025 Becoming an "Alfred"

05/30/24 • 25 min

In this episode, Edy Herrera outlines what it means to be a GiANT Certified Coach. We call them Guides in our world. So if you've been listening to the podcast and you're interested in either becoming a coach or bringing a GiANT Guide into your organization, this episode is for you.
Edy is using his unique Voice and his passion for 1:1 and group coaching to create a business that suits his skillset and his love for people. He used his post-covid experience to propel him into finding his niche and coaching was it! He found his "Singleness of Purpose". His passion is building people up and mentoring.
Whether it's bringing one of our certified coaches into your entire organization or just a team or two, or even for 1:1 coaching to help you become a healthy leader, we want to answer your questions. To reach out to Edy Herrera , feel free to message him on LinkedIn or you can check out his website. Or to learn more about GiANT in general, check us out at https://www.giantworldwide.com.
Become an "Alfred".

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024 What Touches the Heart

What inspires and motivates people? As leaders sometimes we think we know - things like pay and benefits. And yes, people want those things, but in actuality it takes really understanding and studying the people you lead to see what motivates each one specifically.
Lindel Fields uses a story about his daughter, a vacation, and the Axoloti fish she wanted to see at an aquarium to remind us that it may be even more simple than we think when it comes to inspire and motivating people.
He boils down leadership to becoming a leader who touches the heart.
Lindel gives three key things an employee needs from their leader and how you touch the heart:
1. Leaders have to provide proximity to those they lead - being available.
2. People want to know how they contribute to the organization - they want valuable work.
3. Appreciation - they need to hear that you are proud of them.
To reach out to Lindel Fields about working with your team or entire organization, send him a message on LinkedIn.
Would you like to learn more about becoming a GiANT Coach, which we call "Guides"? Here is more information. Once you watch the informational video, if you have additional questions, feel free to reach out to Tracy at [email protected]
We certify people within their organizations in the GiANT content so they can share it with the rest of their people. We call these people "Catalysts". If you're interested in becoming a GiANT Catalyst, check out this website: https://podcast.giantos.com/store/catalyst
We'd love to hear from you: your questions, your comments and your stories about leading.
Reach out to [email protected]

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026 Leading an Unmotivated Employee

Kayla Kersey is a champion of Team Leadership and is an expert in team dynamics. She shares her wisdom about how to motivate and develop an under-performer.
She shares three helpful tools:
Role Clarity Tool
Performance Diagnostic Tool
Developing Others Tool
When faced with an employee who is unmotivated or not performing at the level you expect here are Kayla's thoughts:
People want to know what winning looks like for them. You as the leader have to make sure their role is clear? So first, have you trained them on this role? Second, do they have the competency to do the job? This will usually eliminate any apathy on the part of the employee because they understand how they are contributing to the team. Check out the GiANT Role Clarity Tool.
She gives a simple tool called the Performance Diagnostic Tool to help leaders determine if everything has been covered to know if that person should be developed or let go. Letting someone go is sometimes the most liberating thing you can do for someone.
If you determine that investing in and developing the employee is the best option going forward, Kayla shares the Developing Others tool. This will allow you to be intentional in making sure that person is up to speed on what it takes to succeed in their role.
If you'd like to reach out to Kayla to have her work with your team, contact her on LinkedIn
If you're ready to know more about your wiring, take the 5 Voices assessment. And then share it with your team so you can understand them more too: Take the Assessment HERE
If you have any questions about leadership that we can cover on future episode or just for Tracy in general, reach out at [email protected].