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The Executive Promised Something Impossible

🔍 Reflection

• Where have I had to fix something without calling it out?
• How did I handle it?
• What would I do differently now?

✍🏾 Practice

Write your 3-step response:

Support:

→ “We’re aligned on…”

Expand:

→ “To deliver this…”

Redirect:

→ “We’ll need…”

🎯 Action

• Use the Support → Expand → Redirect model once this week
• Avoid saying “we can’t” directly

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From Individual Excellence to Scalable Leadership

🔍 Reflection

• Where am I still in the system?
• What depends on me that shouldn’t?
• What patterns keep repeating?

✍🏾 Practice

Complete:

“Going forward, we’re going to standardize how we…”

🎯 Action

• Identify 1 recurring issue
• Turn it into a repeatable process or system

• What has shifted most in how I think?
• Where have I already seen impact?
• What do I need to continue practicing?

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You Don’t Need to Be Liked—But You Do Need Alignment

🔍 Reflection

• Where was I perceived as not supportive?
• Did I signal alignment before challenging?
• How did that impact momentum?

✍🏾 Practice

Complete:

🎯 Action

• Focus on alignment signaling in every key interaction
• Watch for reduced resistance

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Staying Out of the Weeds Without Losing Control

🔍 Reflection

• Where am I still too involved?
• Where am I stepping in too early?
• What am I afraid will happen if I don’t?

✍🏾 Practice

Write your delegation statement:

“I’m going to let you run this. Loop me in when…”

🎯 Action

• Identify 1 situation to stay out of
• Only step in at a defined decision point

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Precision vs. People

🔍 Reflection

• Where did I feel others needed “too much affirmation”?
• Where did I skip alignment because it felt unnecessary?
• How did that impact the interaction?

✍🏾 Practice

Rewrite:

Original:

→ ___________________________________

Reframed:

→ “I think the direction makes sense. Let’s refine…”

Action

• Add one alignment sentence before every correction this week

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When You See the Problem Before Everyone Else

🔍 Reflection

• Where did I feel frustrated because others didn’t see what I saw?
• Did I try to convince or guide?
• Did I say “trust me” instead of showing the path?

✍🏾 Practice

Complete:

🎯 Action

Use the two-path explanation method

• Replace “trust me” with structured thinking

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Stop Solving. Start Coaching

🔍 Reflection

Where did I fix something that I should have coached?

• What patterns do I keep correcting repeatedly?
• What has my team not been explicitly taught?

✍🏾 Practice

Write your coaching script:

🎯 Action

Choose 1 situation to coach instead of fixing

• Document the process I expect them to follow

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• Where am I being used as a shield?
• What decisions are being attributed to me that aren’t actually mine?
• Where have I allowed this to continue?

✍🏾 Practice

Rewrite this statement:

Old:
→ “We can’t do that.”

New:
→ “This is not a legal restriction. This is a decision about…”


🎯 Action

• In the next situation, I will return ownership clearly
• I will separate legal constraints from business decisions

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