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Lead Without a Title
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Lead from where you are, rehearsing the real conversations with a peer who misses deadlines, a manager with a pet tool, a co-author who rewrites your work and a colleague who is drowning: authority versus influence others grant, what the meta-analyses say about transformational and servant leadership, OPM's leadership competencies, the influence tactics peers reward and the ones that backfire, trust and asking for help, selling an idea to your manager, psychological safety and Project Aristotle, why people stay silent and how to speak up so it lands, feedback that helps, OKRs for a small initiative, RACI and DACI, conflict between peers, GROW coaching and thanks that count.
3h 13m5 constellations
01Tell positional authority from influence others grant, and read the evidence on leadership styles
02Influence peers and your manager with reasons, consultation and trust instead of pressure
03Make it safe to speak up, and raise problems and give feedback so they land
04Run a small initiative with OKRs, RACI and DACI, and keep peer conflict on the work
05Coach a peer with GROW and thank people in ways that count
Every lesson of Lead Without a Title
15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.
Level 1Leadership Without the TitleFree · 3 lessons
- Leading when you're not the bossTell positional authority from leadership, and see how people claim and grant leadership at work.12 min
- Which leadership style works? The meta-analysesKnow what meta-analyses say about transformational, transactional and servant leadership, and what they can't tell you.13 min
- Checkpoint: the federal leadership mapUse OPM's leadership competencies to name what you already practice without a title, and what to build next.13 min
Level 2Influence Without AuthorityMembership · 3 lessons
- What moves peers, and what backfiresChoose influence tactics that build commitment with peers: reasons, shared goals and consultation, not pressure.13 min
- Be worth trusting, then ask wellBuild the ability, benevolence and integrity peers trust, and write requests for help that are specific, reasoned and easy to refuse.13 min
- Checkpoint: sell an idea to your managerPitch an idea upward the way successful issue sellers do: framed in your manager's goals, with facts, the right people and good timing.13 min
Level 3Safe to Speak UpMembership · 3 lessons
- Make it safe from your seatKnow what psychological safety is and what Edmondson and Google found, and build it as a teammate, not only as a boss.12 min
- Speak up so it landsKnow why people stay silent at work and raise a concern with your manager so it's heard: a shared goal, a fact, a proposal, privately first.13 min
- Checkpoint: give and ask for feedbackGive a peer feedback that stays on the task and ends with a next step, and ask for feedback in ways that get you something usable.13 min
Level 4Drive a Small InitiativeMembership · 3 lessons
- Run a small initiativeTurn a problem nobody owns into a small initiative: one objective, about three key results that are outcomes, a midpoint check-in and a clear kickoff.13 min
- Who decides? RACI and DACIGive every task one Accountable person with RACI, and every decision one Approver with DACI, so you can drive work you don't approve.13 min
- Checkpoint: when peers clashTell task, relationship and process conflict apart, know what the meta-analyses found about each, and keep a disagreement with a peer on the work.13 min
Level 5Lift the People Around YouMembership · 3 lessons
- Coach a peer with four questionsCoach a colleague with questions instead of answers using the GROW model, and know what the evidence on coaching does and doesn't show.13 min
- Thank people so it countsRecognize peers in ways the research supports: specific thanks that make people feel valued, made visible, with no budget or title needed.12 min
- Final test: lead without a titleUse the whole path: claim and earn leadership, make speaking up safe, drive work with clear roles, and grow the people around you.14 min
AFTER THE CORE