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Avoiding Miscommunication on Your Team

Clay and Adam discuss five ways to avoid miscommunication on your team.

About Clay Scroggins:

Clay Scroggins is a sought-after ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠speaker and leadership coach⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, known for his practical and engaging approach to leadership. He is the author of three books, most notably ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to Lead When You're Not In Charge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. With a passion for helping leaders thrive in any environment, Clay brings valuable insights and real-world experience to this podcast and his ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠weekly email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

 

About Adam Tarnow:

Adam Tarnow is a recovering CPA and now a partner at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PeopleWorks International⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where he heads up the Leadership Development Practice. He is the co-author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Edge: How to Stand Out by Showing You're All In⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and shares his insights on leadership through his Substack, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠On Leadership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

One Tool Every Team Needs to Use

Clay and Adam encourage teams to use a simple and effective tool to improve performance and harmony.

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About Clay Scroggins:

Clay Scroggins is a sought-after ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠speaker and leadership coach⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, known for his practical and engaging approach to leadership. He is the author of three books, most notably ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to Lead When You're Not In Charge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. With a passion for helping leaders thrive in any environment, Clay brings valuable insights and real-world experience to this podcast and his ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠weekly email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

 

About Adam Tarnow:

Adam Tarnow is a recovering CPA and now a partner at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PeopleWorks International⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where he heads up the Leadership Development Practice. He is the co-author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Edge: How to Stand Out by Showing You're All In⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and shares his insights on leadership through his Substack, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠On Leadership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Sometimes, full engagement isn't enough. Today, Clay and Adam talk about one "fully engaged" employee who is not helpful to your organization.

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Based on The Unstuck Group’s most recent data, 53% of churches have gone through a restructure involving multiple staff positions within the last two years. 

And it can go so wrong; unwise restructuring can lead to churches…

• Retaining people who aren't a good fit for far longer than is healthy—and letting toxicity grow.

• Allowing ministry silos to develop and misalignment to grow, undercutting the ministry God has called you to do.

• Allowing failures in character, chemistry, competence or culture to go unaddressed.

• Letting people continue in key areas of responsibility when the ministry has outgrown their leadership capacity.

In their “How to Restructure Wisely” webinar last month, Tony Morgan and Amy Anderson simplified what it takes to restructure with wisdom and grace—and they are sharing the event replay with us.

Nobody gives their life to ministry for the money: It’s more than a job, and your team is more than a staff. You can lead through it with confidence, and your church can come out stronger on the other side. Learn how: theunstuckgroup.com/howtolead

US: Does professional life ever leave you feeling overwhelmed? YOU: Uh yeah, I call that "Tuesday." US: Are you responsible to achieve a goal that feels unreasonable? YOU: It's ridiculous. Don't get me started. US: Did you just get some sobering feedback from your team? YOU: It's like they don't even know me. US: Are you facing some circumstances that feel unfair? YOU: See all my answers above. If you (or someone you know) are facing some challenging circumstances at work, this week's episode promises to be a breath of fresh air. After this episode, you might still have 99 problems, but how to respond won't be 1.

Accountability gets a bad rap.

Some people love it, but most do not.

Why is that? 

Why do we have such a troubled relationship with this concept?

That is exactly what Adam and Clay unpack in this week's episode of How to Lead.

In less than 17 minutes you'll hear three simple ways to use this powerful, but misunderstood concept with your team.

You've started the meeting well and run the meeting even better.

Now, the most important part: the ending 🏁.

If you don't stick the landing, all that time and energy could be wasted.

You don't want that and your team doesn't want today.

Today in fifteen minutes, Adam & Clay will give you 2️⃣ productive ways to end your meetings.

You've started your meeting off on the right foot.

✅ You've Provided Inspiration 

✅ You've Checked-In Relationally

✅ You've Defined the Problem You're Solving

Now what?

In less than twenty minutes, Adam and Clay provide a few simple ways to ensure you run your meeting with excellence.

The pandemic might have killed off the acceptability of coughing in public, but it sure didn't kill off meetings.

Love 'em or hate 'em, meetings are a part of organizational life.

They are not going anywhere.

The key to a great meeting is a strong start.

In this first of three episodes on the topic of meetings, Adam and Clay give you a few simple & easy ways to ensure you start your meetings on the right foot. 

Next week: they'll discuss how to run a great meeting.

Sometimes, you don't find motivation from looking ahead to the future. 

Sometimes, you find it by looking back to the past.

Clay recently spent time with some leaders and challenged them with one simple question.

A question that, when reflected upon, will help reorient your priorities and give you the energy you need to keep moving forward.

This is How to Lead!

The tool a leader uses most often is communication.

This is bad news and good news.

Bad, because this tool can become dull and in need of sharpening.

Good, because sharpening this tool is not difficult.

In this episode, you'll learn one quick and easy way to sharpen your communication skills.

You'll also learn one of Clay's least favorite words and the oddest gift Adam ever received from his mother-in-law.

Welcome to How to Lead!