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This is a chance for your team members to see you as a true and inspiring leader.. This is a chance for your team members to see you as a true and inspiring leader.. Developing Strengths

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Being a fable, the characters portrayed in the book are fictitious Any resemblance to actual living persons is coincidental The lessons provided within are based on true-life experience in developing strong, winning teams Only the characters are fictional

E-Book Introduction

Win-ning [win-ning] adjective: that wins; successful or victorious, as in a contest

Team [teem] - noun: a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest: a number of persons associated in some joint action

This Leader's Workbook e-book has been developed to help current and aspiring leaders leverage the lessons and approaches in Win! A Leader's Guide to Building a Winning Team

This book is designed to reinforce the key lessons from the book, allowing you to

incorporate them into your leadership approach, thus assisting you in the development of a Winning Team Environment

Through reinforcement of the proven techniques and approaches revealed in the book, you will be able to personalize each lesson to your current situation

Slogan of Purpose 4

S = P - E 5

Leadership Pledge 7

Professionalism Manifesto 10

Developing Strengths 13

Leveraging Free Agency 15

Choice of Action 17

Attitudes are Contagious 19

Having Fun? 20

TEAM Goals 22

Weekly Game Plan 24

Scouting the Competition 26

Seizing Momentum 28

Are You Flexible? 29

The Coaster of Change 30

Your Favorite Quotes 32

Slogan of Purpose

Why does your business exist?

Aside from the obvious reasons of providing you and others with jobs, making a profit, etc., when you get down to the core reason that your business is there and why any person should be interested in doing business with you, what might that sound like?

This isn't your company vision, but rather a one or two sentence explanation as to why, from a more philosophical and emotional perspective, you are in business

In the book, Coach Billings provides Chase with a few examples Leveraging these, and understanding your business the way you do, develop your own Slogan of Purpose Lead a

brainstorming session with a cross functional representation of your business Explain to the team what you are looking for What do they see as the businesses' purpose? Work with the team to pare the thoughts down into one or two sentences Write the resulting Slogan of Purpose down here

Our Slogan of Purpose:

The formula is used in judging different aspects of the company's performance

Another way to look at the formula, and how it applies to business is S only happens when your P _ is greater than the E

Think about a few times when this formula could have, or should have, been applied in your experience Write down two of them here:

Use the following exercise to develop your personal Leadership Pledge You should keep your items to twenty or less Once you are happy with the list, develop a professional looking

document that will be distributed You need to provide a copy of it to everyone within your sphere

of influence, including those that you report to You should roll the Pledge out to all of your team members in a live meeting, so that they can hear you speak each of the items you have listed Do not send out as an e-mail or distribute via a memo This is a chance for your team members to see you as a true and inspiring leader

Keep a copy of the Leadership Pledge in your office as a constant reminder to your

commitment to these ideals and behaviors

We provided you with a sample heading, or introduction Feel free to use this or to create your own

Professionalism Manifesto

A Winning Team exhibits professionalism in everything they do, and they ensure that anytime that a current or prospective client has exposure to the organization that the business is portrayed in a professional manner The same goes for how team members act towards each other

In the book, Coach Billings explained the concept of the Professionalism manifesto to Chase In addition, a full example of a Professionalism Pledge is included in the Important

Documents section of the book Using these examples, you need to develop your own

Professionalism Manifesto You may want to enlist the help of a group of cross-functional team members, so that you ensure every possible item gets captured

Once you have completed it, you need to provide a copy of it to everyone within your sphere of influence, including those that you report to You should introduce the Manifesto to all of your team members in a live meeting, so that they can hear you speak about the importance of each

of the items listed Do not send out as an e-mail or distribute via a memo This is a chance for your team members to see you as a true and inspiring leader Remember, the tone is set with you You must "Walk the Walk"

Use the following exercise to develop the Professionalism Manifesto for your organization

We provided you with a sample heading, or introduction Feel free to use this or to create your own

Our Professionalism Manifesto

Maintaining a strong brand helps us compete against our competition in the marketplace, increases our customer base, and improves customer loyalty Most importantly, it is a direct

reflection of our business

The following items must be reviewed on a _ basis Any areas of concerns should

be brought to light immediately so that they can be addressed:

Developing Strengths

If you are like most managers or leaders, you have been asked or required to create personal development plans for your team members Typically, these plans focus on the team member's weaknesses In the book, Chase and Coach Billings discuss why this approach is outdated, and why you should instead focus on developing the team member's strengths

Winning Team Leaders focus on developing the strengths, or natural abilities of their team players

What are two of the key benefits of focusing on developing a team member's strengths?

Leveraging Free Agency

Professional sports teams have a common practice of utilizing free agency to improve their team's chances of winning The book discusses why businesses should also be using this type of philosophy

According to the book, what are three negative impacts to an organization or team when a team member is not performing at the expected level?

