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Today’s topic is Inspire Growth – step 9 in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AIM Leadership Roadmap⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – how to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in a leadership role. Inspiring growth is the third step in the Create the Movement phase and the final step in the AIM Leadership Roadmap – with a focus on moving your organization from status quo to creating impactful change. Inspiring growth will help you go from striving to thriving as an organization. Listen in as I outline three steps to Inspire Growth and some other tips to inspire growth in your people and business: Commit to Action Make an Impact Create the Movement Check out this podcast on the Celebration and Thank You Conversation All nine steps in the AIM Leadership Roadmap ultimately create the environment to Inspire Growth! Inspire growth is the result needed to create your leadership legacy. Where you may have started your new role with a fear of failure, by following the AIM Leadership Roadmap you will leave a legacy of inspiration and growth in both your people and your organization! Inspiration to Lead Better Check out these free resources. And reach out any time!

Today’s topic is Develop Leaders – step 8 in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AIM Leadership Roadmap⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – how to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in a leadership role. Developing Leaders is the second step in the Create the Movement phase of the roadmap – with a focus on moving your organization from status quo to creating impactful change. Developing leaders will help you go from having talent gaps to creating a talent pipeline, in turn improving the skills and retention of your team. Listen in as I outline three steps to Develop Leaders: Create succession plans Create a leadership development roadmap Target skill development Succession Planning and Leadership Development Programs Do you need to improve retention of your high performers? Do you need to build your leadership pipeline? Do you want to develop your people’s overall leadership skills? Find out more about my Succession Planning and Leadership Development Programs to help you achieve the following outcomes: Create an in-house succession planning process and pipeline Develop promotion-ready candidates to succeed in new leadership roles Improve the overall leadership skills of your people

Today’s topic is Enable Change – step 7 in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AIM Leadership Roadmap⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – how to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in a leadership role. Enabling Change is the first step in the Create the Movement phase of the roadmap – with a focus on moving your organization from status quo to creating impactful change. Enabling change will help you develop change champions out of change resistors and implement change that sticks. Listen in as I outline three steps to Enable change: Follow a change management roadmap Develop change-savvy leaders Create structure and habits to sustain change success Download your free PM’s Sure-Fire Guide to Managing Change for the steps to plan and manage change. Download The 5 Steps to Build the Best Change Champion Network for ideas to create a champion network. Change Management Coaching and Courses Do you need support to plan and manage large-scale change? Do you need to equip your people to embrace change and lead better? Find out more about my Change Management Coaching and Courses to help you achieve the following outcomes: Fast-track change implementations and unstick stalled projects Develop change-savvy leaders to lead everyday change Improve the change management capabilities in your organization

Today’s topic is Measure Results – step 6 in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠AIM Leadership Roadmap⁠⁠⁠⁠ – how to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in a leadership role. Measuring Results is the third step in the Make an Impact phase of the roadmap – with a focus on leading your team to develop a game plan then execute on game day and everyday. Measuring results will help you go from best guesses to making informed decisions with the right information. Listen in as I outline three steps to Measure results: Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) Develop decision processes Review results Download your free ⁠⁠⁠⁠Decision Tree Guide to help develop your decision processes. Check out my other podcast - Talking Change with Jen and Rebecca to listen to the Lessons Learned Conversation and the Status and Progress Conversation Team Alignment Coaching and Workshops Do you need to align your team around common goals, behaviours, and expectations? Find out more about my Team Alignment Coaching and Workshops. Working together will help you achieve the following outcomes: Set Direction – define purpose and strategy Innovate and Re-Invent – generate new ideas and solve problems Improve Decision Making – have the right people making the right decisions Build Team Cohesion – improve team dynamics and create a high performance culture

Today’s topic is Align Your Team – step 5 in the ⁠⁠⁠AIM Leadership Roadmap⁠⁠⁠ – how to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in a leadership role. Aligning Your Team is the second step in the Make an Impact phase of the roadmap – with a focus on leading your team to develop a game plan then execute on game day and everyday. Aligning your Team will help you go from inconsistency to being in sync by building common understanding and buy-in to goals, behaviours, and expectations. Listen in as I outline three steps to Create plans: Player assessment Team assessment Engagement conversations Download your free ⁠⁠⁠Situation Assessment Interview Guide⁠⁠⁠ and use the 'Team Questions' to get started.  Check out my book - Talking Change: Must-Have Conversations for Successful Leaders to learn more about Engagement Conversations. Team Alignment Coaching and Workshops Do you need to align your team around common goals, behaviours, and expectations? Find out more about my Team Alignment Coaching and Workshops. Working together will help you achieve the following outcomes: Set Direction – define purpose and strategy Innovate and Re-Invent – generate new ideas and solve problems Improve Decision Making – have the right people making the right decisions Build Team Cohesion – improve team dynamics and create a high performance culture

Today’s topic is Create Plans – step 4 in the ⁠⁠AIM Leadership Roadmap⁠⁠ – how to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in a leadership role. Creating plans is the first step in the Make an Impact phase of the roadmap – with a focus on leading your team to develop a game plan then execute on game day and everyday. Creating Plans will help you go from having ad hoc to do’s to establishing concrete plans for your whole team. Listen in as I outline three steps to Create plans: Understand the current state Develop vision and priorities Assign actions Download your free ⁠⁠Situation Assessment Interview Guide⁠⁠ and use the 'Strategy Understanding Questions' to get started.  Team Alignment Coaching and WorkshopsDo you need to align your team around common goals, behaviours, and expectations? Find out more about my Team Alignment Coaching and Workshops. Working together will help you achieve the following outcomes: Set Direction – define purpose and strategy Innovate and Re-Invent – generate new ideas and solve problems Improve Decision Making – have the right people making the right decisions Build Team Cohesion – improve team dynamics and create a high performance culture

