How Effective Are We as an Executive Leadership Team?
By AdminAJ 
From our experience working with Executive Leadership Teams here are 7 things that they are intentional about measuring.
By AdminAJ Powerful Leaders vs. Forceful Leaders
By AdminAJ 
We tend to confuse power with force. Force makes things happen or makes people do what we want but force drains your energy and provides temporary fixes. Power offers clarity about and alignment of our purposes. With power, the right things get done with ease and provides sustainability. There is no force in power.
Showing up “Fully” for your Team
By AdminAJ 
Being an effective leader transcends mere authority; it demands a deep comprehension of the ripple effect one’s presence & impact has on team dynamics.
Leadership Culture
By AdminAJ 
This month we are focusing on building a Leadership Culture in the workplace and how it impacts the overall results of your organization.
Design an Effective Meeting
By 
This month we are focusing on the power of feedback to improve individual performance, to surface our relationship to feedback, and to identify potential barriers that hold us back from using feedback to be a more effective leader.
Stuck
By AdminAJ 
Back in 2018, we wrote a short paper called Are You Stuck (5 min read), looking at self-awareness and how it impedes your ability to be in action. This is more prevalent today as demands for performance and results are at an all-time high, requiring more recovery.
This month we want to look at leading others that are stuck.
Leading your Team Through Change
By AdminAJ 
This month we start to look at Team Leadership and the challenges of dealing with change as we work to evolve as an organization.
Why It Matters
No company or organization can operate the same way forever. Businesses must constantly evolve and adapt to meet a variety of challenges—from changes in technology to the rise of new competitors, to inflation or supply chain disruptions. Failure to change can and most likely will lead to stagnation or, worse, poor results and layoffs. So why do teams struggle with change?
Leadership Strategy
For any organization facing the prospect of change, the first step is to create a climate where your team learns the language of “being with change”. Learning to “be with change” will allow your team to co-create future possibilities.
To support leaders who can build teams that can be with change, begins with learning to listen for what your team’s relationship with change is.
Are they:
1. Coping with Change = A mindset of being closed, critical and judgmental
OR
2. Adapting to Change = A mindset of being open, curious, and in possibilities
Leadership Challenge
Over the next 30 days spend time learning to assess where each of your team members is in their relationship to change. Are they coping with or adapting to change?
Awesome Read (15 min):
Change Video by Malcolm Gladwell — What World Awaits Gen Z
Have an Awesome Month Leading with Impact!
Becoming a Learning Organization
By AdminAJ 
This month we are looking at Organizational Leadership and the importance of becoming a “Learning Organization”.
Why It Matters
For organizations to continue to succeed in today’s ever-changing landscape, they need to fight the urge to settle or be complacent. Many organizations find success and expect it to just last. Please, go buy a Kodak camera or rent a movie from Blockbuster. Both companies were pioneers in their field; Kodak invented the digital camera technology and dismissed it, not taking the time to “learn” what was happening at the frontline.
Leadership Strategy
The first step in becoming a learning organization is to become a great Listening Organization. The best organizations have processes and structures to listen up, down and outside the entire organization on a constant basis, not just in the boardroom.
Starbucks Execs and head office partners spend time in their stores donning an apron, so they are with the customer and their partners and learn firsthand what the organization needs to focus on.
Leadership Challenge
Ask each of your senior leaders to spend some time in the frontline and report back on what they have learned.
Awesome Resources:
The Importance Of Listening For Organizational Success (5-minute read)
Culture of Deep Listening Video (5-minute video)
Have an Awesome Month Leading with Impact!
Fall 2022 Program is full
Next program early 2023
Year in Review & Seasons Greetings
By AdminAJ 
As 2022 nears completion, we invite you to focus on acknowledging all the wins you achieved in the past year…
Why it Matters
Acknowledging wins allows you to:
1. Show progress and measure where you are at
2. See patterns and trends in your business
3. Remember what challenges you overcame
4. Assess what needs to be addressed to support future success
5. Reward those who stepped up by acknowledging their efforts
Leadership Strategy
Plan a “Year in Review” team meeting to come together and acknowledge/review accomplishments for 2022. So often the norm is for teams and companies to jump to the next thing (i.e.: executing on next year’s plan) without reviewing what happened, and what you already have. Additionally, without review, you are not taking advantage of the learnings to support a leadership mindset and generate future success.
Leadership Challenge
For the “Year in Review” team meeting, request that each team member bring a minimum of 10 accomplishments they feel deserve to be acknowledged. 2-3 acknowledgments are easy but 10 will require a deeper look which can include smaller things that ended up having a huge impact on the business.
Seasons Greetings
The Awesome Journey Team would like to wish you a wonderful holiday season and thank you for having us as part of your transformation in 2022.
At Awesome Journey, we are deeply committed to creating a powerful future together in our communities. In lieu of gifts, the AJ Team has made donations in support of the Calgary Food Bank & the Eva Sophia Project.
Also, check out our 2023 Book List for the leaders in your life. Have a happy and restful holiday season leader!
Leadership – How it Impacts Performance
By AdminAJ 
This month we are focusing on Performance and how Leadership plays a critical role in its success.
Why it Matters
Leadership is the most important ingredient to increase the performance of any organization.
You can tell the level of leadership by the overall success the organization is generating. They are producing consistent, repeatable, and reliable results.
Leadership Strategy
Leadership and performance go hand in hand with trust. The more leaders both demand and demonstrate their trustworthiness by being sincere, competent, reliable, and involved, the better results they will see from employee performance.
Leadership Challenge
Start to measure your team’s level of trust that improve performance by answering these questions:
- Integrity (Sincerity) – How well do we follow through on our promises?
- Competency – How well do we provide feedback for improvement?
- Reliability – Are we meeting our timelines?
- Involvement – How well do we show up for meetings to participate fully?
Answer the questions above and start building trust to improve performance, a key tool to being a great leader!
Awesome Watch (3 min)
Have an Awesome Month Leading with Impact!
