Doing The Chores: Plowing a Path into Leadership
What you'll learn
- Learn the basics of leadership and followership through engaging stories of growing up on a farm “Doing The Chores.”
- Gain insights from Dr. Robert Kelley’s followership styles to help distinguish yourself as a top performer.
- Learn how to ensure productive, efficient, and engaging one-on-one meetings with your manager.
- Excel at planning, organizing, and documenting meetings by creating and using meeting minute templates via Microsoft OneNote.
- Learn to communicate and document your work responsibilities using a RACI diagram, demonstrating your reliability and trustworthiness as a professional.
- Sharpen your attention to detail with advanced techniques and organizational tools, ensuring you deliver exceptional quality in your work.
- Learn a process for identifying performance improvement opportunities and effectively communicating your ideas, positioning yourself as a go-to problem solver.
- Apply course concepts to your job by using a participant guide with coaching questions to enhance your awareness and help you achieve your career goals.
Requirements
- No experience needed.
Description
Unlock your potential and pave the way for career advancement with my "entertraining" course designed for aspiring managers, leaders, and top performers. This course will help you stand out in your organization by developing essential skills and strategies to excel in your role. The course is facilitated by, David Elser, an experienced and certified talent development professional with extensive expertise in both field and corporate environments. Throughout this course, you will:
Explore Leadership and Followership: Gain insights into the basics of leadership and followership through engaging stories and practical experiences from "Doing The Chores" on a farm.
Utilize Followership Styles: Learn from Dr. Robert Kelley’s followership styles to distinguish yourself as a top performer, or a "busy bee," within your team.
Master One-on-One Meetings: Ensure your one-on-one meetings with your manager are productive, efficient, and engaging, fostering better communication and understanding.
Excel in Meeting Management: Learn to plan, organize, and document meetings effectively using Microsoft OneNote templates, ensuring clear and organized outcomes.
Communicate Responsibilities with RACI Diagrams: Develop the ability to communicate and document your work responsibilities using RACI diagrams, demonstrating reliability and trustworthiness.
Enhance Attention to Detail: Sharpen your attention to detail with advanced techniques and organizational tools, ensuring exceptional quality in your work.
Identify Performance Improvement Opportunities: Learn a process for identifying and communicating performance improvement opportunities, positioning yourself as a proactive problem solver.
Apply Course Concepts: Use the "Doing The Chores" participant guide with coaching questions to enhance your awareness and help you achieve your career goals.
This course is tailored for individuals who are aiming to be recognized for an advanced role within their organization. By the end of the course, you will be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to pursue higher responsibilities and excel in your professional journey.
Who this course is for:
- This course is designed for individuals striving to be recognized for an advanced role within their organization. It equips participants with practical skills and strategies to enhance collaboration capabilities, optimize work interactions, and drive career progression effectively.
Instructor
- 5.0 Instructor Rating
- 9 Reviews
- 29 Students
- 1 Course
David Elser, a talent development professional with over 30 years of experience in the transportation industry working for FedEx, UPS, and Ryder Logistics. He specializes in learning and development, working with employees from essential front-line workers to executive leaders. One of his most significant accomplishments is the fulfillment of a promise to his grandparents by authoring the book "Doing The Chores," which shares invaluable leadership and "smart" followership lessons from his upbringing on a small family farm in Northwest Ohio and sharing how these lessons are relevant in effectively collaborating with others regardless of your profession.
According to David, "Doing The Chores" tells a story about learning the basics for building a strong work ethic from influential leaders in my life - my grandparents. I call these fundamentals "smart followership skills” in honor of my grandpa. When he handed us a chore, he'd end with the phrase “... and be smart about it.” What he meant by this was for us to focus on doing the chore accurately, timely, and safely. My book’s lessons serve as a solid foundation for getting recognized, rewarded, and considered for an advanced role or leadership responsibilities
David holds a master's degree in organizational management and is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) by the International Coach Academy. He maintains notable certifications such as Certified Professional Talent Development (CPTD) by the Association for Talent Development and SHRM-CP by the Society for Human Resources Management. He currently resides in Coldwater Lake in Michigan. His proudest moment was delivering the commencement address at his alma mater, North Central High Schools in Pioneer, Ohio, in 2012. David's passion lies in inspiring individuals to think creatively about their personal and professional development to achieve their desired success.