaders know that confidence is key    

Regaining Momentum   Momentum is such a difficult thing to gain and such an easy thing to lose What happens if you don’t have it? Can you regain it? And can you regain it quickly   1. Recognize and admit momentum is lost When you admit momentum is lost, it forces decision making, which can be a very good thing 2. Plan for a good start You never have to recover from a good start 3. Improve your systems 4. Measure the measurables Facts are your friends, Numbers tell a story - use them to your advantage 5. Organize for success Sometimes the answer to every problem is a properly placed person 6. Celebrate wins For high-capacity leaders, they’re weak on celebration because leaders are always looking forward 7. Create new New always generates momentum 8. Expand your leadership base 9. Remove complexity   10. Continually improve Ending… Momentum is the secret sauce to being a team that gets noticed throughout the organization  

  Automate where possible - Many parts of your business can be automated without sacrificing quality, try to find those places, it will free you up Eliminate unnecessary meetings - We need to be careful to not have meetings just to have meetings Sometimes something that can be address via email Studies all prove anything over beyond 60 to 90 minutes are inefficient and are usually unproductive - only have meetings beyond that if it’s imperative. A great resource if you’re looking for more on the subject is “Death by Meeting - By Patrick Lencioni” Room design - sometimes a simple office design can recalibrate the ethos of your workspace If your team is in cubicles, as there manager ask them if they want to switch cubicles to change it up and bring a renewed vigor To-Do list - Systematically organize your day, you’ll be more efficient I always get asked a question what’s the best app to use? I say the one that works best for you   Maintaining and enhancing prod

Millennials is the demographic born between 1980 and 2000, they are beginning there decent into the workforce.    This is a generation that has had a lot written about them and in some respects maybe gets a bad rap because they are just beginning to come into there own. Millennials are a hard working group that is very altruistic They view money from a different lens than any other generation They would be willing to forego higher pay if they are able to work in a position that they are passionate about Millennials they love their love job, but they aren’t in love with their organization. They enjoy what they do, but it’s no big deal for them to switch companies Millennials are fascinated by entrepreneurship. This speaks to a couple of things They want to be the boss They want to be involved They are intrigued by the risk proposition   If you’re a manager or supervisor of a millennial there are a number of things you need to know to get the most out of them. They need visio

We need to focus on relationships as much as we focus on results If were too results driven we just shove people off to the side and eventually that will hinder our results If were too relationship focus we will lose sight of results and won’t get the job done and that won’t be good for anyone   Are you asking people to just serve with there backs, not there with there brains? Are you using them as puppets or do you value them as intellectual contributors to the overall vision of the team and the organization Leaders want to help problem solve, they don’t want to just fill a hole If you’re having a hard time drawing leaders to your team, it may be because they feel like you’re going to just plug them into a hole and use them for that instead of be the problem solvers We are caretakers of the people in our path - take someone alongside you on your journey to develop them

Burnout is a psychological response to more than just stress in today's show we talk about how to avoid this altogether No matter who you are, what your background is, and what you do you can be a victim of burn out The corporate climate is perfectly designed to sap the life right out of you People in your company and on your team will praise you for working yourself to death…until you’re in your coffin Have a coach or a mentor: This will accomplish a couple of things  It will help you process those thoughts when you talk it over with someone else It will allow you to get someone else’s perspective on the issue This is probably the most important one -  it will break the power those emotions have over you It’s easy for leaders to develop really unhealthy patterns and we call it leadership A partially charged leader will never be what his team nor the organization needs in fact a partially charged leader will eventually find themselves outside looking in at the organization

How do I keep growing as a leader? In all my years of coaching this is the one question I get the most, whether people ask directly or indirectly?   Here are some thoughts from today's show:   I’ve learned so much from people I don’t necessarily agree with   As leaders we’re not hired to be creative or unique we’re tasked with leading well     Surrounding yourself will help those that  inspire, challenge, and affirm will allow us to grow