Today’s topic is Synthesize Ideas – step 3 in the ⁠⁠AIM Leadership Roadmap⁠⁠ – how to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in a leadership role. Synthesizing your ideas is the third step in the Commit to Action stage of the roadmap – with a focus on you as a leader going from overloaded with too many things to do, to creating clarity and confidence to do what’s next. Listen in as I outline three steps to Synthesize your ideas: Capture all your ideas Develop decision criteria Choose priorities Download your free ⁠⁠Situation Assessment Interview Guide⁠⁠ to get started.  The Confident Leader Kickstart Program Do you want a sounding board and support as your start a new, exciting leadership role? Find out more about my Confident Leader Kickstart coaching program. Whether you're a new leader or a seasoned leader with a new mandate, working together will help you go from being new and nervous to calm and confident, and achieve the following outcomes: Build Trust – develop trust and credibility with your new colleagues Establish Expectations – know their expectations and communicate yours Deliver the Right Results – choose the right priorities Lead with Confidence – to inspire growth in your people and organization

Today’s topic is Assess Your Situation – step 2 in the ⁠AIM Leadership Roadmap⁠ – how to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in a leadership role. Assessing your situation is the second step in the Commit to Action stage of the roadmap – with a focus on you as a leader going from overloaded with too many things to do to creating clarity and confidence to do what’s next. Listen in as I outline three steps to Assess your Situation: Meet the players Learn the business Determine the structure Download your free ⁠Situation Assessment Interview Guide⁠ and use the 'Team Questions' to get started.  The Confident Leader Kickstart Program Do you want a sounding board and support as your start a new, exciting leadership role? Find out more about my Confident Leader Kickstart coaching program. Whether you're a new leader or a seasoned leader with a new mandate, working together will help you go from being new and nervous to calm and confident, and achieve the following outcomes: Build Trust – develop trust and credibility with your new colleagues Establish Expectations – know their expectations and communicate yours Deliver the Right Results – choose the right priorities Lead with Confidence – to inspire growth in your people and organization

Today’s topic is Set your focus – step 1 in the AIM Leadership Roadmap – how to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in a leadership role. Set your focus is the first step in the Commit to Action stage of the roadmap – with a spotlight on you as a leader going from overloaded with too many things to do to creating clarity and confidence to do what’s next. Listen in as I outline three steps to Set your Focus: Know your why Choose your leadership approach Create your goals Download your free Situation Assessment Interview Guide and use the 'Your Role and Expectations Questions' to get started.  The Confident Leader Kickstart ProgramDo you want a sounding board and support as your start a new, exciting leadership role? Find out more about my Confident Leader Kickstart coaching program. Whether you're a new leader or a seasoned leader with a new mandate, working together will help you go from being new and nervous to calm and confident, and achieve the following outcomes: Build Trust – develop trust and credibility with your new colleagues Establish Expectations – know their expectations and communicate yours Deliver the Right Results – choose the right priorities Lead with Confidence – to inspire growth in your people and organization

Welcome to my new Two Minutes of Talking Change podcast series – The AIM Leadership Roadmap. When I embarked on writing a book in 2020, my original idea was to write a book about confidence – what is it, how do you get it, and how do you instill it in others. I’ve coached loads of people over the years who lack confidence but certainly do not lack accomplishments.  I interviewed over 30 leaders to better understand what shook their confidence when taking on new roles. Fear of failure was the number one answer. These were seasoned and successful leaders with many accomplishments to their names. These interviews and my leadership coaching experience informed the development of the AIM Leadership Roadmap. The AIM Leadership Roadmap helps leaders who have a new role, new mandate, or new team to lead with confidence, accelerate impact, and deliver results in their leadership role. In this podcast series, I’ll break down the steps you can take to build your own leadership legacy. Watch the videos of my Leader Interview Summary and the AIM Leadership Roadmap to get started.  For the next 9 weeks I'll be posting the 9 steps to take to go from fear of failure to building your leadership legacy. Subscribe to the podcast or sign up to get the newsletter.

Innovation isn't an idea problem. It's a leadership problem. My guest - Robyn M. Bolton - let's us in on the secret to sparking innovation in your organization and the reasons why innovative ideas may not be bubbling to the surface in your organization.  How does this relate to leading change? Innovation is something new that creates value, 'something new' requires change!  Tune in to find out the ABCs for inspiring innovation.  Robyn is the Founder & Chief Navigator of MileZero LLC, an innovation consulting firm that helps leaders confidently use innovation to grow their businesses. Previously she was a partner at Innosight, the consulting firm founded by Clayton Christensen and she started her career at P&G where she was on the team that developed and launched Swiffer.

My special guest - Lindsey Agness - tells us the need for answering the WIIFM during change - tune in to find out what that is. She gets to the heart of who we need to be thinking about when aiming to make change in organizations and what criteria we need to address to do change right.   Lindsey Agness is one of the UK’s leading change specialists, specializing in staff engagement, performance improvement, behavioural change and motivation. Her career includes 11 years as a change management consultant, corporate trainer and coach for PwC then as a business owner and entrepreneur. She has written 4 books on change. For more on the conversations needed to lead change successfully, check out Talking Change: Must-Have Conversations for Successful Leaders and my other podcast - Talking Change with Jen and Rebecca - to dive into each of the conversations.