Create an Inspiring Workplace

Hello from the island of Menorca, Spain. Here’s a 90-second welcome to this month’s Personal Development theme.

GET MOMENTUM members worldwide will spend 30 days learning to Create an Inspiring Workplace. Click or tap to play the short video!

(What is GET MOMENTUM? Click here!)

Already more than 150 people have watched the video. We’re looking forward to knowing that you see it too!

Self-Assessment Time

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The FIRST ‘Momentum’ Question

Every day we welcome new members to the Get Momentum Leadership Academy, we celebrate the commitment made and we acknowledge the work to be done.

15 New Get Momentum Members

Often, organizations commit the resources necessary to support entire groups of leaders who enroll in the program.

This week, Associate Professors from Samford University have joined Get Momentum. Below, you can watch a short video Jodi recorded. Here, she shares two ideas that come directly from our book: “Get Momentum: How to Start When You’re Stuck.”



 

#KnownFor - Q#1

The first question to ask yourself is:

What do I want to be known for?

We call this the “Roles-Legacy” question. That is, instead of answering that question for your entire life, we invite readers of Get Momentum to:

  • Choose 6 roles they want to focus on this year.
  • Pick ONE of those roles that you want to pay special attention to.
  • Open your Momentum Journal and write answers to Momentum Question #1.

“In relationship to THAT one role, over the next 6-24 months, I want to be know for…”

So That…

If you have already read the book “Your Best Just Got Better,” you’ll remember the ‘So That…’ process in chapter 7. (Here’s a video…)

Consider what you want to be known for (Question #1 from our book Get Momentum) and add to your strategic plan - or your Wish List! - by strengthening your WHY. Again, open your Momentum Journal and write more than just what you want to be known for and the task list of things to do to get there. Add to that journal entry with a list (more than 25?!) of reasons WHY you want to be known for doing that project you’re working on.

Oh, and if you’re a member of Get Momentum from anywhere in the world, please watch all the way to the end of that video Jodi recorded. Remember that offer you get as a member? (Here’s a reminder…)

Building High Performing Teams

Each month at Get Momentum we coach leaders to improve their management and productivity skills. In August, we focus on:

Building High Performing Teams

This month, individual contributors, project managers, entrepreneurs and leaders around the world will spend 2-6 hours learning to become a better team leader…and team player.

We serve our clients as Executive Coaches and corporate leadership facilitators.

Specifically, we help you to balance a healthy dose of focus on the present WITH time, energy and focus spent on the future.

But, how do you do that?

If you read the book “Get Momentum,” you know that we ask you several #momentum causing questions. The first one - found on page 27 of the book - is:

“What do you want to be known for?”

Note: When we ask “What do you want to be known for?”, we’re really asking you to focus on a specific role for a specific period of time.

When you combine this method of thinking along with the focus of this month’s Get Momentum theme (Building High Performing Teams) you’ll be able to chip away at the more important projects that you’ve been waiting until you have time to get to!

Here’s what one Get Momentum member in Portland, OR wrote:

I am relatively new in my company and the monthly theme for “High Performing Teams” came at a great time.

Our problem was a lack of clarity and alignment around our future roadmap and a general feeling that the company has lost its sense of urgency. I’ve pulled together a cross-functional team to talk about our future roadmap, and started by working with them to develop a high-level strategic focus for our team. This has helped to engage everyone in the group, and we’re having a weekly meeting with assignments and accountability check-ins to keep things moving. We’re still early in the process, but I can already feel a shift from “waiting for someone else to tell us what to do,” toward “deciding to do things and moving them forward toward a mutually understood goal.”

At the end of this phase of the process, I expect us to produce a set of roadmap priorities that has buy-in, that the team can be proud of, and that is aligned with the overall company goals. The main benefit is that people don’t think it is OK to sit on the sidelines, and they are beginning to embrace the principle of “speak up about things you disagree with” so that we can resolve the issues, decide, declare, and move forward.

Have you ever felt invincible? Here’s another video you can watch:
 

Emotional Intelligence, Part 1: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Thank-Full.

That’s how I feel having reviewed my notes reflecting on the EQ/Emotional Intelligence STUDY GROUP hosted by our very own #Momentum Maker: Stephen Collins.

What IS EQ?

Emotional Intelligence is the ability to identify, use, understand, and manage emotions in an effective and positive way.

