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Whatever team building activities you do, take time at the end to talk about the activity. Focus on what went well, what did not, are there lessons learned or things that can tie back to our work, and anything else you can think of. Help them as needed, but hopefully they will get things like listening better, listening more, being willing to accept help from others, offering help to others, thinking outside of the box, and more.

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Especially this for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU

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Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace

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Say what you mean and mean what you say.

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Say what you mean and mean what you say.

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Never think you are the smartest person in the room...you are NOT!

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Never think you are the smartest person in the room...you are NOT!

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https://spaceteam.ca/

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Do you like pushing buttons and shouting at your friends? Do you like discharging Clip-jawed Fluxtrunions? If you answered yes, or no, then you might have what it takes to be on a Spaceteam!

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The Flip Side: Break Free of the Behaviors That Hold You Back Paperback by Flip Flippen 

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The Flip Side: Break Free of the Behaviors That Hold You Back Paperback by Flip Flippen 

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https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Quietly-Joseph-Badaracco-Jr/dp/1578514878

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Most of us think of leaders as courageous risk takers, orchestrators of major events. In a word: heroes. Although such figures are inspiring, their larger-than-life accomplishments are not what makes the world work.

Instead, it is the sum of millions of small yet consequential decisions that individuals working far from the limelight make every day. Badaracco calls these individuals "quiet leaders"- people who choose responsible, behind-the-scenes action over public heroism to resolve tough leadership challenges. Quiet leaders don't fit the stereotype of the bold and gutsy leader, and they don't want to. What they want is to do the "right thing"- for their organizations, their coworkers, and themselves- inconspicuously and without casualties.

Drawing from extensive research, Harvard Business School professor and author Joseph Badaracco presents eight practical yet counter-intuitive guidelines for situations in which right and wrong seem like moving targets. Compelling stories illustrate how these "non-heroes" succeed by managing their political capital, buying themselves time, bending the rules, and more. From the executive suite to the office cubicle-- Leading Quietly shows how patient, everyday efforts can add up to a better company and a better world.

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Leading Quietly [Badaracco Jr., Joseph L.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Leading Quietly

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Try Draw Toast! Follow the steps and work through how to aloe toast. Once that is done, choose something related to your team. I did how to solve a ticket. It was amazing!

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Surround yourself with good people... and ask them for feedback (be vulnerable and honest about what you are struggling with).

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Surround yourself with good people... and ask them for feedback (be vulnerable and honest about what you are struggling with).

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Awesome book about putting your funny to work. Two Stanford professors show how powerful humor is in business and life.

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This hurts and is scary! But decide that you do better when you are open to feedback. Change your mindset. Then advertise this! Ask for feedback, process, then reflect. You don’t have to accept all of it, but grab the nuggets.

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" I don't take a lot things personal. I take it as constructive criticism."

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Deconstruct your district’s goals/vision and reconstruct into IT’s goals. Or draw connections between IT goals and district goals. Take your time. This helps build a team connection to the organization’s goals.

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Be resilient! You are not alone. Remember to stretch and flex.Adapt and be flexible.

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https://www.amazon.com/Charisma-Myth-Science-Personal-Magnetism/dp/1591845947

This is really a very good book on personal managing yourself and others.

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You can build through hiring, but also need to develop the team within. Invest in your team and Build a team that can sustain challenges, works well together, and is willing to tackle anything thrown their way. Delegation, trust, and guidance help build your team’s skills and resolve.

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Take care of yourself so that you can take care of others.

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Take care of yourself so that you can take care of others.

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Helped me get an understanding of the importance of standardization and project management in IT.

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***Over a half-million sold! The sequel, The Unicorn Project, is coming Nov 26***

"Every person involved in a failed IT project should be forced to read this book."--TIM O'REILLY, Founder & CEO of O'Reilly Media

"The Phoenix Project is a must read for business and IT executives who are struggling with the growing complexity of IT."--JIM WHITEHURST, President and CEO, Red Hat, Inc.
Five years after this sleeper hit took on the world of IT and flipped it on it's head, the 5th Anniversary Edition of The Phoenix Project continues to guide IT in the DevOps revolution.
In this newly updated and expanded edition of the bestselling The Phoenix Project, co-author Gene Kim includes a new afterword and a deeper delve into the Three Ways as described in The DevOps Handbook.

Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced.

With the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of The Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with a manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined. With the clock ticking, Bill must organize work flow streamline interdepartmental communications, and effectively serve the other business functions at Parts Unlimited.

In a fast-paced and entertaining style, three luminaries of the DevOps movement deliver a story that anyone who works in IT will recognize. Readers will not only learn how to improve their own IT organizations, they'll never view IT the same way again.

