Leadership Performance Learning Sprint Final Webinar

Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions
• Recap: Modules 1-19
• Breakout: Sharing & reflections
• Creating your Leadership Plan leveraging the power of AI
• Next Steps

1. Leadership Performance
Learning Sprint
Final Webinar
www.shifft.com.au
17 October 2025

2. Today’s Agenda
•Welcome & Introductions
•Recap: Modules 1-19
•Breakout: Sharing & reflections
•Creating your Leadership Plan leveraging the power of AI
•Next Steps

3. The Leader
Board – Top 5
Week 7 Target should be to have
completed 100% of modules
Name%
Completion
Damien Lau100%
Simon Daley100%
Owen Daly100%
James Walker100%
Russell Banks100%

4. Mindshop
Online
This is your Resource Centre for the
duration of the Course
You will have access to over 150
Business Tools plus 25 online
Courses and the Coaching Platform
You can message me via individual
Action Posts (leadership Sprint) or
the Chat function
NOTE: Access for non-
Shifft Clients will cease at
end of October.
Download copies of
everything you want to
keep.

5. Your Journal
•Not a daily diary
•A place for you to collect your
reflections, thoughts, plans,
aspirations, goals, ideas and concepts
•All your thoughts in one place
•Use a simple organisation structure

6. Module 2:
Leadership
Phases
A key module that maps
out the Leadership
Journey and Foundational
Traits

7. Pre-work:
Personal Brand
Russell Cummings [phone] www.shifft.com.au © Shifft 2025

PERSONAL BRAND Name: Jenny – Manager Date: 5 Sep 2025
Brand Components Elements Description Score

1. Hard-working I’m known for rolling up my sleeves and getting the job done. 8
2. Reliable
My team and customers can count on me to follow through on
promises.
9
3. Fair
I treat people with respect, even when tough calls need to be
made.
7

4. Approachable People feel comfortable walking up and having a chat with me. 8
5. Practical
I focus on simple solutions that actually work, not
overcomplicated ideas.
8
6. Local & trusted
I’m part of the community and want my business to have a good
reputation.
9

7. Supportive of staff I want my team to feel backed and valued. 7
8. Good listener with
customers
I make time to hear what customers really need. 8
9. Connector I introduce people to others who can help them. 6
Key actions to improve brand Who? When?
1. Block out time each week to check in properly with staff (not just quick chats). Me Weekly
2. Ask a couple of trusted customers for honest feedback on how they see me. Me
Next
month
3. Share more positive stories on our business Facebook page to lift visibility. Me/Admin Ongoing

Attributes
Image
Relationships
•Clarifies your
leadership identity &
values
•Supports Module 3
(Vision Mapping)
•Foundation for
reflection and team
conversations

8. Module 3:
Leadership
Vision Mapping
•Can be challenging –
that’s okay!
•Aim: First draft of your
leadership vision
•It will evolve during the
Sprint

9. Module 4
Focus:
Understanding yourself as
a leader
Module 4: Leadership Style
Key Takeaways:
•Flexibility in approach
•You can move the dial
•Use your Personal Brand as a
guide to the changes you need
to make

10. Module 5: Mindset
Focus:
Fixed v Growth Mindset
Module 5: Leadership Mindset
Key Takeaways:
•Build your growth mindset
•Encourage a growth mindset in
your Teams

11. Module 6:
Business Acumen
Focus:
Building acumen
Module 6: Business Acumen
Key Takeaways:
•Understanding and awareness of
environment and self is important
•Reflection is a critical part of a
Leaders Toolkit

12. Module 7: Locus of
Control
Focus:
Self-Awareness and Mindset
Key Takeaways:
•Understand your self – Internal v
External LOC
•Internal LOC builds “choice” into the
system
Module 7: Locus of Control

13. Module 8: The
Importance of
Emotional Intelligence
Focus:
Awareness and Change
Key Takeaways:
•Awareness is key
•Emotional Management – automatic
response v measured response
•As a Leader, you can use this to
build better relationships, manage
difficult situations
Module 8: The Importance of
Emotional Intelligence

