The Leader's Toolbox
10 Tools for Leading Better, Smarter, and More Effectively

Purposes

This program provides helps individulas become better and more effective at leading and managing others. Individuals leave with ten specific tools and strategies for inspiring and leading others to produce greater teamwork, performance, and results. The program is designed for seasoned individuals who are already in leadership roles and emerging leaders ready for the next step.

Keynote or a Half- or Full-day Interactive Seminar

This program may be provided as a keynote or as a half-day or full-day interactive seminar.

Outcomes and Benefits for those Who Attend

• Become a more inspiring and a more effective leader
  
  
• Increase performance of your team or group
  
  
• Establish routines and processes to make things go more smoothly
  
  
• Instill pride and confidence and get people to be accountable and responsible Implement innovation and change in difficult and challenging environments
  
  
• Energize your team with passion and enthusiasm

Overview and Summary

This is an interactive seminar where participants are provided ten tools they can use to improve results for their teams by becoming better at leading, managing, motivating, guiding, and developing others.

This program presents ten of the best tools for leading and managing effectively. A sample of each tool is provided to participants along with a Reference Guide, stories, tips, and suggestions for how to use the tool to lead others and inspire teamwork and cooperation. Participants discuss the tools, share experiences, and explore how to adapt the tools for their individual use.

These tools address important skills such as Setting Goals, Communicating Goals, Developing Action Plans, Creating Systems and Tools, Providing Feedback, Establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPI's), Motivating and Inspiring Excellence, Creating a Positive Work Environment, Dealing with Negativity and Limitation Thinking, Coaching, Mentoring, Conducting Effective Meetings, and more.

This program gives leaders and managers real tools they can use immediately. It boosts the self-confidence of those in leadership roles. It shows them how to use a variety of important nut-and-bolt tools that will help them be better leaders and managers and produce greater results.

Work smarter, lead better, and develop your people!

Use this program when you want to help individuals in leadership roles improve results for their teams by becoming better at leading, managing, motivating, guiding, and developing others.

Those who attend leave with a better understanding of what it takes to be a leader and new skills and tools for being one. Participants are more motivated and more organized. They are in a position to start managing better immediately.

We provide each participant with a unique toolbox with 10 Tools for leading and managing. (There actually are more than 10 tools because some of the "tools" are toolkits comprised of several individual tools.) We describe each tool, explain how and when it is used, and provide examples and illustrations of the tools in use and the results they produce.

Participants have opportunities to ask questions and discuss how they will use the tools in their work environments.

We provide a fast-paced summary of the 10 Tools in a keynote presentation. This program is ideal as an extended keynote of 90 minutes or more or as a half-day or full-day seminar.

Particiapants Learn How To Use

• Tool #1 to select, pursue, and achieve the right goals that produce the greatest results and value
  
  
• Tool #2 to raise the bar on current goals
  
  
• Tool #3 to keep everyone focused and aligned on the same priorities at the same time
  
  
• Tool #4 to create a roadmap to success
  
  
• Tool #5 to create systematic approaches, eliminate surprises, and make things go smoothly
  
  
• Tool #6 to create a positive, can-do environment and eliminate negativity
  
  
• Tool #7 to give people the key feedback and information they need to be successful
  
  
• Tool #8 to keep people motivated and happy
  
  
• Tool #9 to energize the spirit of teamwork and co-ordinate team performance
  
  
• Tool #10 to help everyone make progress each day and to grow and achieve their potential

Client Examples for this Program

CPAmerica, Group Dental Service, Inc., Fitwell Associates, Internal Revenue Service, Matthews, Carter and Boyce, P.C., Purnell Furniture, Ross, Langdan, and McKendree LLP, Tag Data, The Staubach Company, Systems Planning Analysis, U.S. Inspect, and Virginia Group of CPAs

What People Say About this Program

“The material you presented was exactly what we needed at this time in the growth of our company. Your references to your personal life experiences helped make your points and punctuate your presentation by providing a clear picture of what you were saying.”

—CEO, Group Dental Service

"The leaders introduced to these concepts have embraced them and have made key behavioral changes in how they manage themselves and those they lead. Rarely do I see a group come out of a training session accepting of all the concepts introduced to them. The Leader’s Toolbox has been the exception."

─ VistaCare

"I thought you might be interested in some of the feedback from our members: This might be the best speaker we’ve ever had. Great examples from someone with CPA firm management experience Thanks for giving us many ideas that we can implement to improve leadership in our firm."

─ Virginia Group of CPAs

"As always, you were totally prepared, organized, prompt and professional. You consistently exhibit a true desire to serve, and know your customer. Thanks again for helping to inspire and encourage our managers."

