This is a result of not prioritizing. When’s the last time you looked at your life and your job and write down what your priorities are each day?

For example, a sales rep may have a ton of paperwork daily, reports to fill out, sales calls to make, research to do, financial forecasting, etc. But are any of those more important than others? YES! For a sales rep, making sales calls is the most important, since the rest won’t matter if there aren’t any new sales! So therefore he could say, “Cold Calling is my #1 priority. Therefore I will do nothing else until I have planned out who I will call on each day and made those calls. Then I will do the rest of my tasks.” Then comes prioritizing #2, #3 , etc.

So give it a try…write out what your daily priorities are. This will make you accomplish much more every day.

What about climbing? How does this principle apply to climbing? Well…do the same thing. If you have 1 hour to train at the gym…climbing routes that help you train for your goals is more important than just doing situps Climbing is the best training for climbing. So climb first…then squeeze in supplemental training!

“The boss drives group members; the leader coaches them.
The boss depends upon authority; the leader on good will.
The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm.
The boss says ‘I’; the leader says ‘we.’
The boss assigns the task, the leader sets the pace.
The boss says, ‘Get there on time’; the leader gets there ahead of time.
The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown.
The boss knows how it is done; the leader shows how.
The boss makes work a drudgery; the leader makes it a game.
The boss says, ‘Go’; the leader says, ‘Let’s go.’“

In partnership with local LifeSuccess Coach Leslie Flowers (www.lifesuccessleslie.com), Ascent Adventure Consultants is presenting the LifeVenture Weekend Retreat in Cary NC. The event will be held at Homewood Suites in Cary NC, where participants will spend the night Friday evening, and  then spend all day Saturday  in the program. This is a unique event and the first of it’s kind in the USA. Leslie Flowers is an international motivational and inspirational speaker, teacher and coach and was tapped by former LifeSuccess Consulting President Paul Martinelli as an emerging leader in the personal and leadership development industry. Brandon Hensinger of Ascent Adventure Consultants works with groups of business people and professionals across the country to help them develop their leadership, management, and communication skills through experiential team building and training.

The weekend retreat begins on a Friday night, lasting until Saturday evening, and combines Leslie’s excellent LifeSuccess teachings, with experiential training and application by Ascent Adventure Consultants professional team building and training facilitators, to help participants learn and apply the principles being taught.

Leslies passion and teaching focuses on helping people to understand the human performance gap — why we don’t do what we already know to do — how limiting beliefs stand in the way of our success, and what is required to narrow that gap in short order. Her teaching also focuses on connecting people with their infinite potential and purpose. The principles and practices learned through her teaching sessions will be the focus of the experiential training aspects of the program, conducted by Brandon Hensinger.

Logistics and Details

Where:

Homewood Suites, 100 Macalyson Ct Cary NC 27511

What the Weekend Includes:

Lodging, all meals, conference facility

Schedule

Friday January 22

6:30pm – Kickoff Dinner

7:30pm – Session 1

Saturday January 23

8:00am – Breakfast at Hotel

9:00am – 12:00pm – Sessions 2 and 3

12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch

1:00pm – 5:00pm – Sessions 4 and 5

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]]> http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/10/lifeventure-weekend-retreat/feed/ 0 http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/08/leaders-travel-unexplored-paths/ http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/08/leaders-travel-unexplored-paths/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:44:52 +0000 brandon http://www.ascentadventure.com/?p=1717 I found a new blog that I love to read….it’s called The Practice of Leadership. I read an article today on The Importance of Creativity for leaders. Make sure to read the article in full. I wanted to highlight one of the points the author makes.

“The leader must be able to travel into an unexplored path”

As I reflect upon this statement, I realize the truth of it. If a leader isn’t willing to travel on an unexplored path, they really aren’t leading…they just simply follow in other people’s footsteps. A leader needs to know which path to choose, and confidently lead their group down it, ready to confront obstacles, make split second decisions, and help carry along anyone who is struggling behind.

Is that the way you lead, or are you afraid to try new ideas?

This in my opinion is such a key principle to follow, and really does a very succinct job at explaining why using the outdoors and adventure for leadership development and training is so effective. Teaching people to confront fears and feel comfortable when faced with new risks and challenges can be done outdoors better than anywhere else.

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Check out the article. It is really informative….especially for managers. However, I also feel like ANY employee of ANY company could benefit from reading this because it will help employees realize some of the struggles faced in management, and may help employees to be patient as change is implemented.

She had climbing shoes, with “sticky-rubber” on her feet, which enabled her to stand on and obtain friction on rock and rock features that she wouldn’t have been able to use otherwise. But because she had specialized shoes for the task, she was able to accomplish her goals. I think we all have simliar experiences in life, but instead of convincing ourselves to move ahead, we give up, thinking that failure is imminent, due to fear of the unknown, and due to us doubting our abilities. Often, we have the tools we need to accomplish a task, but fear taking that next step.

Here’s an example:

It is your first month on the job, and you are given a new assignment at work to design a new product that would appeal to a key market in your location. You are given all the information you need….very detailed market research, an unlimited budget for developing the product, a team of people to help put your ideas into place, and books on what NOT to do when developing this product. Even though you have all the resources you need, you continue to have the thought of “But I can’t do this….I’m brand new. I have no idea how to develop a product. People won’t like it,” or whatever else your thoughts might be that cause you to doubt. So ultimately, the project is delayed.

So how does the trust your feet concept apply here? Well, in climbing, even though my client looked down on the cliff and saw the tiny holds, or featureless rock faces, she did not say “these holds are too small, I can’t move on,” but rather she said “Trust your feet.” She knew that even though it LOOKED impossible, it was NOT impossible because she had the right tools designed for that very purpose…to stand on small holds and featureless faces. She trusted her feet! AND she climbed to the top of the climb.

So here’s some key application points for you:

1. Ask yourself, “What areas in my life do I feel like I’ve hit a brick wall? Are there resources I have that I’m not taking advantage of? Are there people I should be trusting that I’m not trusting in right now?
2. Pick a project that you are working on right now. What is the main thing you dislike about it? Is it because it seems impossible? Do you see the Trust Your Feet concept coming into play here at all?
3. What are some of the things you fear in life? Are you simply not taking advantage of the proven tools around you to help you overcome that fear?

Here are some great key points of application that I have seen teams develop:

• Share information regularly with employees and other team members.
• Prioritize. Learn to focus on the things that have the most value. Of you devote equal time to everything, you are sure to miss details and feel overwhelmed.
• Be optimisitic. Instead of looking at every project and assignment as drudgery, find ways to enjoy working together as a team, and find ways to turn seemingly meaningless projects into advantageous activities. In a book I read called “Organizational Communication” by Steven Corman, he discusses this very thing and gives the example of “If you are required to give a presentation, think about how you can use that platform to subtly champion your own cause as well.”
• Be humble. Many mistakes come about when you think your team is perfect. Be willing to admit to mistakes. You’ll never learn how to improve if you think there’s no room for improvement.

Just a few quick thoughts I wanted to share!

Over the next several days/weeks, I’m going to post short (one paragraph, or even less) blurbs on how climbing translates into all of life.