MODULE 9
RECODE YOUR LEADERSHIP
Recode Activator Module 9
"Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be who we know we could be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Recode Your Leadership, Part 1
Learning the Vital Roles of A Leader. In this module we help you to understand the true nature of motivation and drive that inspires people to rally toward your mission. In this module you’ll discover 6 key roles that leaders must fill to mobilize their teams and create a game for maximum participation and impact.
Recode Module 9 Videos
This week's trainings contain 9 videos on Recoding Your Leadership - Learning the Roles of a Leader, where you'll learn how to mobilize a team. Start each module by watching the videos below and following along with our downloadable Recode Manual.
Each module contains exercises and reflection questions to help you integrate this material. These exercises will be explained in the videos and will appear in an editable Recode Workbook which you can use to fill in your responses.
Click the video thumbnails below to watch each video or download the audio versions below to listen on the go. You'll find the Recode Manual and Workbook for Module 9 down below to gain access to the summaries, diagrams, integration exercises, and reflection journal discussed in this video.
RECODE MODULE 9, Video 1: Recoding Your Leadership, Part 1 (3:24)
In this video we begin to clarify what the real role of leadership is and what it’s not looking at several common confusions that leaders make about their role.
RECODE MODULE 9, Video 2: Decoding Human Drive and Motivation (18:52)
In this video we explore what the true drivers of human motivation looking at what four decades of scientific research on this topic have taught us. Here we explore 3 things that are critical to create an environment where people are motivated to do their best and one of the most powerful traits to develop in yourself as a leader.
RECODE MODULE 9, Video 3: The Vision Holder (15:30)
IIn this video we explore the first role of the leader which is being the vision holder. We look at how specifically to hold the vision to help you coordinate, motivate and collaborate with other people and the one thing most people leave out that’s renders most vision statements not useful.
RECODE MODULE 9, Video 4: The Talent Attractor (33:56)
In this video we look at the role of the Talent Attractor and the need to be continually networking and sharing your vision with others to attract talent. We’ll look at the 5 common mistakes people make that detract and diminish their ability to attract talent and the key principles of creating profitable job descriptions.
RECODE MODULE 9, Video 5: The Delegator Interview w/ Lee Franklin (35:45)
In this video we interview Bryan's father Lee Franklin, former president of Airtouch, Senior VP at Sprint, and successful founder of a fiberoptic network. Lee teaches the 9 critical steps of successful delegating, which he describes as "The most commonly talked about, probably the most critical, and the least well-understood leadership skill."
RECODE MODULE 9, Video 6: The Culture Curator (18:38)
In this video we explore the subtle, social, and informal rewards and consequences that actually create culture and the 4 key interactions and 4 key circumstances that are highest leverage to pay attention to as the culture curator. We also look at the problem of creating a culture that 'fails gracefully' and why 'Culture eats strategy for lunch'.
RECODE MODULE 9, Video 7: The Score Keeper (19:26)
In this video we explore how goals, metrics, course correction, feedback, status meetings are a lll part of the leader's job as scorekeeper not only looking at the importance of setting up systems for feedback and course correction but also how you relate to these metrics. We look at how critical an organization's ability to U-Turn is to the success of the project.
RECODE MODULE 9, Video 8: Guardian of Focus & Excellence (27:25)
In this video we talk about the 'believe or leave' concept to help you fulfill your role as the guardian of focus and excellence. We will also explore how to know when to keep people on your team and when people should leave and how to handle those conversations to keep an atmosphere of excellence. In addition we talk about the equal importance of cutting projects as you keep your team focused along with a process for how to know which ones to cut and when.
RECODE MODULE 9, Video 9: Integration & Reflections (16:11)
In this video we walk through the core skills to develop in yourself as a leader to master each role ending with the 3 key reflection questions to begin your process of identifying and working on the roles that most need your attention.
Integration Exercise
This week we are having you Recode your Leadership, part I which has you recoding human drive and motivation and explore the 6 key roles every leader most hold. In the exercises below you will learn how to integrate and master each of these 6 roles.
The full instructions are in the RECODE MANUAL AND WORKBOOK for Module 9 with a summary of the exercises below.
1. Vision Holder: Vision Communication Worksheet: This vision communication worksheet will help you create motivation and a way to communicate a powerful vision quickly. You’ll get a formula for exactly how to speak about your vision after filling out responses to 6 questions and using those responses to fill in the blanks in the paragraph formula in the Recode Module 9 workbook
2. Talent Attractor: 3 Profitable Job Descriptions Exercise: You’ll be creating descriptions for the next 3 people you’ll want to be working with. Come up with a creative title or role (something that would be attractive to them), 3 metrics that are going to tell you whether they are being successful in that role. the target or goal that you are wanting to reach, the 3 capabilities they’ll need and the risk/ramp time you’ll be investing in for this role.
3. Culture Curator Interview: There are 4 key interactions and 4 circumstances that are highest leverage to track as the culture curator. In the Module 9 workbook we take you through 4 key questions to ask yourself about the culture of these interactions along with 4 key interview questions to have you and anyone in your organization rate on a scale from 1-10.
4. Scorekeeper Exercise: Look at your goals for the week. Choose a structure of accountability and let us know what you’ve chosen on the Recode Facebook forum. Notice this week if you have a different relationship to your output and outcomes as a result of the new structure of accountability.
5. Parts Integration Exercise: If you are doing the ‘right things’ in the ‘right sequence’ but are still experiencing resistance do the parts exercise in the manual where you invite both opposing parts of you to the table to discuss what the positive intended outcome is for each of those parts to arrive at an appropriate action that preserves what the resistant part of you values and is trying to protect.
Self Reflections
Reflections exercises are one or more questions that we’d like you to be in deep consideration of for the entire week. These are meant to be shared with your family, friends, and community so that they can offer you a more complete 360 view of yourself, your identity, and your reality.
Everyone has blind spots. These are areas where we are less developed that are outside our view. Getting reflections will point out things that you might not ever know yourself.
In addition, the more you consider these reflection questions the more likely you’ll be able to break through your current level of thinking and use the exercises to leap frog into a new level of consciousness.
These questions will be posted on the Recode Facebook Forum where they are meant to be responded to by you from week to week. Here are this weeks reflection exercises:
- Which role is most challenging for you? The Vision Holder, The Talent Attractor, The Delegator, The Culture Curator, The Scorekeeper, or The Guardian?
- What has been the cost to your projects of these challenges?
- What will you do differently in the future?