─ Internal Revenue Service

  Teach It Yourself

We also offer The Leader's Toolbox as a Teach-It-Yourself option for organizations that want to deliver this program themselves. Click here for more information on the resources we offer for trainers and learning leaders.

What People Say About this Program

"Thank you for the tremendous presentation. It was good to be reminded that it is not necessary to be charismatic to be a good leader but that caring about being a good leader and those you are leading is far more important. I truly appreciated all the practical tools you offered to help me improve my leadership abilities."

—Gregory D. Askey, Matthews, Carter and Boyce, P.C.

For More Information About this Program

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5Cs of Leadership Goals
Five Essential Principles for Achieving Business Goals

Purposes

This program provides leaders and managers with a systematic approach for establishing leadership and business goals that people buy into and then achieve. Leaders and managers learn how to identify, craft, design, and communicate goals that generate excitement and move people to action and results. The program is designed for leaders and managers who are responsible for setting and achieving business goals that produce results and improve performance.

Keynote or Half- or Full-day Interactive Seminar

This program may be provided as a keynote or a half-day or full-day interactive seminar-workshop where participants work on their own leadership goals to improve them.

Outcomes and Benefits

• Substantially increase your success rate in achieving big goals and results
  
  
• Greatly improve performance and results of those you are leading
  
  
• Align the goals and efforts of your people with your business goals
  
  
• Dramatically improve teamwork, communication, and cooperation when working toward common objectives
  
  
• Reduce the time and costs it takes to achieve your business, leadership, and personal development goals
  
  
• Be a more effective and more respected leader

Overview and Summary

This is an interactive seminar where participants learn and practice applying our proprietary 5Cs approach for setting effective leadership goals that individuals buy into, pursue, and then achieve.

Raise the bar, improve your team’s effectiveness, and increase your results

Use this program when you want to improve business performance and pursue and achieve bigger business goals and results for your team or organization.

This program improves the self-confidence that leaders and managers have in their abilities to set and achieve big business results goals through others.

This program teaches leaders and managers how to create and communicate inspiring goals that move people to act and that motivate people to stay persistent and on track until they attain the goals.

Those who attend leave with a completely new understanding of the principles of goal achievement, goal alignment, goal commitment, goal clarity, goal motivation, and what it takes to set and achieve goals through others. They will be more confident and sure of themselves in setting goals and knowing what they and others must do to achieve them.

We teach participants our proprietary 5Cs of Leadership Goals approach for setting and achieving business goals. We explain each of the five important “C” principles, show how those principles affect the success of goal achievement, and provide tools and resources for using our approach. One teaching technique we use is to show examples of goal “makeovers.” These are “before” and “after” goal statements that demonstrate how both the crafting and communication of a goal make a huge difference in results.

Jim Ball provides an enlightening and entertaining summary of the 5Cs in a keynote presentation for large groups. In our half-day seminars and workshops, participants bring their own business and leadership goals with them and we work together to makeover their goals to improve them. For divisions, departments, and teams that want to take their existing goals to a completely new level, we recommend a full-day seminar-workshop.

Participants Who Attend Will Learn

• How to use the 5 Cs of Leadership Goals System to turn their business objectives into exciting goals that ignite passion and move people to act
  
  
• How to overcome five obstacles that keep organizations and teams from achieving their goals
  
  
• Six techniques for writing and communicating laser-clear goals that align everyone
  
  
• Why the old SMART goal approach is no longer sufficient for leading in today’s environment
  
  
• How to use the 4 Ladders of Commitment to get buy-in so people maintain ownership of goals

Makeover Your Goals

During the program, with Jim’s guidance, you will work with others on one or two of your business or team goals to refine and enhance them so they are stronger, clearer, and motivating.

Client Examples for this Program

AIG, Allmerica Financial Services, Alternative Behavioral Services, Council on Foundations, CPAmerica, Des Moines Water Works, Gettysburg College, Horace Mann Companies, Internal Revenue Service, McDonald's, US Dept. of Homeland Security, Virginia Group of CPAs, and Virginia Society of CPAs

What People Say About this Program

“Outstanding! You charged our company with excitement. You underscored the importance of focusing as a team on common goals that demand contributions from everyone. With laser-clear goals, employees now know exactly how they can take on more responsibility to ensure our success.”

—VARCOM

"Your presentation enlightened our group and helped stimulate positive and innovative thinking."

─ Department of the Navy

"It was better than stealing base . . . beyond a home run . . . more than simply winning the game . . it was an 'out-of-the-park-all-out GRAND SLAM' Agency Builders' Workshop, that is. Your presentation on Goal Power was outstanding! Thanks for the time you spent in preparing for the presentation and for sharing your talent and expertise. Your contribution to the workshop was invaluable.