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What are three of the benefits of incorporating the free agency philosophy into your

organization?

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What steps or changes would you need to take in order to utilize this approach for your team or organization?

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OK, so what is stopping you? Work with your HR department to implement this approach as soon as possible

Choice of Action

Leading a Winning Team involves the need to quickly deal with situations that arise when team members are not pulling their weight

What impact does it have on a team when a fellow teammate is not performing their job,

or not pulling their weight?

As adults, we have the ability to make choices in regards to how we react to a situation

In a Winning Team Environment, team members understand that they will be held accountable for their Choice of Actions when situations arise in the workplace

A Winning Team Leader will make the team member aware of the _ their is having on the team They will also make the team member aware what changes in are expected, and what the

_ are if they don't change

In the book, Chase makes notes from the day's discussion on this topic He lists out several key items for the following topics Fill them in from the book to reinforce the concept in your mind

If a team member has a personal situation that is impacting their work, a Winning Team Leader show empathy, but will address it with them so that they understand what impact their choice of actions is having on the overall team

Person not pulling their own weight

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Choice of Actions

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A Winning Team Leader does not allow improper behavior, or choice of actions, to

continue because they feel sorry for the person or they want to avoid the conflict You're really not helping the person when you do that, and you definitely aren't being a leader for your team

In a Winning Team environment, proper Choice of Actions are recognized and rewarded

Do you have a recognition and reward program? If not, you need to develop one Pull together a small, cross functional team to develop ideas for one that will work well in your organization.

Attitudes are Contagious

In the book, Coach explains to Chase that besides a _, an Attitude is one

of the most contagious things you will ever encounter

A Winning Team Leader works hard to spread _ attitudes and makes sure that _ attitudes don't have a chance to catch on and spread

The right attitude can make the difference between winning and losing in the

marketplace

What steps or ideas can you implement in order to ensure this happens? You may want to enlist others to help you brainstorm some ideas Utilize this opportunity to lead the group through proper facilitation of the meeting Set the right expectations, recognize and reward positive choice

of actions Write down the four best ideas here and develop a plan to implement them as soon as possible

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Having Fun?

So here is a question for you Do you think a team member would be more productive in a fun, enjoyable environment, or in a dreary, repressive one? No, it isn't a trick question I've seen this in real life situations Could you imagine having a job where you hated being there? It can happen, and it is a direct reflection of the leadership

Winning Team Environments are fun, while still being professional The book explains the benefits associated with having a fun, enjoyable work environment As a leader, you need to

develop your strategy for creating and fostering a fun atmosphere

List out five of the benefits resulting from having a fun environment These can be found

Develop and list out five ideas for improving the environment, making it a more fun,

enjoyable one If needed, enlist the help of team members and /or fellow leaders in the

TEAM goals are designed not to just focus on the desired end state, but all of the

important steps along the way

When building TEAM goals for personal development plans, set them for each of your team members with their input A Winning Team Leader then holds them accountable to meeting or exceeding those goals

Weekly Game Plan

Using the Winning Team goal setting approach, you'll have long-term goals that reflect where the organization needs to get to, but you should also break it down into smaller pieces

To do so, utilize a weekly game plan Lay out what the objectives are for the week, and place TEAM goals against each objective These are specific goals that you want to have completed,

or at least to a certain state by the end of each week Review your weekly game plan each morning

to see how you've advanced on each goal, and what pieces you want or need to get accomplished that day

Have people in leadership and other key roles that report to you also complete and track Weekly Game Plans of their own This enables you to keep your conversations during meetings focused on the important and relevant topics You can discuss challenges they are having, celebrate successes when they meet their goals, etc It can give you a quicker insight into their world, what challenges they are facing, and help you evaluate their strengths

To practice, develop your weekly game plan for the upcoming week

Scouting the Competition

Make no mistake, your competition wants to take your customers away from you Like a sports team wanting to take advantage of their strengths and the other team's weaknesses, your competition is evaluating how they can increase their market share at your expense They will make adjustments to their strategies and approach in order to attract new business, business that you need

as well

How well do you understand your competition? If you are like many leaders, you may need

to make an extra effort to find out what they are doing, and what affect it is having

To make sure you are capturing the proper intelligence on your competition, you'll need to develop a list of key questions Once you have gathered the answers, you need to share the

information with your entire team They all need to know and understand what the competition is doing Remember, communication is one of the key elements of a Winning Team Environment You'll find that some of the best ideas to counter what the competition is doing will come from your team members

In the book, Chase develops a list of important questions that he and his team members needed to know about their competition Leverage the examples from the book to develop your list Enlist help of others if needed Write your questions below

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