Leaders Letter 135
5 Leadership Team Questions To Develop On Top Of For Q1 2023 (Free Template)
Dear leaders, this week's leadership quest is for me to get you to think differently and answer five questions you have unlikely thought of or ask yourself or your leadership team.
These are specifically designed with my focus 2P’s in mind, people aka culture and performance aka strategy and designed for you to go deep into these areas, not just scratch the surface like most will in one leadership meeting as a tiny agenda item at the end that will be deprioritised.
The issue you are solving by taking this exercise is to make management teams useful and actionable, as well as connecting as a unit again, most won’t until Q1 QBR (quarterly business review).
So, make your management team meeting or leadership meeting (however you frame at your business) actionable with these questions, answer, actions, owner, and expected result(s) template.
The Questions:
1. How are we evolving our EQ as a leadership team and within team members? (People aka Culture)
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Owner:
Expected Result(s):
2. Where are our weaknesses and how do we improve on them to improve people and company performance? (Performance)
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3. What are the 5 most important key performance indicators and how do we discuss these to move us forward? (Performance)
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4. If we were to add one person to the leadership to improve decision-making and our performance, who would it be and why? (Culture)
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5. How do we remove politics from our cross-functional decisions? (Performance)
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» Want these questions as a workable template? Click here for a copy.
The business world is going to be harder for most and more challenging most weeks within the MT/SMT/ELT meetings reduce this anxiety and be proactive by answering these 5 questions in a workshop-style session.
Hint: If you find yourself struggling with question 4, flip the question on its head and think about who you might remove to improve it.
Thanks and have a great week,
Danny Denhard
PS/ Next week’s leaders letter newsletter is titled: What Are The Factors At Play (With A Free Framework) it’s going to address the most under-appreciated workstream within businesses. Hit reply if you’re interested in a sneak peak…
PPS/ Want to improve your habits, here is a great video from James Clear and Tim Ferriss