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LSP 11 The Skill of Intentional

Leading Strong Podcast

Release Date: 10/14/2020

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In this episode, we will cover:

The 8th Manager Intelligence Skill – Intentional

  • Intentional managers make sure each team member knows how their individual contribution benefits the organization's mission and purpose.
  • By growing in your skill to be intentional, you will see your team rise to the occasion and sustain their efforts.

Key Words: Arrange, Deliberate, Planned, Thoughtful, Purposeful, Efficient

 

Why is it so important to develop Intentional as a skill?

  • Intentional Effort will align your team toward transformational outcomes

 

The Highs and Lows of the Intentional Skill

High: I make sure that each team member knows how their individual contribution to our team benefits our organization’s mission and values. I am purposeful in my connection to the team, how I assign work to team members, plan, design, and think through desired outcomes.

Low: My team does not know how their job impacts our mission and purpose. They just feel like they are getting a paycheck.

 

How to grow the skill of Intentional and strengthen your team…

Strong Intentional Skill: Deliberate with your words, Explicit with your expectations, Thoughtful with your responses to questions and challenges, Purposeful with your body language and tone of voice, Considerate with your praise and recognition

Weak Intentional Skill: Careless with your words, Unclear with your expectations, Thoughtless with your response to questions and challenges, Aimless with your body language and tone of voice, Inconsistent with praise and recognition.

 

Book Recommendation of the Week

The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

 

Key Questions

  1. How are you being deliberate with your words. How are you being explicit with your expectations?
  2. How can you commend the common?

 

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