How much are you willing to demand of yourself? That was a question the trainers asked us in the first class. I was walking to work one morning and feeling overwhelmed by this experience. My inner voice was reminding me of all the stuff I need to do and I started feeling overloaded. As I neared the office, the inner voice chuckled and asked: “So Stef, how much ARE YOU willing to demand of yourself?” I could give you the answer here, but I would much rather you read on!
Category Archives: Tribal Leadership
TLI One: Week 3 Thoughts… How much are you willing to demand?
- Monday, 06 June 2011 03:59
- Written by Steffan Surdek
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TLI One: Week 3 – Thoughts on building long-term strategies
- Thursday, 02 June 2011 03:03
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I am entering week three of my Tribal Leadership Intensive One class. I was not planning on blogging tonight, but the little mouse in my head will not stop running today! I enjoyed the class last night and many thoughts I would like to share went through my head. If you want to know my thoughts on building on long-term strategies, please read on!
TLI One: Week Two thoughts – Things I noticed!
- Monday, 30 May 2011 03:36
- Written by Steffan Surdek
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I am reaching the end of week 2 of my Tribal Leadership Intensive One class. This week featured my first weekly meeting with my triad, two really great people! The theme of the week was to take time to stop and take notice. To learn the different things I noticed this week, please read on!
TLI One: From Strategy to Execution Plan
- Thursday, 26 May 2011 03:06
- Written by Steffan Surdek
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It is the day after the night before and I am starting to turn my mind over to the homework for the week. I realized this morning that aside from the homework assignment, I also need to start executing on my strategy to reach my goal. I thought I would do something fun and discuss how I would coach someone in my world to execute it using agile practices. Please read on if you want a glimpse of how I teach teams to approach their projects.
TLI One: Thoughts after class two
- Wednesday, 25 May 2011 03:01
- Written by Steffan Surdek
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Tonight was my second night for the Tribal Leadership Intensive One course. I experienced mixed feelings at the end and was unsure if I should post about it tonight. Life is not perfect, so I will share my opinion. If you want to know my thoughts, then read on.
TLI One: Goals and reflections of week 1
- Saturday, 21 May 2011 03:40
- Written by Steffan Surdek
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In my last blog post, I talked about my first Tribal Leadership class earlier in the week. I had time to start my homework and I noticed some interesting changes already. If you want to know my observations of week one, read on!
On the way to becoming a Tribal Leader!
- Wednesday, 18 May 2011 03:03
- Written by Steffan Surdek
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I started a new journey tonight, walking along a new path to turn myself into a Tribal Leader. Have you heard of the book Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright? It is an interesting book and they offer a course to help you learn how to apply the principles in real life. Tonight was my first class and I promised a few of my classmates I would start blogging about my journey through the course. How did I like my first class, you need to read on to find out…