The benefits of knowing (and growing) EQ are many…and great. A high EQ helps individuals to communicate better, reduce their anxiety and stress, defuse conflicts, improve relationships, empathize with others, and effectively overcome life’s challenges.

This was the FIRST of three sessions (click here to join August 7th, and here to join August 14th).

For an hour, Stephen led us through a session titled, “Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself.” GET MOMENTUM Reader’s Club members from around the world attended via our virtual reading room. The feedback is positive!

Of course, Jodi and I were there for the full hour; we didn’t want to miss any of the fun…or the learning! As intently as I listened, my notebook pages kept filling up with ideas, ah-has and some “I’m gonna’s.”

There were three main themes I focused on during the discussion:

1. PERSONALITY and WORKING TOGETHER.
2. Look for what’s inspiring to THEM.
3. Defining a friend as different from someone who is friendly

1. PERSONALITY and WORKING TOGETHER.

Those of you who’ve read our book Get Momentum or every spent time with us in a workshop or on the phone KNOW how different we are from one another. I loved how one of our GET MOMENTUM Leadership Academy members introduced us during a workshop we facilitated for leaders at her company:

“Next, I want to introduce my coaches. I work with them both - on different skills - because they are different. Jason’s the straight arrow. Jodi’s the gentle wave.”

On any Personality Assessment we’ve ever taken, we score the opposite in nearly every category. For example, in the Meyer’s Briggs, I’m the E (Extrovert) and Jodi’s the I (Introvert). If you haven’t taken one of the personality assessments lately - and had your team/family take it with you - make that your homework this quarter. Ones we can recommend:

StrengthsFinder 2.0 and the KOLBE. When you know who and how you are, and when you learn that other people are different from you in their own way, it makes it easier to work better together. It makes it easier to be more emotionally intelligent.

As an Adjunct Faculty professor at Air University, US Air Force at Maxwell Air Force Base, I co-teach a course titled: “Know Yourself to Lead Yourself.” The more you study want it takes to make you…you, the more understanding you an bring to the table when you work with the people you serve.

2. Look (out) for what’s inspiring to THEM.

Oftentimes, leaders want to do things to “BUILD THEIR TEAMS.” You’ve probably been on one of these kinds of tours. Maybe a dinner out. Maybe pizza brought in. Or, driving race cars. Or, attending a sports game. Or…

Here’s the deal…

…you probably did what the leader likes to do.

If you want to maximize the engagement of those on your team (and this goes for work just as much as it does at home) see if you can find out what THEY like to do. If you get a chance, and want to hear more about this, book some time with Jodi and have her tell you about the time her group wanted her to join them for a baseball game!

3. A friend = different from someone who is friendly.

Ask yourself “How do I feel?” after spending time with that person. In one of the Course Work activities, Jodi talks about this way she has of monitoring the engagement she wants to continue having with the people that she knows. Not only that, she authored a BONUS Course on this topic of building your network/team LONG before you need it. LINK HERE.

  • Friend: a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
  • Friendly: kind and pleasant

When you think of those two words, consider who you’d put on the least of each. Then, decide where to spend more time.

Get Momentum WEBSITE review

Welcome New Members!

Please join us for a Get Momentum WEBSITE welcome. Whether this is your FIRST week as a Get Momentum member, or your 5th year of studying the curriculum (link here), you’re welcome to join us for a 10-minute video overview. Come find out ALL you can access as a Get Momentum member.

Over the past 48 hours, 8 people from around the country have joined the Leadership Academy.

Listen in or watch a video introduction.

At 7:30PM Eastern, join us for a 10-minute overview and welcome! Thinking of JOINING GetMomentum yourself? You’re welcome too…

Join us!

To ADD to your calendar, click the appropriate link below:
WEDNESDAY, July 26: https://addevent.com/?zi527698
THURSDAY, July 27: https://addevent.com/?yp527666

Again, each WEBSITE review will start at 4:30PM Pacific / 7:30PM Eastern.

Can’t make the LIVE version?

Here’s a RECORDED version you can watch:

Welcome to Your Get Momentum Membership

Point A to Point B

The Get Momentum “COURSE WORK” is the monthly self-study guide that we provide all members as a PDF and Audio MP3 file.

 

Get Offline in the Grand Canyon

When was the last time you went “offline”?

Part of the Get Momentum experience is surrounding yourself with outgoing, outrageous, wonderful people who have interesting conversations and go amazing places… If that sounds like heaven to you too, keep reading and consider joining us.

We’re planning our next adventure for September 2017.
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Of course, you’re invited!

