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T1 Leadership 2019-05-02 09:45 Are You the Best Leader You Can Be? Presented by: Amy Jo Esser
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Amy ¡Jo ¡Esser ¡is ¡an ¡enthusiastic ¡self-‑confessed ¡conference ¡and ¡learning ¡addict. ¡She ¡feels ¡ like ¡a ¡kid ¡in ¡a ¡candy ¡store ¡at ¡conferences. ¡She ¡has ¡enjoyed ¡learning ¡at ¡conferences ¡from ¡ the ¡beginning ¡of ¡her ¡career ¡through ¡today. ¡She ¡considers ¡herself ¡a ¡learning ¡leader. ¡Amy ¡ Jo ¡believes ¡the ¡time ¡is ¡now ¡to ¡start ¡giving ¡back ¡at ¡conferences ¡for ¡all ¡the ¡lessons ¡she ¡has ¡ learned ¡along ¡her ¡career ¡journey. ¡Her ¡career ¡began ¡over ¡30 ¡years ¡ago ¡as ¡a ¡programmer ¡ (terminology ¡for ¡a ¡developer ¡back ¡in ¡the ¡day) ¡and ¡has ¡moved ¡through ¡various ¡roles ¡ including ¡systems ¡analyst, ¡project ¡manager, ¡automation ¡tester, ¡to ¡a ¡solo ¡tester ¡at ¡her ¡ current ¡company, ¡ProAssurance, ¡to ¡her ¡current ¡role ¡as ¡Director ¡of ¡Quality. ¡Amy ¡Jo ¡loves ¡ her ¡â€œworkâ€, ¡growing ¡as ¡a ¡leader ¡and ¡has ¡a ¡passion ¡for ¡serving ¡her ¡team ¡of ¡ managers ¡and ¡testers ¡so ¡that ¡they ¡can ¡serve ¡their ¡customers ¡by ¡providing ¡them ¡with ¡the ¡ best ¡information ¡to ¡do ¡their ¡jobs ¡successfully. ¡ ¡
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How I Landed in a Testing Career
´ Developer ´ Motivational/Growth Minded Speakers
´ Zig Ziglar ´ Brian Tracy ´ Tony Robbins ´ Jim Rohn
´ “Opportunity” to become an automated Tester/Tester ´ Joined WI QA Group
´ James Bach – 2 day testing seminar ´ Testing intellectual experience
´ My first STAR Conference
SEE YOU AT THE TOP
Are You the Best Leader You Can Be? Primary Topics
All the great leaders who I study by attending their conferences, reading their books, listening to podcasts and taking online courses especially in the area of Personal Development world adhere to these principles.
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Women Who Test Leaders “Magical Days”
´ Jennifer Bonine ´ Isabel Evans ´ Dawn Haynes ´ Tania Katan ´ Jamiee Newberry ´ Alison Wade ´ Covered my three passions: Leadership, Becoming a Better Person, and all have a love and respect for testing
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Cheerleading It Is
Cheerleading Jump Splits
Cheerleading Tryout Requirements
´ 1. Create your own cheer (can add jumps, cartwheels and splits) ´ 2. Group floor cheer with stunts ´ 3. All girls trying out do the school fight song together ´ 4. Demonstration of skills: cheerleading jumps, cartwheels and splits (if able) ´ 5. Overall Enthusiasm!
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Cheerleading Tryouts The Big Day Results of Tryouts
´ Revealing the coveted spots on the team ´ Attending basketball games
5/3/19 ¡ 6 ¡ Why didn’t I make the cheerleading team? Now what?
What to Do Next?
´ Develop a Plan
´ 1. Why didn’t I make the team and how to change this for next year’s tryouts? ´ Embarrassed to be “too enthusiastic” ´ “Good enough” – hiding what I didn’t do well on school fight song ´ Not enough practice – overly confident and assumptions of being on team ´ OUCH – that hurt – hard lesson
´ 2. Learn new skills – beyond minimum requirements ´ 3. Prepare and Practice for all Requirements Consistently
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Practicing Daily
Stretching Chinese Splits
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High Performance Leaders Personal Development
´ Current Years ´ Brendon Burchard ´ Michael and Megan Hyatt ´ Rachel Hollis ´ John C. Maxwell ´ Mel Robbins ´ Previous Years ´ Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Wayne Dyer…
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How many of you begin your morning with scrolling through your phone? No Phone(Social Media, Email)/TV for First 60 Minutes of your Day
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Number 1 Game Changer Get Up Early
´ Professional Chronic Snooze Button User ´ Mel Robbin’s 5 Second Rule ´ You Snooze, You Lose ´ Anyone relate?
