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McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 30 – When you are done, give it one last push
The Tyndale Life Application Bible (NKJV) has a wonderful footnote for Proverbs 16:3 that states: “We must maintain a delicate balance: trust God as if everything depended on Him, while working as if everything depended on us.” (1) “You may be thinking two distinct...
McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 29 – Review your job description for scope creep
Per Wikipedia, “scope creep in project management is continuous or uncontrolled growth in a project's scope, generally experienced after the project begins. This can occur when the scope of a project is not properly defined, documented, or controlled. It is generally...
McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 28 – Apologize to one person
WARNING! Today’s topic is going to hurt…ME. A few months ago I required the assistance of a professional tradesman. I scheduled an appointment and he and his team arrived to execute the deliverables. A few hours later the work was well done but there appeared to be...
McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 27 – Surprise someone with 15 minutes of your time
OK, guilty as charged. I began this 30 day challenge by making the statement that I’d provide challenges the average leader could execute in five minutes. What can I say? I did also suggest an hour for a hobby a few days ago. Today’s challenge is to surprise someone...
McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 26 – Knock one item off your home to-do list
Do you have a honey-do list? If you are in some form of domestic partnership you immediately know what I’m referring to and know it’s not a misspelled melon list. Today is about family or if you live alone self-care. I often work with leaders to help them understand...
McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 25 – Take an hour for your favorite hobby
Can you remember a hobby you enjoyed as a child? Something you did for hours when allowed to? That activity which if you could you would drop everything just for a chance to run away and do it now? That’s it! Whether making model airplanes, playing in the garden, or...
McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 24 – Review your contact list for deletions
Today is meant to be freeing. We began our journey twenty-three days ago musing over how nice it might be if we had a giant ‘delete’ button for time sucker-uppers. Well today, you have at least a small button. It’s most likely on your phone but it may also be...
McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 23 – Create one goal to execute before you go to bed tonight
What’s one issue or task that if you got it done by the end of today would be a solid win? This is a wild card day. Anything that would bring a level of satisfaction or alleviate stress by its completion is fair game. The catch is if you write it down you’ve got to...
McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 22 – Give one junior leader a best practice tip
You know you need to do it, you know you essentially want to do it but when was the last time you honestly shared – not a corrective tip but a true “if I share this knowledge it will allow the recipient to avoid missteps I made or gain progress that took me longer to...
McCheek Manor 30 Day Leadership Challenge Day 21 – Review your social obligations
Congratulations! You made it through yesterday’s challenge of prioritizing your week’s to-dos. Today I’m asking you to take a look at your social obligations. Those outside of work hour commitments that ensure you stay connected to not only customers, stakeholders,...
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