─ AIG-The Franklin Life Insurance Company

"Your excellent seminar on Laser-Clear Goals was superbly done and our key executives both learned from it and enjoyed it. Your comments were the subject of much conversation the following day and your 'zinng' phrase has now become part of Hill terminology."

─ Hill International

"My team reacted very enthusiastically to your ideas about Laser-Clear Goals and DNA Management. I also appreciate the time you spent with my Leadership Team prior to the meeting helping us hone our mission and two major goals so that they were laser-clear."

─ Verizon

For More Information About this Program

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Dare to Lead
7 Truths of Real Leadership

Purpose

The purposes of this program are to inspire and motivate leaders to lead and to show them what they must do to be great and effective leaders.

Keynote

This program is a keynote presentation. Clients often have Jim provide this keynote to open a meeting or convention and then provide a breakout session on another related topic such as the 5Cs of Leadership Goals.

Outcomes and Benefits

• Substantially raise your view and expectations of performance and results
  
  
• Inspire innovation and creativity
  
  
• Recharge everyone with passion and excitement
  
  
• Bring out the best in people
  
  
• Eliminate mediocrity
  
  
• Be a more confident. bold, and effective leader
  
  
• Pursue and achieve BIG goals

Overview and Summary

This program covers 7 Truths of Leadership. For each truth, Jim first explains the related myths that hold people back, next he tells stories and examples from the real world to illustrate his points, and then he provides tools and techniques and shows participants what they must do to take action and lead effectively.

Quit being a whiner and start being a winner!

Use this program when you want to spark fire in the leaders and managers in your organization and inspire them to think big, take action, and lead your organization to a completely new level of success and greatness.

This program inspires leaders to lead. It challenges individuals to quit thinking and acting like managers who are standing still and to start thinking and acting like leaders who are going somewhere exciting.

This program inspires leaders and managers to go beyond their present goals and past accomplishments and reach for the stars and opportunities of tomorrow.

This is a keynote presentation by Jim Ball. Through real life stories and examples that are fun to hear and exciting to learn, Jim presents 7 Truths of Real Leadership. The 7 Truths are core principles that separate real leaders from leader wannabes.

In an inspiring and engaging style, Jim makes leaders realize that if they, their organizations, and the people they are leading are going to have any chance of fulfilling their true potential, then they as leaders can and must release their brakes and start pursuing bigger goals and challenges than they are pursuing currently.

Learn How to Apply these 7 Truths to be a Great and Inspiring Leader

• Truth #1: What makes a great leader a great leader? (Hint: It is not about character or communication.)
  
  
• Truth #2: What is the key difference between being a leader and being a manager? (Hint: It is not about leading instead of doing.)
  
  
• Truth #3: What is the primary and single most important tool leaders use to lead? (Hint: It is not about image, presence, or charisma.)
  
  
• Truth #4: What do leaders do that people who want to be leaders but who are not leaders, do not do? (Hint: It is not about making decisions.)
  
  
• Truth #5: What is the biggest obstacle leaders face when they want to inspire people to achieve exceptional results? (Hint: It is not about time, resources, or desire.)
  
  
• Truth #6: What is the source of leadership energy and passion in any organization? (Hint: It is not about title, position, power, or span of control.)
  
  
• Truth #7: What do leaders demand of the people they are leading that unsuccessful wannabe leaders do not demand? (Hint: It is not about loyalty or commitment.)

Client Examples for this Program

AIG, Allmerica Financial Services, CPAmerica, Don Richard Associates, Horace Mann Companies, Internal Revenue Service, McDonald’s Corporation, National Association of Securities Dealers, US Navy-CIO, Virginia Group of CPAs, and Virginia Society of CPAs.

What People Say About this Program

“Your comments were right on the mark with the messages I wanted the individuals on our team to hear at our Leadership Forum and your dynamic delivery energized the entire group. The energy is still flowing.”

—Allmerica Financial Services

For More Information About this Program

Download a one-page PDF summary of this program.

Customization: We tailor all programs to our clients' needs based upon telephone interviews with the program sponsors and with a sampling of individuals who will be attending the program.

Formats and lengths: Most programs are offered in three formats: keynote speeches and executive presentations, half-day interactive seminar, and full-day interactive seminar and workshop.

Handouts and Resource Tools: All programs come complete with high quality handouts and supporting reference tools and application resources. These include books, presentation summary booklets, learning guides, and other tools. The handouts and resources provided vary depending on the length of time for the program, the meeting and learning objectives, and other factors.

More programs: We have more high quality programs we would be happy to discuss with you if what you see above is not exactly what you are looking for.