John Wooden – UCLA Basketball Coach
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Morning Routine Suggestions
´ *Drink water (20 ounces recommended) – helps with dehydration fatigue ´ Provides more energy ´ Gratitude (think or write at least 3 things grateful for–or do a gratitude walk) ´ Devotions and/or Meditation Practice (going inward) ´ Journaling (gratitude can be a part of this exercise); Could Write Dreams ´ What will I do today to make myself a better person today than I was yesterday? ´ *Move, yoga and/or Work Out (can start with 5 minutes walking, skipping, marching) ´ Reading, studying and/or Learning in an area you want to grow ´ Plan your Day (MIT) No more than 3 ´ Working on your most important project with uninterrupted time *My favorites
Micro Start Important Make it Simple Starting Out
´ Resist the urge to tackle all eight suggestions tomorrow ´ Choose 1, 2, or 3 items from previous slide to incorporate into your additional 15 minutes earlier that you are now getting up
´ Each item can take 5 minutes or less – An Example ´ Drink water (a must in my opinion) – 1minute ´ Devotions or meditation practice – 2 minutes ´ Move/walk and incorporate gratitude into this: time – 5 minutes ´ Plan your day – MIT – 5 minutes.
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Suggestions for Finding an Additional 15 Minutes in the Morning
´ Are you watching too much TV?
´ Average American watches 4 hours a day ´ Can you cut out one program (and go to bed earlier)?
´ Phone Usage
´ Spend less time on social media (morning and evenings)
´ If you are one of the people who starts your day swiping on your phone for 15 minutes before getting out of bed, this can be your 15 minutes. ´ Less time in the evening – then you can go to bed 15 minutes earlier ´ Watch your phone for usage time (iPhone shares each week how much screen time)
My Story Developed my “Morning Musts”
´ Over last two years I have gradually added most of the items on the list.
´ This has been a game changer for me.
´ “Need” and “Crave” these mornings ´ Drinking water and working out will make a significant difference (#1)
´ First 5 minutes of working out are the hardest (same as first 5 minutes when you get up)
´ Making your morning include the rituals for you will be a habit you will love
´ You will Feel Amazing and Ready to Conquer the Rest of your Day
´ By the time I get into work, I already feel like I’ve conquered “much” ´ Winning my morning definitely leads to winning my day!
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Class Exercise
´ Write down your top 1-3 choices for a micro start to “Winning Your Morning, Win Your Day”
´ Choose which one(s) you will incorporate starting tomorrow (can be something different from the list too) ´ Decide why you want to start with this activity ´ Decide if you need to go to bed 15 minutes earlier
´ Share with one person what you are going to incorporate into your morning…and why it’s important to you.
´ You can write down what the others say too for ideas for you in the future
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It can be Hard, It will be Hard!
´ Exercising was hard. ´ Getting up early was hard (can still be hard). ´ It’s worth the HARD. ´ You just have to want it bad enough (know your why). ´ If I can do it, you can too!
Embrace the suck
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Cold Shower Experience
FEAR OF DISCOMFORT
face the discomforts of the day and should embrace them
“jump” and take action
Is Fear of Failure Holding You Back?
Fear of failure can stop you reaching your potential, says Robert Kelsey.
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FEAR OF FAILURE
fear
fear that may be holding you back from advancing your career?
Change your Mindset on Failure
´ You can change your mindset and think of “failure” not as a failure but as an learning opportunity – it can be a game changer.
