"Notes" of An Elder

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"Notes" of An Elder is a depository of pertinent information, knowledge and wisdom. Available weekly will be an elder's "thinking menu" for your use. Enjoy this bounty.

• Leaders must learn to allow their team to discover who they are.

• It is not what you know, it is what you can get your team to “Believe In.”

• Asking your team where they want to be five years from now, might be the most important question you will ever ask them.

• Leave no conflicts unresolved.

• Those you lead need to hear how valuable they are to the team.

• Your voice is a weapon. You must learn how to use your voice effectively and efficiently.

• The challenge is to get your team to believe in their roles. To master their role while becoming a valuable asset and star in their role.

• Your team leaders have to be willing to help you build a genuine connection and camaraderie amongst each other.

Relationship Tools

• Smile

• Listening

• Compliment

• Celebration

• Respect

• People are in constant evolution. The person you meet today will be different tomorrow.

• A large part of coaching and leadership comes down to solving the team’s problems.

• Do not let a day go by when you do not ask individual team members one or two probing questions that stimulate growth and discovery.

• The relationship between the team and leader is more important today than at any time in the history.

• Some team members will require you to sell them every day. It is all about capturing the hearts, minds, and commitment of those you lead.

• Few of us have the same motives, at the same time, or with the same priority. This puts a lot of coaches and their teams in a potential conflict every day.

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