{"id":2964,"date":"2013-04-22T18:58:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T01:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2013-04-22T20:48:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T03:48:22","slug":"a-15-minute-practice-that-can-transform-your-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/22\/a-15-minute-practice-that-can-transform-your-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"A 15 Minute Practice that can Jump Start Your Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a lot of time.<\/p>\n<p>But leveraged strategically, 15 minutes invested in self-leadership once or twice a week could begin to jump start your leadership to the next level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/man-journal-writing1.png\" class=\"btn-image--openpopup figure aligncenter size-full wp-image-2969\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2969\" title=\"man-journal-writing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/man-journal-writing1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/man-journal-writing1.png 500w, https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/man-journal-writing1-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/man-journal-writing1-433x260.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Self-leadership requires a reliable system of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Self-examination,<\/li>\n<li>Reflection, and<\/li>\n<li>Action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leaders require the discipline to examine their actions and motivations with ruthless honesty. They require a method to reflect deeply on the implications of that examination, and then they need the fortitude to turn those reflections into concrete, growth-oriented action steps.<\/p>\n<p>Tall order.<\/p>\n<p>How can you do that in your own leadership?<\/p>\n<p>It can begin with 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>For close to 20 years I have invested about 15 minutes once or twice a week in strategic self-leadership that has produced significant results.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve discovered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Maintain a weekly personal record of your leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the mid-90\u2019s I have maintained a leadership journal, in which I regularly examine such questions as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is the best leadership I made this week? What made it strong?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the worst leadership decision I made? What made it weak?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Where is my leadership struggling?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Where is it gaining traction?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2<strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Reflect on previous entries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whenever I update my leadership journal I start by reading what I jotted down one year ago, 5 years ago, 10 years ago, and 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Some call this obsessive, if not downright nerdy. But reflecting on my leadership journey has been a key component of my own growth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Hold yourself accountable to make changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no use having a leadership epiphany if you\u2019re not going to translate those \u201ca-ha moments\u201d into action.<\/p>\n<p>I do that by jotting down what actions I am committing to make as a result of my reflections. Knowing that I will be revisiting my leadership journal in a few days time is a powerful motivator to carry through on my commitment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/13\/the-daily-practice-that-has-changed-my-life\/\">As I noted in an earlier post<\/a>, there can be tremendous spiritual benefits to this practice too.<\/p>\n<p>Give it a shot.<\/p>\n<p>It might be the most strategic 15 minutes you invest each week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you self-leadership from an ideal into a practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15 minutes. It\u2019s not a lot of time. But leveraged strategically, 15 minutes invested in self-leadership once or twice a week could begin to jump start your leadership to the next level. Self-leadership requires a reliable system of: Self-examination, Reflection, and Action Leaders require the discipline to examine their actions and motivations with ruthless honesty.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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":[3,5,478,7,581,585],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action","category-discipline2","category-featured","category-leadership","category-self-assessment","category-wisdom-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2968,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}