The Group

•  Jason Tasker – C&J energy Services

•  Matthew Haschak - Bowling Green State University

•  Clain Hendrix – University of Kentucky

•  Nate Lavigne – NACE International

•  Gordon Terrell – National Council Architectural Registration Boards

•  Leigh Ann Thomas – American Waterworks Service Company

•  Hadi Alsegaf - United States Postal Service

•  Freddie Martinez – Fountain Tire

•  Jill Lundy – CIO Executive Council

PICKING YOUR BATTLES

Organizations are different • There isn’t a one size fits all solution

• Focus on the 80% that will really meansomething

• Deal with the 20% another time

• How can you support the company vision?

BUILDING YOUR BRAND

Celebrate your Successes • It is okay to be proud of what your team

has accomplished under your tutelage• Get out of the office• Being genuine• Pushing yourself• Stay out of the comfort zone• Relinquish control• Take time to think• LinkedIn, twitter etc…• Give back

MANAGING THE SITUATION

Being a Leader •  Having the difficult discussions •  Building trust •  Being genuine •  Pushing yourself •  Stay out of the comfort zone •  Relinquish control •  Take time to think •  Ensure everyone understands how they

are important to realizing the organization’s vision

DEFINING SUCCESS

The map

•  If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you get there?

•  Commit to – Scope

– Schedule

– Budget

Collect the Metrics or Fail •  Justify the expense

•  Justify the team

•  Quantify the success or failure with real numbers or anecdotal evidence

•  Be real about success

•  Make someone else’s day by sharing the success of a project

•  Own the failures

BUILDING ALLIES

Understand people’s needs •  Be genuine •  Ask questions – What are their needs – What keeps them up at night – What can you do to help – Do it in person if you can

•  Make them the hero (couldn’t have done it without your help and guidance)

•  Solve their problem with them

BECOMING THE HERO

Heroes •  Make someone else the hero!

•  You will win every time

•  You will have another proponent

•  It feels great

STAY OUT OF THE SWAMP

The Swamp

•  Like wrestling with a pig, you both get dirty and the pig enjoys it.

•  Nothing positive ever emerges from “swamp talk”

•  As a manager your teams look to you to set the example

Next Steps •  Steve to have one-on-one discussions

15-60 minutes depending on areas of discussion and time available

Next Steps •  Team to forward to Steve and Jill topics

that interest them or problems they are dealing with that would be good topics for group discussion

•  Otherwise Steve will find an appropriate soapbox to pontificate from

Recap

•  Be a leader •  Pick relevant battles •  Be sincere •  Collect metrics •  Be a coach •  Make someone else’s day •  Have a plan •  Steve will schedule call with each of you •  What do you want to explore next due to

Steve & Jill by next Friday

Dreamer

“You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one. Every successful person did, what no one else was willing to do!” --Unknown