14. Module 9: Culture –
Values – Authenticity
Focus:
Leveraging impact of your leadership
Key Takeaways:
•Focus on building culture
•Anchored by strong personal values
•Walk the Talk
Module 9: Culture – Values -
Authenticity

15. Module 10: Building
Trust as a Leader
Focus:
Trust is critical
Key Takeaways:
•Self-Orientation is driver
•Anchored by strong personal values
•What do you need to do to increase
trust?
Module 10: Building Trust as a
Leader

16. Module 11:
Being Strategic
Focus:
Balance between
Operational and Strategic
Key Takeaways:
•Need balance between Short and
Long Term
•Discovery curtain – who steps up?
•As a Manager – are you being
strategic?
Module 11: Being Strategic

17. Module 12:
Setting Goals/Targets
– OKRs and KPIs
Focus:
Setting goals and targets
Key Takeaways:
•Often too many measures
•KPIs for specific targets
•OKRs for strategy and outcomes
•What do you need to measure?
Module 12: Setting
Goals/Targets

18. Module 13: Driving
change effectively
Focus:
Improve the probability of
successful change
Key Takeaways:
•What can you do to improve your
chance of success?
•Use this as a checklist before
embarking on a significant change
Module 13: Driving change
effectively

19. Module 14:
Managing the team
effectively
Focus:
To foster a productive and
successful team
Key Takeaways:
•Delegation – give good instructions
and link to the Coaching Matrix
•Feedback – simple tools are best
•Accountability – simple dashboards
•How do we manage a hybrid team?
Module 14: Managing the
team effectively
DelegationFeedback
AccountabilityHybrid
Workforce

20. Module 15:
Being a great coach
Focus:
To create a supportive and empowering environment for their team members
Key Takeaways:
•“Coach and develop” rather than
“boss and manage”
•The model is task specific not
generic
•Motivation is often the hardest
Module 15: Being a great coach

21. Module 16:
Making tough decisions
Focus:
To navigate tough decisions effectively and to assess the situation from all angles and consider potential outcomes
Key Takeaways:
•A good tool for making decisions
•Weighs subjective and objective
factors
•Spend more time on the Decision
Factors/Criteria and weightingModule 16: Making tough decisions

22. Module 17:
Using intuition as a
leader
Focus:
To understand and cultivate your intuition, providing you with the tools and techniques you need to make informed decisions
Key Takeaways:
•Intuition or “gut feel” is a useful
tool in business
•Gets you in touch with sub-
conscious thinking
•Paradigms stop this connection
•Use it conjunction with logic
Module 17: Using intuition as a leader

23. Module 18:
Delivering results
Focus:
To be able to set goals, make plans and execute on them effectively to achieve success
Key Takeaways:
•Consistent, effective results
•Objectives and Accountability
•Aligned Team – culture
•Under-promise and over-deliverModule 18: Delivering results
Realistic
ExpectationsSMART Goals
AccountabilityHybrid
Workforce

24. Module 19:
Case Study
Focus:
To apply the learnings &
insights from the course
Key Takeaways:
•Perspective can be important
•Put yourself into other people’s
shoes
•Use the tools to get better
outcomesModule 19: Case Study

25. Certificate of
Completion
•Complete all modules and add your
thoughts, comments and feedback in
the appropriate text boxes in each
module.
•The Certificate is auto-generated based
on your completion.

26. QUESTIONS?
What insights did you
take out of last
week’s modules?

27. Breakout 1:
Introductions
•Name, Business & Role
•What’s your next leadership growth goal—
and what first step will you take in the next 7
days?

