{"id":1130,"date":"2011-07-01T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2011-11-24T19:41:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T19:41:44","slug":"how-leaders-stay-on-top-of-relational-promptings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/01\/how-leaders-stay-on-top-of-relational-promptings\/","title":{"rendered":"How Leaders Stay On Top of Relational Promptings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are four leadership questions I want you to wrestle with today, and I want you to be brutally honest with yourself.<\/p>\n

#1:<\/strong> How many times this week have you bumped into an old acquaintance and said, \u201cHey, we should get together for coffee\u2026\u201d?<\/p>\n

#2: <\/strong>How many times this week has a name flashed through your mind, and you found yourself thinking, \u201cI should really connect with him\u2026\u201d?<\/p>\n

#3: <\/strong>How many times this week have you heard about someone who is struggling a bit, and you thought, \u201cI should drop her a line sometime\u2026\u201d?<\/p>\n

#4:<\/strong> What is your typical track record when it comes to following up on these promptings?<\/p>\n

\"CMany leaders I know give themselves only a \u201cC-\u201c grade on this relational component of their leadership. The reality is that these kinds of relational connections rarely make it into a leader\u2019s “urgent” file, and so they just fade away off the radar.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to improve your grade a bit, here\u2019s a tool I\u2019ve been using effectively for years that might be of help to you.
\n1. <\/strong>Carve out a regular<\/span> time slot on your calendar every week for “connections”.<\/strong>
\nThese are non-strategic, purely relational follow ups, that have little or no immediate value to you or your organization.<\/p>\n

2. <\/strong>Throughout the week, as these relational “promptings” pop up, simply jot yourself a note (or, as I do, enter them immediately into your “connections” appointment in Outlook)<\/strong>
\nAs the week progresses you\u2019ll find this task filling up with little notes like \u201cCall Bob\u201d or \u201cSend Sarah a note\u201d.<\/p>\n

3. <\/strong>Maintain the discipline to act on that list<\/strong><\/p>\n

I treat that hour in my calendar as if it were a standing appointment with any colleague.<\/p>\n

Try something like this for a month, and see if it becomes habit forming for you.<\/p>\n

At the very least, the next time you say \u201cHey, let\u2019s have coffee\u201d you\u2019ll increase the likelihood that it will actually happen!<\/p>\n

How do you stay on top of relational promptings?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are four leadership questions I want you to wrestle with today, and I want you to be brutally honest with yourself. #1: How many times this week have you bumped into an old acquaintance and said, \u201cHey, we should get together for coffee\u2026\u201d? #2: How many times this week has a name flashed through…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,7],"tags":[694,239,81,695,693],"class_list":["post-1130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action","category-discipline2","category-leadership","tag-connect","tag-discipline","tag-planning","tag-promptings","tag-relational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}