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How Contributors Get Recognized at Work
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How Contributors Get Recognized at Work

Doing The Chores: Plowing a Path into Leadership Through Collaboration and Smart Followership
Created byDavid Elser
Last updated 3/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn practical ways to showcase your contributions so your hard work gets recognized and rewarded.
  • Use structured one-on-one updates and professional documentation tools to clearly communicate your value to managers and stakeholders.
  • Strengthen attention to detail and professional communication skills to build trust, credibility, and recognition at work.
  • Apply smart followership principles as a complement to management to strengthen collaboration with managers and teammates.
  • Use practical workplace tools such as RACI diagrams, meeting agendas, and structured notes to improve organization and accountability.
  • Identify performance improvement opportunities using ATD’s Human Performance Improvement process.
  • Use AI tools to generate clear, structured meeting minutes that improve communication and documentation.
  • Track AI productivity using an AI Usage Tracker to demonstrate time savings and innovation to managers.

Course content

8 sections • 38 lectures • 2h 51m total length

  • What will my learning journey be during “Season One” of Doing The Chores?5:03

    This guide is packed with "Chore Check" and "Chore Challenge" questions for each of the 32 lectures. These coaching questions have been carefully crafted to challenge your thinking and inspire innovative strategies for achieving your career goals. I strongly encourage you to download, print it out, and arm yourself with a pen and paper - there’s something truly powerful about capturing your thoughts on paper as you engage with the videos. This process isn't just about note-taking; it’s about sparking ideas that can propel your career to new heights.

  • Who is David Elser, my instructor?4:57
  • Where did “smart" followership come from?4:13
  • What are the three Ps?1:48
  • What's the purpose of incorporating a farming theme into the course?3:18
  • What are the engagement rules for this course?2:21

Requirements

  • Ability to think differently.
  • Eager for the next opportunity at work.

Description

Welcome to the Farm!


Unlock your potential and plow a path into your desired success with this course designed for contributors who want to stand out at work and get recognized for their contributions.


Whether you are a contributor who wants to get recognized or a manager who wants a more proactive and collaborative team, this course provides practical tools you can apply immediately.


Using farm-inspired storytelling, this course connects everyday lessons from doing farming chores to the realities of today’s workplace. You will strengthen people skills, improve collaboration, and build the trust, visibility, and credibility that help contributors stand out. You will also receive downloadable tools and templates you can start using right away.


The course is facilitated by David Elser, a certified talent development professional through the Association for Talent Development and an executive coach with extensive experience in both field and corporate environments within the transportation industry. Through Doing The Chores, along with scenes filmed on the farm where many of those lessons began, David connects everyday workplace responsibilities to the foundational behaviors that build discipline, trust, competence, and long-term success.


Throughout this course, you will learn how to strengthen workplace communication, improve collaboration, and use practical tools to get recognized for your contributions.


  • Strengthen attention to detail and workplace communication
    Develop habits that improve organization, accuracy, follow-through, and professional communication.

  • Master one-on-one meetings with your manager
    Use DTC’s Weekly Update Template to improve communication, alignment, and collaboration.

  • Improve meeting management and documentation
    Use DTC’s Meeting Agenda Template to plan, organize, and document meetings more effectively.

  • Communicate responsibilities with RACI diagrams
    Clearly communicate your role, accountability, and value on projects and processes.

  • Identify performance improvement opportunities
    Learn a structured process for identifying opportunities and communicating ideas effectively.

  • Understand leadership, management, and smart followership
    Better understand workplace dynamics and become a stronger contributor and collaborator.

  • Learn and apply followership styles
    Use Dr. Robert Kelley’s followership styles to become a trusted employee who brings initiative, energy, and reliability.

  • Apply course concepts to your job
    Use DTC’s Participant Guide with coaching and reflection questions to support your development.


This course is designed for contributors who want to be recognized for their work, build trust with their manager, and strengthen their value within the organization.


Bonus lessons: Using AI while Doing The Chores


  • Additional bonus lessons show you how to responsibly use AI to strengthen your work and communicate value more clearly.

  • You will learn how to use an AI prompt to turn meeting transcripts into structured meeting minutes and how to use an AI Usage Tracker to document where AI helps, where it does not apply, and how much time it saves.

  • Both the AI Meeting Prompt and AI Usage Tracker are included as downloadable resources inside the course.


Well.. what are you waiting for? Let's start.. Doing The Chores!


Who this course is for:

  • For contributors who want to get recognized at work by strengthening collaboration, communication, and attention to detail.
  • For managers who want their team members to become more proactive, collaborative, and effective contributors.
  • For those who want to show their manager how they are using artificial intelligence to work smarter and create value.

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