28. BUILDING YOUR
LEADERSHIP
PLAN
Pulling it all together

29. ONE PAGE PLAN - _________________________________________

NOW

WHERE






























HOW Measure Now

















STRATEGIES ACTION PLANS RESPONSIBILITY TIMING

30. The NOW
Understanding where you
are NOW as a Leader
Review each module of the
course, especially:
Leadership Phases,
Leadership Style, Mindset,
Acumen, Locus of Control,
EQ, Trust.
Complete some of the free
Diagnostics
Make notes on the key
issues

31. Diagnostics•Leadership
•Personal Change Success
•Life Balance
•Personal Resilience
•Coaching Ability
•Time and Priority Management
•Listening
•Emotional
Intelligence
•You will find all personal and business
diagnostics at
https://www.shifft.com.au/diagnostics

32. The WHERE
Review your notes on
modules relating to the
future you:
•Leadership Phases
•Personal Brand
•Leadership Vision Map
•KPIs and OKRs
•Trust
•Being Strategic
Summarise the key points

33. The
HOW
Developing your Strategies and Actions is critical
Use headings as a guide: Strategic, Team, Productivity,
Life Balance and create Strategies and Actions
Use Strategic SWOT Tool in Mindshop
Group SWOT Actions under the headings above
Add to Plan

34. Leveraging AI
The keys:
•Lock it down – anonymise sensitive data
•Make it write like you
•Learn to write great prompts
•Use it as a sounding board, advisor, coach and consultant
•Don’t trust it

35. STEP 1:
Give it
some
data
Take screen shots of learning sprint module outputs, diagnostic
results, behavioural profiles, performance reviews, etc.
Use ScreenShot (Mac) or “Windows Key + Shift + S” for a capture
tool that lets you select what you screen shot
Write a short paragraph on yourself eg “I am a Manager in an
Insurance brokerage with 3x direct reports. I report to the Senior
Manager. I aspire to be a General Manager in this firm. My key
challenges are: time management, communication and listening
Save to a folder

37. Create a powerful
Prompt
You are a leading Leadership Coach and you will be helping
me, Russ, create a personal Leadership Plan. You will
present concise responses using bullets points and professional, simple and concise language. Use UK spelling
and grammar. All Statements and Strategies must be in the
3rd Person. Stop after each step for review, ask for
permission to proceed prior to proceeding to the next step.
STEP 1: DATA UPLOAD
I will upload data for analysis and planning. Do not
commence your review or analysis until I have uploaded all files. Check with me that you have all the data before
moving to the next step.

38. STEP 2: Review and
Analysis
•Review all information provided
•Provide a paragraph describing my tone, style,
likely behaviours, confidence, emotional
patterns, and tendencies.
•Provide a concise summary of my current
leadership strengths, challenges and the key
issues that I must address moving forward.

39. STEP 3: The WHERE
Based on information provided like my Personal
Brand, Vision Map and Key Measures, develop a
simple summary of Where I would like to be as a
Leader.
Then Write one short, clear sentence that
describes the type of leader I want to become
over the next 3 years.
Suggested openings:
•“Become a leader who…”
•“Grow into someone who can…”
•“Build the skills to…”

40. STEP 4:
SWOT
ANALYSIS
(OPTIONAL)
Instructions:
Use my assessments, diagnostics, and background to complete a simple SWOT analysis. Keep language short, clear, and easy to understand.
Strategies that include role playing and peer review will not be appropriate for thye Leaders we plan for, Use alternative strategies instead.
4.1 – SWOT Grid
Write up to 5 short dot points in each of the 4 areas:
Strengths – What are they good at?
Weaknesses – What do they find difficult or avoid?
Opportunities – What could they do more of to grow or improve?
Threats – What risks or behaviours might cause problems?
4.2 – Strategic Action Planning
Based on the SWOT, suggest up to 2 practical actions per question. Use simple, everyday language. Focus on big-picture improvements — not daily tasks.
How can they make the most of their strengths?
How can they improve their weak spots?
How can their strengths help them grow?
How can they avoid future problems or risks?
Note: These actions will be grouped into 3 Strategic Goals in the next step.