Join us at the
North Rim of the Grand Canyon Sept 26-30, 2017.

If you’re up for a strenuous adventure, join Jason for the 52-mile “Rim to Rim to Rim” hike. North to South and back to the North Rim again, in two days! (The one-way 26-mile Rim to Rim hike is an option, too.)

If you’re NOT a maniac and want to do a little light hiking and have self-directed playtime like photography, journaling, and water coloring, join me on the North Rim.

There’s no official GET MOMENTUM curriculum or classes offered.

This is your chance to get out and play. And spend some time with Jason and I, and other outgoing Get Momentum members.

If you’re interested, we will share our itinerary for travel, lodging and meals. You are welcome to use our plan as your guide.

This WILL turn in to a memory for your life time. The Grand Canyon is one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY:

I’ve already heard from people saying they’re having new conversations with their spouse and their team, after hearing how Jason and I plan these vacations/Retreats/community gathering adventures! We’ve been married for 18 years, and one of the keys to our happy, vibrant, engaging relationship is to CONTINUE TO PLAY TOGETHER!

And surround yourself with people who share those same goals and values as you. Build your community.

ONE MORE BENEFIT:

There’s virtually no WiFi or cell signal.

Plan on being COMPLETELY offline for the whole trip. (There’s one pay phone at the general store.)

If you haven’t been unplugged, offline and just unavailable for a while, it is glorious. Trust me, this detail may be your favorite part of the trip!

Send me a note through the CONTACT ME wepage if you’re considering. (I WILL try to talk you out of the crazy Rim to Rim to Rim hike! And implore you to start training now if you’re determined to hike it!)

Happy trails,

Jodi

Jodi Womack
Get Momentum Leadership Academy
GetMomentum.com

PS Jason gives you a little guided tour of the Canyon from the trail in the video above.

Be a Resilient Leader (Weekly Member Message)

Hi [wlm_firstname],

We’ve JUST launched the new Get Momentum Leadership Academy leadership theme: “How to Be a Resilient Leader.”

So, please if you’re a member LOG IN to your account here, and take the Self Assessment.

This month you will:

  • Reflect on your challenges and discover the tools you have for weathering adversity.
  • Explore the tools and strategies that build resilience.
  • Discover your own limitations around resilience – and how to go beyond them.
  • Experiment with daily habits for building more resilience.

Happy “almost” 4th of July.

You may not know, but it’s Jason and my 18th Anniversary on Tuesday - though we’ve been partners in life and at work since 1993!

Please do add the Master Class* to your calendar.
(Thursday, 9:15am Pacific start time…be there!)

Oh… Jason and I spent 3 days scoping out a destination for the next Get Momentum Leadership Retreat (somebody had to do it!).

While there, we recorded a short video for you…a 2-minute introduction to this month’s theme: How to Be a Resilient Leader.

* There’s nothing you need to do for the Master Class. Members have already been registered and will receive email reminders before the webinar.

The Ways of Momentum

In less than a minute, we’re here to share the Get Momentum Leadership Academy with you. Here is a process to practice for when you need it most.

From around the world, GET MOMENTUM members tell us they use this program to reduce their stress and overwhelm.

Welcome to the program…

 

What Members Say:

See My Life In A Whole New Way
“Get Momentum has helped me craft the lens that I use to create focus in not just my work but my life.”
- Ryan Speed

 

Swift Kick in the Butt!
“As silly as it sounds, attending your program gave me that swift kick in the butt I’ve been needing so desperately.”
- Jill Bonafide

 

The Oprah Effect
“You’re still my Oprah.”
-Shelley Stinson
Alameda County Office

 

Stepping Up!
“I received an AAA grade in my end of year performance review last year, and I believe that the support, tools and techniques I gained from Get Momentum played an important part in stepping up my contribution.”
- Fabien Modoux

 

Productivity Boost!
“My productivity increased 300%”
-John Weller
VP, Megastar Financial

 

EFFICIENCY BEAST
“JWo is an efficiency beast!”
-Rick Crozier
VP, Prime Lending Group

 

As you GET MOMENTUM, your results improve, your influence increases, and new opportunities arise.

Change the way you work, the way you think, and the way you see yourself as a leader.

If you’d like to be experiencing some of this momentum for yourself, you’re invited to visit the website and compare the membership levels to find the perfect fit for you before the membership tuition increases (significantly!) this Friday.