"This book is a gripping read that captures brilliantly the dilemmas that face companies which depend on IT, and offers real-world solutions."--JEZ HUMBLE, Co-author of Continuous Delivery, Lean Enterprise, Accelerate, and The DevOps Handbook

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"I'm delighted at how The Phoenix Project has reshaped so many conversations in technology. My goal in writing The Unicorn Project was to explore and reveal the necessary but invisible structures required to make developers (and all engineers) productive, and reveal the devastating effects of technical debt and complexity. I hope this book can create common ground for technology and business leaders to leave the past behind, and co-create a better future together."--Gene Kim, November 2019

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The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

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The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Kindle edition by Kim, Gene, Behr, Kevin, Spafford, George. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win.

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Henry Ford

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https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Manager-Mark-Horstman/dp/1119244609

This book (and Manager Tools podcast) is an incredible resource for managers and new managers.

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"I was very fortunate to come across Manager Tools over 10 yrs. ago and I've continued to listen ever since. I've also attended the in-person training and have purchased multiple products...each has delivered value far in excess of its price. It's rare to find such specific, actionable, and effective guidance...and I usually find opportunities to apply this guidance within days!"
Graham Cochrane, Senior IT Manager, TD Bank Group

"The Effective Manager is one of those books that gets thicker over time through turned-down corners, paper-clipped pages and the addition of piles of sticky notes. There is advice for every conceivable issue that comes up in a workday, from how to improve project management by increasing team clarity to the minute details of creating agendas for meetings that work better and end earlier...The backbone of Manager Tools (one-on-ones, feedback, delegation and coaching) has already helped me work more effectively, which has been noticed by both executives and directs already, even in such a short period of time."
Ellen Honigstock, Director, Education Development, Urban Green Council of New York

"The application of Manager Tools guidance and principles are core to my success communicating with others and delivering the most value from my organization."
Paul M. Witt, Associate Director, The Dow Chemical Company

"The methods I've learned from Manager Tools have been invaluable to my career as a professional manager. Their specific, actionable guidance has helped me to effectively lead teams of both technical and non-technical professionals, and I wouldn't be where I am today without them! The trilogy, and especially one on ones, are the simplest and most effective management tools around." Andy Sikich, Ruekert & Mielke, Inc.

"There has been no greater resource more responsible for my professional success than Manager-Tools. And I spent a lot of money on an MBA."
Jonathan Giglio, Project Manager, IBM

"Manager Tools has been part of my life every week for the past 6 years, be that thru podcasts or TITIT. A big thank you to Mark and the team, it's helped and challenged me in equal measures to do the right things, at the right time to execute our strategies for the business. The advice is simple and straight forward and sits on your shoulder like a little man constantly reminding you how to perform at your best!"
Wayne Hollinshead, CEO, Pattonair

"The guidance delivered in The Effective Manager is the most actionable you will ever read. Mark and team consistently deliver not just what you need to do to be effective, but a step-by-step guide for HOW to do it. Few will argue with the premise that teams perform better when strong relationships exist between the team members and the manager. There are hundreds of books and thousands of articles supporting this claim. The burning question of 'HOW do I build effective relationships with my directs?' is not addressed adequately in any of these sources. Happy hours and taco Tuesdays are fun, but they won't get you where you need to be. The Effective Manager will give you step-by-step guidance on this and many other aspects of management that will make you much more effective." Dax Middlebrooks, Senior Manager, Supply Chain Murgers and Acquisitions, Halliburton

"This is a must read for both emerging and existing managers. The detailed and actionable guidance gives you step by step instructions on how to become more effective in your organisation. The information transcends generations, countries and cultures and is proven with years of data. Managing people is much easier and more effective with these tools."
Justin Savaille, Managing Director, Management PT

"Mark's work here is immeasurable! He delivers actionable step by step guidance for managerial concepts that every manager should know and use daily. I have used his guidance for over 9 years in multiple management and non-management positions. It has help me break down barriers with directs who were considered "non-approachable" and eventually get them promoted to management. Mark's feedback model has made driving correct behaviors and change simple and easy. It was something I used to fear, now it has become a simple daily habit. My team loves it, my manager has started using it and loves it. I can't say enough about how easy he has made being a manager!"
Colby Jex, Associate Manager, Harris Corp

"Management how-tos are a dime a dozen, but Manager Tools stands out. Mark and Mike offer a clearly-defined method on how to be a good (and even great) manager, how to build effective teams, and how to create value for your company (and yourself). I wish I had discovered Manager Tools earlier in my career. This book is a must for any professional who recognizes that survival in today's competitive corporate environment is in the hands of those who create and maintain effective relationships. Manager Tools provides a road map on how to do that."

"The advice that Mark Horstman gives out is the most practical advice on management that you will find. This is not the latest fad management trend. It is all actionable and absolutely right on. Read this book and do what they say and you will be a more successful manager - period!"