41. STEP 5: The
HOW
Instructions:
Use all available inputs (diagnostics, saboteurs, assessments, SWOT, aspirations, role) to write a clear development plan that sets direction and focus for the next stage of growth. Use the SWOT Actions as the primary actions for each Strategy amending, if required. Strategies must be Annual, or longer, in scope — reserve tactics for 90-Day Plans. NOTE: Role plays and peer feedback are not effective strategies for most Leadership Plans. Please use other strategies
Use concise, simple language in all reports and plans.
Review the Simple Statement of Intent from Step 3 and ensure that all Strategies and Actions align to this Objective.
Strategies (12-Month Focus)
Identify 4 Strategies (including Life Balance Strategy) that support the Leadership Statement of Intent. Strategies should focus on major growth areas, not daily tasks.
Strategies that include role playing and peer review will not be appropriate for Leaders we plan for, Use alternative strategies instead.
For each Strategy, include:
Strategy – 1–2 sentences that describe the high-level focus using plain language (no participant name)
Actions – 2x practical, annual-level actions that support the strategy
Requirements:
Always include 1 Strategy focused on improving life balance.
Use the two lowest scoring areas from the Life Balance Diagnostic to define this goal (do not refer to the scores in the Objective).
For the Life Balance Strategy, include:
Strategy – 1–2 sentences that explain how the individual will improve their wellbeing or energy
Actions – 2 simple, practical strategies to build better habits in those low-rated areas

42. Step 6: Key Measures (optional)
Instructions:
Use this prompt to generate 3–5 clear, measurable leadership metrics for my
individual plan. Metrics should be easy to track, meaningful, and aligned to
my Strategic Goals.
For each metric, provide:
Metric – A short, clear statement of what will be tracked
Why it matters – 1–2 sentences explaining how this metric reflects progress
Target – A realistic and specific goal (numeric or frequency-based)
Prompt:
Based on the person’s leadership plan and strategic goals, develop 3–5 key
metrics that will help track their progress over 6–12 months.
Each metric must be:
• Easy to measure (e.g. % of weeks, # of tasks, self-rating)
• Focused on behaviour change or strategic development
• Linked to one or more of their strategic goals
Use the Output format below.
MetricWhy it mattersTarget
[Insert
metric
here]
[Explain clearly
how it reflects
progress or
change]
[Insert clear
numeric or
frequency-
based target]

43. STEP 7: Pulling it all together
Attached is the format for a simple One
Page Plan. You will provide me with the
information required to populate this
plan.
Review all steps in this chat and provide
the following:
•A very concise summary of the NOW
(5 dot points only)
•The Statement of Intent from Step 3
•Key Measures from Step 6

44. STEP 8: Cascading
Action Plans
Using only the Strategies and Actions from Step 5, complete a cascading Annual Plan in the format below.
| Strategy | Description | Action | Timing|
Instructions:
Work through the Strategies sequentially doing one at a time until all Strategies have been planned
Each Strategy must include:• 1 concise Description• 2x Actions• Each Action assigned to 1x specific Quarter (Q1–Q4) for completion

45. STEP 9: STOP, PROP AND
REFLECT
•Now you have your draft Plan, take
the time to review it to see if it
makes sense.
•Request AI to make changes and
rework the plan until you are happy
•Upload your plan to the template
•Print it out and stick it on the wall
•Make sure its available on all
devices

46. Breakout 2:
Leadership Plan
•Name, Business & Role
•Will you develop your plan manually or use AI?
Why?

47. Next Steps

48. THE MODULES
What should you have covered?

49. COMING EVENTS
AND RESOURCES

50. Coming Webinars
31 Oct, 12:00 PM
AI for Business Webinar Series

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52. 90 Day Productivity
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How to use the Focused Execution Journal:
•Not a diary – it’s a thinking tool
•Keep all goals, notes, learnings, and
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“What gets written, gets focused”
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53. AI Prompt Libraries
•The biggest challenges our clients have
with AI is what to ask it.
•To help Russ, created a series of AI prompt
libraries that include a range of prompts to
help you navigate through a variety of
scenarios.
•Accelerate your results with our growing
collection of AI Prompt Libraries – real
words tested prompts for ChatGPT, Co-pilot
and other AI Tools to streamline work,
increase productivity and spark new ideas.
•Each book contains approximately 700
prompts tailored to your specific industry,
role or situation. Simply “cut and paste”,
tailor for your situation to get amazing
result.

54. THANK YOU
Russell Cummings
Business Consultant
M: 0414 929 585
W: www.shifft.com.au
E: [email protected]