[MasterMind] You can inspire someone to become a better presenter

Think about it…

  • Delivering the Keynote at an industry conference,
  • Updating your team on next years projections in the conference room,

…and even…

  • Talking to your spouse about your ideas for weekend/dinner plans.

What do they ALL have in common?

You’re presenting yourself, and influencing others.

If you’ve taken the GET MOMENTUM Self-Assessment (click here) you know where you need to IMPROVE as a presenter.

GET MOMENTUM members, be sure to join the MasterMind group coaching call this week!

On Thursday, May 11th GET MOMENTUM members will share their insights on becoming a better presenter.

Join to share a “lesson-learned.”

Who knows, you could be the inspiration someone needs to become a better presenter themselves!

STEP 1:

  • Open your Momentum Journal to a fresh page.
  • On top write, “A Lesson I Learned.”
  • Write a few lines describing where you were, the presentation you gave where you learned something and whether it was a POSITIVE or NEGATIVE experience.
  • Finally, respond to these 3 questions:
    1. What happened?
    2. How did it impact you?
    3. What is the REAL lesson?

STEP 2:

  • Add your MasterMind group coaching call to the calendar.
  • Call in for 3-5 minutes and share your experience…and the lesson you learned.

Just think, if you share what you learned (maybe even learned the hard way!) you may help a fellow GET MOMENTUM member avoid that hardship sometime in the future.

That is was the GET MOMENTUM community is all about!

 

PS: Please do STEP 1 of this note because we know sometime this month you’ll have an opportunity to share that lesson with someone you know.

And, we invite MEMBERS to bring their answers to the MasterMind group coaching call on Thursday.

Master Class REVIEW - “Present Like a Pro”

More than 200 leaders living in 9 countries are members of the GET MOMENTUM Leadership Academy.

Many of them tuned in to this month’s Master Class titled:

“Present Like a Pro”

As you can see in this short introduction video (scroll to the bottom HERE), there are two VERY specific goals for this leadership course:

  1. Practice identifying key points in EVERY presentation.
  2. Utilize ALL the resources you have access to.

The Master Class is a 45-minute executive summary of the GET MOMENTUM Course Work:

Immediately after the program, I heard from THREE members about the impact and importance of this month’s Master Class:

  1. “I get it now, everything is a presentation.”
  2. “I learned that I can present the same thing in different ways to different people. Easier.”
  3. “I need to video record myself presenting. Not to show anyone else or publish, but to watch and study myself.”

What is the GET MOMENTUM Master Class? In just :42 seconds, we explain it right here.

(We do have ONE big announcement, read all the way to the bottom to find out!)

Now, some of you may be thinking, “How is ‘presenting’ a leadership skill?”

Think about what you could do, if you were more effective at bringing your ideas to the people you hope use them the most. You’re presenting all the time, you are!

  • On a stage in front of dozens
  • In a conference room of just a few
  • Across the table from your family
  • On the phone with a friend, client or vendor

Over the course of just one month, you’ll learn to “win over” the people you’re speaking with. You’ll practice organizing your main points that are backed up with and by research, as well as have some call-to-action. Finally, you’ll practice lining up your message with the facts with the stories with the suggestions that make it easier for people to believe: “Your ideas matter.”

Who is GET MOMENTUM for?

I always look to our current members to help us answer that question. So, here is a list of the most recent leaders to join:

  • The co-founder of a recently-sold communications company in Tennessee.
  • 19 Associate Professors at a university in Alabama.
  • 3 recently-promoted Directors in New York City.
  • A designer in Australia.

Are you a member?

If so, log in here and watch the recording (or, download the audio as an MP3 to listen to in your car or while you’re exercising). Would you like to see the Table of Contents for the Master Class?

Here you are:

  • Introduction and Welcome
  • Get the Most From Your GET MOMENTUM Membership
  • Practice Makes _______ (be careful here!)
  • MEMBER Spotlight “Kinds of Presentations”
  • Everyone Has a Story
  • Jodi’s Perspective: “The Energy Flows Through Me.”
  • 1: The Ingredients of a Presentation
  • 2: Resources at Your Fingertips
  • 3: Going Beyond the Basics

Not (yet) a GET MOMENTUM member?

It’s ok, Start Your Membership here, we’re ready to serve you as your coaches!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT:

As a GET MOMENTUM member, you get access to the Video AND Audio recording of the Master Class. Well, NOW you can see we have transcribed and closed captioned the presentation…you’ll love it!