Dirk W. van de Bunt, EVP & CAO, Guthy-Renker LLC Lorne Cheeseman, CEO, Kestrel Biologic Inc.

"I initially rolled out the trinity within my department and started seeing instant results. Now that I have been promoted to General Manager, I'm using the tools to manage all of my staff, and my managers have started using them too without me even having to encourage them. The walls put up by the most guarded people on my team have now been broken, the weakest performers are improving rapidly, and our team has never been more coherent or productive than now. I feel more in control, and my staff feels respected and has clarity around where they stand. I can't thank you enough Mark for opening my eyes on what it means to be a great manager."
Damian Grose, General Manager, Tranen Revegetation Systems

"Manager Tools is one of the best resources I have come across - giving practical advice about how to run an organisation well, effectively, seriously, and with humanity. I wish I found it earlier."
Richard Lucas, Serial Entrepreneur

"Manager Tools has been a tremendous gift for my business...I highly, highly recommend this book!""Mark Horstman taught me a vital lesson about management: there's no voodoo. It's all about relationships, behavior and results. If you want the latest management trends and lingo, don't read this book. But if you want to learn how to act consistently and effectively, buy the book, read it, and immediately share it with your entire organization."
Rahim Karmali, DDS
Michael J. Reitz, Executive Vice President, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Regardless of how long you've been managing or how many people report to you, statistics show you probably aren't getting the most out of your team. It's not because you can't be a great manager—you've just never been given the training on the basics of management. For the frontline managers, directors, and even executives who want actionable advice for optimizing their performance, The Effective Manager is here!

Whether you're in sales, engineering, marketing, operations, logistics, software development, or any other field—the two most important responsibilities of any manager are to get results and retain your team. No other guide on the market gives you data-driven guidance along with corresponding tools to help you do so. Over one million people a month download the award-winning Manager Tools podcast, and now this inclusive, go-to resource puts all the same strategies, techniques, and perfected tools at your fingertips.

This book will give you a step-by-step plan for transforming your relationships with your direct reports. Manager Tools has surveyed/tested over 90,000 managers over the past 20 years. Based on that data, it provides the best ways to achieve the four critical managerial behaviors:

Build Relationships. Why talking all the time doesn't work to build trust. Why most managers focus on the wrong topics when chatting with directs. How to build trust through frequency and high-quality communications. How and why to introduce, brief, start, and continue the most important tool: One On Ones.

Communicate About Performance. Managers say they want more feedback and guidance from their boss but then they make the same mistake with their own team members. They don't know what to say, or when to say it, or why directs push back on corrective guidance. You'll learn here how to rollout feedback so that you can address positive or negative situations in less than 10 seconds. No drama, just better results.

Ask for More. Great managers are never satisfied. They inspire and praise, and also identify areas for improvement. They work with their team to improve each member's productivity by collaborating on goals and a plan to get there. The Coaching Model allows you to improve skills in 10 minutes a week—and without spending hours on a detailed five month growth plan.

Push Work Down. The very best managers challenge their teams to do more by sharing their own work, exposing directs to higher level challenges, and freeing up their own time to get more done that only they can do. Learn how to Delegate a responsibility in five minutes.

Discover how managers all over the world have elevated their ability to do their jobs well and earn the respect and admiration of their teams with the proven methodology in The Effective Manager.

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Amazon.com: The Effective Manager: 9781119244608: Horstman, Mark: Books

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When you can’t find a nice person. Be one.

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There are different types of power we can wield as leaders, but the most effective power comes from relationships, using your job title (or "role") as a bludgeon to get things done should be used sparingly.

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Not giving eye contact when someone is speaking truthfully.

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Donuts being physically served by you.
$12.00 investment goes a long way in the mind of people in an organization.

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Time is the most expensive gift you can give someone. It’s rendered freely and the return has high dividends.

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Best part of leadership; I Get Too.

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It’s never a problem, but an opportunity to learn.

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https://youtu.be/o-YBDTqX_ZU

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Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Remastered 4K 60fps,AI)

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The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything https://a.co/d/aCTSgeq

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Mother Teresa said, “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other”.

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Listen to The Homeboy Way by Thomas Vozzo, Gregory Boyle - foreword on Audible. https://www.audible.com/pd/B09TCQ4LYB?source_code=ASSOR150021921000V

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It’s impossible to be perfect. In the journey to leadership and when you get there you will always make mistakes. But I try to remember:

“Why do we fall, Bruce? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.”

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The daily conversations that need to happen between generations 

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The daily conversations that need to happen between generations 

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Experience to Youth:

What do you think?

What do you need to know?

Are you okay?

Youth to Experience:

What was it like when you started?

Can I observe you do that?

Any advice on how should I handle that?

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Apple or android?!?!