Leading In Uncertainty

Friday, March 27, 2020
8:00 AM 10:00 AM 08:00 10:00

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A free, live workshop for business leaders. In the current crisis, we know that business leaders have questions and difficult decisions in the face of so much uncertainty. On every leader's mind is their people, finances and sales.

Trajectify founder Mike Krupit facilitates the workshop with three industry leaders in key areas to provide insight, direction and actionable advice to business owners and leaders.

- Learn best practices in the face of uncertainty.
- Understand the breadth of the impact of this "new normal" on your business.
- Access industry expertise in a coach-facilitated discussion.
- Work interactively with experts and peers on issues pertaining directly to your business.

Topics:
Marcia O'Connor of The O'Connor Group
Engaging employees and recruiting during uncertainty

Jeff Bruno of Your Outsourced CFO
Understanding and planning for dynamic financial scenarios

Lisa Peskin of Business Development University
Retaining customers and selling in crisis

The workshop will provide new insights into planning for the unknown, offer systems for preparedness, and guidance for some of your specific challenges.

Leadership

Shiny Object Syndrome Will Break Your Company. It's Also What Built It.

The same restlessness that makes it hard to stay on plan is what made them start the company in the first place. The wandering mind, the refusal to be satisfied with what already exists, the ability to see something before it exists: that's not a disorder. That's the source.

Leadership, Organizational Dev

The Bridge to the Moon

If you're building a company, knowing your role isn't optional. The visionary needs someone who will build what they see without getting in the way of the seeing. The integrator needs someone who will point at the moon and mean it and keep pointing at the same moon long enough for the bridge to get built. The mistake I see most often: trying to be both or hiring someone who mirrors you when you need someone who complements you.

Growth Strategies, Leadership

The Problems You Haven't Earned Yet

The fear of success doesn't usually announce itself as fear. It sounds like planning. It sounds like due diligence. It sounds like being responsible.

What it actually is: A limiting belief. It’s spending today's energy on problems you'll only face if you win

Organizational Dev

Right Person. Promoted to the Wrong Seat.

Right people, right seats doesn't mean everyone eventually moves into a leadership role. It means finding the seat where each person does their best work and building a structure that makes those seats worth staying in. Create a path for people who want to grow as individual contributors. Create a separate path for people who want to lead. Reward both. Respect both. Pay both.

Scraped Knees and Bus Crashes

Don't prevent scraped knees; prevent bus crashes. A scraped knee hurts. You might carry the scar for years. That's the point. The pain is proportional to the lesson. A bus crash can lead to catastrophic loss. The project. The company. The relationship. Something that can't be recovered. The leader's job isn't to eliminate mistakes. It's to know the difference between those two things.

Organizational Dev, Leadership

What Leadership Teams Learn When the Helicopter Goes Down

The leader's job isn't to have the answer. It's to create conditions where the best answer can emerge. That means encouraging disagreement without punishment. Creating opportunities for information to move across functions. Making it safe for people to challenge assumptions, including your own. The highest-performing teams in these simulations don't succeed because they have the smartest leader. They succeed because nobody in the room is waiting for one person to have all the answers.

Managing Up and Across Starts Before You Need Anything

The leaders who are consistently good at managing up and across understand something most people miss: influence gets built long before it’s needed. Not through charisma. Not through politics. Through small, deliberate actions repeated consistently over time. Investments. Relationships are like a bank account. You have to make deposits before you can make withdrawals. Most people get this backwards.

Leadership, Communications

Power Stops Working. Influence Doesn’t.

The leaders who build something lasting lead differently. They retain great people, create cultures that outlast them, and build organizations that can function without them. They share power. They create it in others. When a team operates out of fear of authority, they do the minimum required to avoid consequences.

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