Steph's 3 Things | Your weekly bites of leadership inspiration, learning & life lessons
Steph's 3 Things #2 - 20 November 2017
Welcome to Steph's 3 Things
Each week I'll bring you three bites of content to help you in your journey to level up your leadership, learning and life.
Leadership Something to read
Are you guilty of not having 'that' conversation with one of your team? Join the club. This article about the Netflix culture document (penned by Patty McCord) is a great reminder of feedback best... and worst practice and how to get better.
I love this quote:
"Part of being an adult is being able to hear the truth. And the corollary is that you owe the adults you hire the truth. That is actually what they want most from you."
Learning Something to experiment with
Many of you will be receiving this after downloading my Presentation FAQ ebook (thanks!). If so, this is for you.
Pechu kucha (or chit-chat in Japanese) was created to avoid the death by Powerpoint that we've all suffered. It's 20 slides, set on a 20-second auto-play. 6 minutes and 40 seconds of presentation time. Set yourself a challenge, use this for your next presentation, distill your message and reduce the noise.
Life Something to try
End of the year, impending 'silly season' and frayed nerves. Sound familiar?
The Third Space by Dr Adam Fraser provides a fantastic framework to manage yourself when transitioning from scenario to scenario - from work to home and everything in-between.
I used this model recently to manage some difficult news I received just before five days of workshop facilitation; giving me space to both perform and reflect in the way I needed to.