´ Fear of failure is often the toughest hurdle to jump in leadership. We need to flip the idea of failure on its head. Rather than allowing failure to slow down progress or even prevent us from starting in the first place, leaders can use the power of failure to “fail forward.” Failure is the first step in starting most things. The people you lead are counting on your ability to turn failure into resilience, and it’s a requirement for your growth as a leader. (Taken from an introduction to a John C. Maxwell podcast of failure)
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One Approach to Conquering your Biggest Fear
´ Lewis Howes (The School of Greatness) ´ Put yourself in the situations or roles that you are most afraid of ´ Talking to girls
DO IT AFRAID (Make it your new mantra)
Get comfortable with the uncomfortable as that’s where you’ll grow…
Photo by Caleb Woods on Unsplash
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Servant Leader Approach
´ Think about an area of being a great leader that you may have a fear of failure or discomfort about doing ´ Make the outcome of your “fear” more than just about you – but how facing the fear you can serve others
Class Exercise
´ Write down at least one fear that’s holding you back from being the best leader you can be.
´ What’s keeping from you getting to your next level of leadership?
´ Do you have to do presentations or talk with upper management? ´ Are you afraid you might be perceived differently? ´ That you might lose some connections with close friends when you have ambitions to move your career to the next level of leadership? ´ Are you afraid to have an opposing opinion in a meeting? ´ It can even be a small discomfort that has been holding you back. If it is holding you back, it counts.
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Class Exercise Continued
´ Write down why it’s important for you to overcome this at this time in your life. ´ Write why you are afraid of this fear? Choose the first fear you want to conquer and think about what the first steps you need to take are. ´ Write down what happens when your fear comes true – how will you handle it? ´ Write down a previous fear accomplishment (metaphor you can use to draw strength from) that you can help push you through your fears.
´ One time fear or many times needed to push past the fear ´ Remember a baby learning to walk falls down many times before it gets it
Failing from time to time— which we all will do if we want to grow (and as leaders that is what it’s all about) —doesn't mean you're a failure. It simply means you’re not perfect and don't do everything right all of the time. This is the mindset you must have to face your fears.
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Example: My Story Public Speaking Fear/Failure
Thinking through my Fear
´ I may fail…it’s a learning opportunity. I can learn what I need to do differently next time. ´ I might be ridiculed. I can handle the embarrassment and I’ve been embarrassed many times in my life and lived through it all. ´ I might receive many 0,1,2’s and negative feedback or hopefully constructive
speaking gig so any feedback would be helpful. ´ I may be speaking to just a few attendees at the end – I still will give my all as they are the people who are supposed to hear my message. ´ I forget where I’m at or my train of thought. I have notes which I will use. ´ My nerves could get the best of me. I need to take a few deep breathes and compose myself. The people who attend Star conferences are forgiving
Fear Exercise
´ Share with a neighbor your fear and what you are going to do with it.
´ For some of you this may be a fear right now to share. I challenge you to face this! ´ Remember: STAR attendees are awesome understanding people. ´ Do it afraid – networking may be your fear and this will be your first attempt at facing this fear. ´ Not required but truly hope you are willing to share with someone.
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Tania Katan Fear of Failure Thoughts/Grateful
“The moment you stop learning, you stop leading.”
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Jerry Weinberg – Problem Solving Leadership
more about, study it and then write and share what he learned. John C Maxwell
learned (discuss and/or write) “If you want to learn, teach…”
I want to continue growing to be the best leader that I can be so I am teaching. Amy Jo Esser
“When one teaches, two learn.” -Robert Heinlein
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Growth and Leadership Books
´ Carol S. Dweck - Mindset : The New Psychology of Success
´ Importance of a growth mindset over a fixed mindset
´ John C. Maxwell (many leadership books)
´ Leadershift – Chapter 3 – “Goals to Growth – The Personal Development Shift” ´ 15 Refutable Laws of Growth
Curiosity and Learning Traits of a Great Tester and Leader
´ Curiosity is one of the top skills that a great tester possesses ´ Love of learning how the software and all the pieces work together ´ Recipe to success is continuously learning, studying and applying the knowledge, and practicing consistently at what we want to be the best at ´ Knowledge X Action = Result
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Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: How Self- Education and the Pursuit of Passion Can Lead to a Lifetime of Success – James Bach
testers in our community
growing
curriculum of study (Chapter 11 – “Treasure Map – The Power of a Personal Syllabus”)
next year
Michael Bolton) – Promotes concept of continuous learning
Leaders are always students first, just as experts are always students first. We don’t stop learning.
´ This must be part of our growth mindset. That’s why it’s so exciting to be a leader even if it’s just of ourselves – we are students who are always learning and applying what we learn.
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Class Exercise
´ Write down what your starting first steps in an area you want to learn more
´ Share what is the area that you will go back and start learning and implementing when you go back to the office on Monday?
