Leadership Performance Learning Sprint Midpoint Webinar

Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions
• Recap: Modules 1-12
• Breakout: Sharing & reflections
• Set up for next week: Modules 13, 14 and 15
• BONUS: Focused Execution: Your Personal Productivity Flywheel
• Next Steps

1. Leadership Performance
Learning Sprint
Midpoint Webinar
www.shifft.com.au
26 September 2025

2. Today’s Agenda
•Welcome & Introductions
•Recap: Modules 1-12
•Breakout: Sharing & reflections
•Set up for next week: Modules 13, 14 and 15
•BONUS: Focused Execution: Your Personal Productivity Flywheel
•Next Steps

3. The Leader
Board – Top 5
Week 3 Target should be to have
completed 63% of modules
Name%
Completion
Damien Lau68%
Simon Daley68%
Justin Davies63%
Jayden Pollard63%
Russell Banks58%

4. 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

5. THE MODULES
What should you have covered?

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?

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?

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?

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

19. Breakout 1:
Introductions
•Name, Business & Role
•What is one shift in mindset, focus or
behaviour that you need to make to be a
better leader?

20. NEXT WEEK
What will you cover?

21. Looking Ahead:
Week 5 Modules
Focus:
Improve the probability of
successful change
Module 13: Driving change
effectively

22. Looking Ahead:
Week 5 Modules
Focus:
To foster a productive and
successful team
Module 14: Managing the
team effectively
DelegationFeedback
AccountabilityHybrid
Workforce

23. Looking Ahead:
Week 5 Modules
Focus:
To create a supportive and
empowering environment for
their team members
Module 15: Being a great
coach

24. FOCUSED
EXECUTION
Your Personal Productivity Flywheel

25. Maximise your Productivity
FOCUSDISCIPLINECONTROL

26. The Weekly
Cadence
•Monday – Plan the week
–Top 3 priorities
–Meetings, must-dos, learning focus
•Daily: 5-minute morning preview and
evening review
•Friday: Reflect and reset
–What worked?
–What didn’t?
–What do I need to adjust?
–What do we need to rollover as a Must
Do next week?

27. FOCUSED EXECUTION
Books and Journals

28. 90 Day Productivity
Planner
How to use the Focused Execution Journal:
•Not a diary – it’s a thinking tool
•Keep all goals, notes, learnings, and
reflections in one place
•Enables alignment, especially when
juggling competing demands
“What gets written, gets focused”
Available on Amazon in A5 softcover
https://tinyurl.com/FocusedExecutionBooks
ilove

29. ilove

30. Focused Execution – The Book
Achieving More with Proven Time Management and Execution Strategies
This is your go-to productivity playbook for busy leaders:
•Build clarity, discipline, and control in your work
•Learn the Focused Execution FDC model
•Master tools like Time Blocking, Must-Should-Could, and Focus Zones
•Eliminate time-wasters and execute what matters most
•Align your daily actions with long-term goals
It’s not about doing more. It’s about doing what matters—consistently.
Available on Amazon in softcover and ebook formats
https://tinyurl.com/FocusedExecutionBooks

31. Breakout 2:
Focused
Execution
•Name, Business & Role
•Thinking about your personal productivity:
Where do you lose momentum or focus?

32. Next Steps

33. Key Dates &
Commitments
•Group Call: Every Friday @ 12 noon
•Midpoint Webinar: Fri, 26 Sept @ 12 noon
•Final Webinar: Fri, 17 Oct @ 12 noon
•Weekly time commitment: 60–90 mins
•Consistency is key

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