Manage Promises, Not People

How to Create a Self-Managing Team

Create "I Got This" Culture
Build Ownership at Work
Inspire Coaching Conversations

Manage Promises Not People

Learning Outcomes:
Create a culture of ownership and personal accountability
Increase your power by managing a promise and not a person
Strengthen communication and trust by fostering "Healthy Conflict." in meetings
Improve organizational performance by raising and reinforcing three standards of behavior
Leadership by choice

The root cause of many problems facing organizations today is a lack of practiced values, i.e., standards of behavior. Imagine if That’s not my responsibility, was replaced with I’ll make it happen. Think of the time, energy, and resources you could save by managing someone’s promise instead of micromanaging them.

 

A supervisor’s primary role is managing the workflow and performance of a department. In reality, day-to-day activities and “firefighting” distract managers from successfully achieving their primary objectives as supervisors. Many put off coaching conversations and fail to address performance issues.

This contributes to developing an “Abdication of Accountability” environment, where performing employees have more work and less time and underperforming employees have less work and more time. As a result, team performance, morale, and communication decline.

 

Eric focuses on simplifying leadership to guide you through successfully building a self-managing team and increasing productivity. He challenges them to examine and raise their standards of behavior. Have more powerful conversations with those they lead and create a culture of ownership. Your leaders will leave this presentation with the concepts that will make them more effective and the confidence to make it happen.

3 Values of Being an Effective Person

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Why Eric

Custom Presentation
Custom Presentation

Eric has a unique way of getting at the conversations team members have inside their heads. He takes the time to do his homework and listens to what you truly need.

“It felt like Eric worked at our company.”

Impromptu Humor
Impromptu Humor

Eric’s conversational style is infused with plenty of humor. Laughter will lighten the mood and keep your team engaged and learning. His unique way of relating with people will generate plenty of participation and interaction.

Actionable Strategies
Actionable Strategies

Eric will not only leave your team with proven and effective strategies to address their biggest challenges but also the desire to TAKE ACTION.

Shared Values
Shared Values

Eric makes an immediate connection by tapping into your team’s value system.

Integrity, Responsibility, and Generosity are core values to Eric’s message.

Eric has a unique way of getting at the conversations team members have inside their heads. He takes the time to do his homework and listens to what you truly need.

“It felt like Eric worked at our company.”

Eric’s conversational style is infused with plenty of humor. Laughter will lighten the mood and keep your team engaged and learning. His unique way of relating with people will generate plenty of participation and interaction.

Eric will not only leave your team with proven and effective strategies to address their biggest challenges but also the desire to TAKE ACTION.

Eric makes an immediate connection by tapping into your team’s value system.

Integrity, Responsibility, and Generosity are core values to Eric’s message.

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Contact Eric