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Vision, Clarity, Future Identity
´ Jennifer Bonine
´ Visioning Exercise
´ Tania Katan - Creative Trespassing – How to put the spark and joy back into work and life
´ Discusses this in her book along with touching on it in the Women Who Test Day
Put in the Time and Do it Right
´ Jerry Weinberg – Author, writer of over 40 books and 400 articles
´ Problem Solving Leadership (PSL)
´ One Sentence Emphasized - What if he was too lazy to redo a sentence?
´ His audience deserved to have every sentence be clear ´ You must take the time to redo the sentence until it is clear.
We might not do something right the first time but we must be willing to redo it until we can get it right.
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Growth Plan, Preparation and Practice
´ Bo Eason (safety for Houston Oilers and San Francisco 49ers) ´ Planted the seed for this talk – challenged the audience to “be the best”
Growth Plan, Preparation and Practice
We need to be willing to put in the time to be the best. Jerry Rice
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My Favorite Preparation Quotes
´ “Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.” ´ ― Bobby Knight ´ “Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” ´ ― Robert Schuller ´ “I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the
´ ― Oprah Winfrey ´ “I will prepare and someday my chance will come.” ´ ― Abraham Lincoln
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Be the Best Jon Gordon
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Thank You - Test Leaders Who Have Made an Impact for Me
´ James Bach ´ Jon Bach ´ Michael Bolton ´ Jennifer Bonine ´ Isabel Evans ´ Dawn Hayes ´ Anna Royzman ´ Rob Sabourin ´ Alison Wade ´ Jerry Weinberg
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Rule of Five Consistency
´ 1. Goal - (Cut down a tree) - Know what you want to accomplish ´ 2. Right Tools axe vs. bat) ´ 3. Stay Focused (same tree) ´ 4. Be Consistent (DAILY!) Consistency Compounds!
(Saw 5 times on tree each day.)
´ 5. Don’t Quit (Tree will eventually fall down – patience)
Goal -Writing a Book Example- John C Maxwell
Rule of 5 within Rule of 5 (How John Spends 1 hour a day while writing a book)
´ 1. Read (Research/gather information) ´ 2. Think (about what he’s read, how it ties together, etc.) ´ 3. File (information that he has read about) ´ 4. Ask Questions (about what he’s read and how to apply it) ´ 5. Write DOING THESE 5 ESSENTIALS EVERY DAY WILL CHANGE OUR LIFE!!
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Let’s Do This Together!
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Amy Jo Esser ajesser@proassurance.com
´ If you are interested in participating in a master mind group where we can hold each other accountable and further dig into this material, let me know. Email me at ajesser@proassurance.com and put in the subject line: StarEast Mastermind
Leadership Books, Podcasts, Video Recommendations
Ø Women Who Change Tech Podcast (Alison Wade) Ø Gerald Weinberg (40 books and 400 articles) Ø Amplifying Your Effectiveness: Collected Essays Ø Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach Ø Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing Ø James Bach – two books and www.satisfice.com Ø Michael Bolton –www.developsense.com Ø Jennifer Bonine – Techwell – many interviews with test leaders Ø John C Maxwell Ø Brendon Burchard (Youtube/HPA conference/High Performance Habits and other books) Ø Tania Katan - Creative Trespassing Ø Jon Gordon - http://www.jongordon.com/ Ø Mel Robbins - 5 Second Rule, (other books plus audible) Youtube Ø Mel Robbins Ted X talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp7E973zozc Ø Seth Godin – author - https://www.sethgodin.com/ Ø Patrick Lencioni - author - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable and more books
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Ø Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win Ø Jocko Willink - Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual Ø https://www.lollydaskal.com Ø https://changingwinds.wordpress.com/ (this blog points to other leadership blogs) Ø https://impacttheory.com/episodes/ Ø https://changingwinds.wordpress.com/2018/12/16/are-you-an- authentic-leader-figuring-out-the-little-l-from-the-big-l/ Ø Rachel Hollis – Girl Stop Apologizing and Girl, Wash Your Face, 2 Podcasts Ø Tom Zigler - Choose to Win Ø Dennis Whitley – on fear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfCKvDEsTVE Ø George Rawling - http://coachgeorgeraveling.com/category/growth-mindset/