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From Informed Decisions: Conversations and Q&A
with Randall Craig and
Ronja Francoeur

Driving Your Leadership Performance

About this episode: 

In this session we explore high-performance leadership. As a leader, you motivate and set expectations for everyone within your organization…But what about yourself? Your partners? And for your leadership team?

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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Topics discussed in the above recordings (with timestamps)

• What wakeup call do leaders need to drive their leadership performance? (01:03)

• What recommendations do you have to safeguard your time and mindspace to manage both the urgent and the important? (09:43)

• How do you earmark time for strategy when you are constantly dealing with fires? (16:25)

• How do we help our team shift their focus from the immediate to the long-term forecasting? (20:26)

• Carving off time: Focus hours as a tool (24:12)

• How to give feedback to partners (25:58)

• How can leaders hire driven employees who will help them stay motivated and accountable? (00:49)

• How can we create peer accountability in an organization with a flat hierarchy? (04:54)

• How can we create relationships with colleagues when work pressures don't allow time for basic pleasantries? (08:07)

• What measures are board members looking at to measure the performance of their CEO? (15:32)

• Managing Burnout: How do you know, as a leader, that it's time to take a break? (23:40)

• Understanding the natural ebbs and flows of motivation vs signs of burnout (29:57)

• What to do when we "fall out of love" with our business? (00:59)

• Should meetings have the same format and style or should we change it up? (07:27)

• How often should a business review their KPIs? (12:23)

• Changing up the business; changing up the KPIs (15:04)

• Is there value in measuring a KPI that is always the same and always just below perfect? (17:54)

• What is the ultimate purpose of a meeting? Decision making? (22:10)

• Meeting efficiency vs relationship building (26:29)

• Pro or Against: Earmarking time at the top of a meeting to review material (26:17)

Driving Your Leadership Performance

About this episode: 

In this session we explore high-performance leadership. As a leader, you motivate and set expectations for everyone within your organization…But what about yourself? Your partners? And for your leadership team?

Part 1

Topics Discussed (with timestamps)

•  What wakeup call do leaders need to drive their leadership performance? (01:03)

•  What recommendations do you have to safeguard your time and mindspace to manage both the urgent and the important? (09:43)

•  How do you earmark time for strategy when you are constantly dealing with fires? (16:25)

•  How do we help our team more from focusing on the immediate to the long-term forecasting?(20:26)

•  Do you see value in "focus hour" virtual work sessions? (24:12)

•  How to give feedback to partners (25:58)

Part 2

Topics Discussed (with timestamps)

•  How can leaders hire driven employees who will help them stay motivated and accountable? (00:49)

•  How can we create peer accountability in an organization with a flat hierarchy? (04:54)

•  How can we create relationships with colleagues when work pressures don't allow time for basic pleasantries? (08:07)

•  What measures are board members looking at to measure the performance of their CEO? (15:32)

•  Managing Burnout: How do you know, as a leader, that it's time to take a break? (23:40)

•  Understanding the ebbs and flows of motivation vs signs of burnout (29:57)

Part 3

Topics Discussed (with timestamps)

•  What to do when we "fall out of love" with our business? (00:59)

•  Should meetings have the same format and style or should we change it up? (07:27)

•  How often should a business review their KPIs?(12:23)

•  Changing up the business; changing up the KPIs (15:04)

•  Is there value in measuring a KPI that is always the same and always just below perfect? (17:54)

•  What is the ultimate purpose of a meeting? Decision making? (22:10)

•  Meeting efficiency vs relationship building (26:29)

•  Pro or Against: Earmarking time at the top of a meeting to review material (26:17)

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