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<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

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<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building and GOALAJV. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellowledo.

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<v Speaker 1>Hello everyone, and welcome to the Seven Minute Leadership Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>It's episode three fifty six. Today we're talking about something

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<v Speaker 1>that could breathe life into your leadership culture and supercharge

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<v Speaker 1>your team. How to create a mini leadership boot camp. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>when I say boot camp, I'm not talking about yelling

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<v Speaker 1>in someone's face at five am. I'm talking about a fun,

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<v Speaker 1>fast paced, and highly actionable session that gives your team

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<v Speaker 1>real leadership tools without needing to book a hotel, ballroom

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<v Speaker 1>or spend thousands of dollars. So let's talk about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Step one, set the stage ninety minutes, one room, one goal.

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<v Speaker 1>Your mini leadership boot camp should be short, sharp and focused.

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<v Speaker 1>Carve out ninety minutes in your team schedule. That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let your team know this isn't just another meeting, It's

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<v Speaker 1>an experience and the goal is simple. To walk out

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<v Speaker 1>of the room a stronger, more self aware leader than

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<v Speaker 1>when you walked in. And a pro tip, create a

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<v Speaker 1>simple printed boot camp packet. Give it a name, print

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<v Speaker 1>out badges, make it feel like something special. In step two,

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<v Speaker 1>kick it off with energy. Start with this question what

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<v Speaker 1>makes a leader unforgettable? Go around the room and let

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<v Speaker 1>people share one trait write them on a board. You'll

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<v Speaker 1>start to see a pattern, things like honesty, decisiveness, empathy, consistency.

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<v Speaker 1>These answers become your north star for the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the session. You're not teaching abstract theory. You're building leaders

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<v Speaker 1>who live those traits every day. Step three is drill

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<v Speaker 1>number one, and this is the sixty second stand up.

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<v Speaker 1>Each team member stands up and answers this question, what's

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<v Speaker 1>one leadership moment I'm proud of? This isn't about job titles.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about real moments, helping a teammate through a crisis,

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<v Speaker 1>or stepping up during a tough shift, or solving a

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<v Speaker 1>problem no one else saw. This creates a ripple effect.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll see who's been quietly leading from the sidelines, and

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<v Speaker 1>you'll boost confidence in your team without a single PowerPoint slide.

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<v Speaker 1>And step four is drill number two, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>called the scenario slam. Give your team three real world

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<v Speaker 1>leadership scenarios and you can pull these from past incidents.

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<v Speaker 1>Or make them up. Here's an example. You overhear two

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<v Speaker 1>team members gossiping about a colleague. What do you do?

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<v Speaker 1>Break into small groups and let them work through each scenario.

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<v Speaker 1>The key is action. What would you actually do, not

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<v Speaker 1>just what sounds good in theory, and bring it back

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<v Speaker 1>to the room and discuss it. Real time feedback equals

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<v Speaker 1>real time growth. Step number five is drill number three.

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<v Speaker 1>Write your leadership rule. Now we flip the script. Each

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<v Speaker 1>person writes their own personal leadership rule, and it could

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<v Speaker 1>be I will always speak last and listen first, or

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<v Speaker 1>I will never let a teammate feel invisible, or I

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<v Speaker 1>will lead how I want to be led. Have each

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<v Speaker 1>person stand up and read theirs out loud. This becomes

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<v Speaker 1>their personal leadership Compass something they can pin to a

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<v Speaker 1>locker or tape to a desk or save on their phone.

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<v Speaker 1>And step number six is celebrate and commit. End with

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<v Speaker 1>this exercise, go around the room again and ask this question,

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<v Speaker 1>what will you do differently as a leader starting tomorrow?

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<v Speaker 1>And capture those answers, write them down, make a commitment board.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't need a formal graduation ceremony from this, but

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to hand out fun little boot camp certificates,

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<v Speaker 1>do it, celebrate the progress, and the bonus tip with

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<v Speaker 1>all of this is do it again. The best boot

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<v Speaker 1>camps aren't one time events. Make it a quarterly tradition.

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<v Speaker 1>Each time, change the theme, communication, crisis leadership, or conflict resolution.

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<v Speaker 1>Rotate the facilitators of this exercise, keep it fresh. This

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<v Speaker 1>small habit will lead to big cultural shifts in your organization.

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<v Speaker 1>So I've done on this with my team throughout the years.

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<v Speaker 1>We have done murder mystery games, set up an ice

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<v Speaker 1>cream parlor and task everyone to build Sundays, and I've

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<v Speaker 1>even taken my team flying. Because leadership development doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>to be boring. It doesn't have to be a binder

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<v Speaker 1>full of bs. With just ninety minutes, a whiteboard, and

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<v Speaker 1>a handful of real world scenarios, you can build your

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<v Speaker 1>own mini boot camp that teaches your team how to

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<v Speaker 1>lead themselves and others with confidence and purpose. Or if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to go all out, the sky's the limit.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been the seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for listening. For more Paul Fell of Alito Podcasts,

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