Cadre Today and Bold Followership

Oh, good morning, everybody. Happy, happy Monday. Speak, Wonder. Would it be great if every single, every single week started with some laid back, good old fashioned Judy Garland covers by Lady Gaga? Is this how your Monday is starting or is your Monday a little bit more? Hey, Amy, nice to see you. We'll let it kick in. It'll get into today's message. Here she comes. Do it, y'all. What a good Monday song. Hey, ah, Judy Garland. Minnesota's own being covered by Lady Gaga, y'all. Happy Monday. I hope you are great.

Colleen, Jules. Speak, Wonder on the struggle bus. You know what? Struggle bus is a real thing. And if you're on it, guess what? You're in the right place. If you're not on it, you're in the right place too. No matter where you are, no matter what's going on, you signing in here is a really good sign that you are on your own side. What do we talk about on Mondays in the Cadre sphere? We talk about growing, galvanizing, shocking into reality and strength, all that you do with your life. It's a long way of saying professional development.

And if we've never shared time together before, I'm excited to share some time with you right now. My name is JC I talk about the idea of bold followership and how following boldly, the things that call to you, the things that you sense are important, is a really great way to develop professionally. Now today I'm going to share a couple leadership traits that I learned from a friend named Craig. Last week, Craig was the guest at an event that I attended that I got to listen to. And one of the best things we can do is go, huh?

What are they doing? And how does it resonate within my being? The interviewer said, hey, Craig, here are three things that the people you lead see within your leadership and I'd love to share them with you right now. Number one, Craig has a laser focus on mission. It's easy to be busy, right? Have you ever noticed that, that days can fly by being busy doing stuff, but at the same time, you could be busy without having the sense of progression towards your goal or towards accomplishing the big thing.

Why? Because busy is easy. Staying focused on the right things is hard. So Craig spoke about or the people who Craig leads say that Craig is a mission driven, focused person. Hey, we're going to do the things that are going to get us to where we want to get to. Boom. Number one. Number two, Craig encourages clear questions. So let's say someone comes into the room to say, hey, Craig, I need something from you. Craig is going to be the person who focuses not only on the exchange of information, but on teaching the people who are asking to be really clear.

Why? Well, if we can all get really clear on what we need, number one, we save a little bit of time. But number two, how much easier is it to drive the bus if we know where the bus is going? If we know it's like, ah, you know what? I need to go ahead and stay right in between the lines on this road. I need to go ahead and take the shortest, most effective route to get to the place. I need to turn on my GPS and say, hey, you know what? There is a roadblock up ahead, so I'm going to go this other way because it's going to save me two minutes.

Number one, that saves you time, but number two, it allows you to go, hey, you know what? I am confident in my direction. Jules, you being a master at being busy. I think you are surrounded by many. Why? Because that's what we're encouraged to be. We are encouraged to be busy because if we look busy, no one can say, why aren't they doing more? It's not about being the one who's doing the most. It's about the one who goes, hey, I know why I'm doing what I'm doing. And that allows me the opportunity to smell those roses.

Number three, contemplative action. Make time for reflection and planning. Isn't it amazing how these three things connect to one another? Number one, stay focused on the vision, focused on the mission, focused on the purpose. Number two, make sure the way you're communicating is getting you to where you want to be efficiently, quickly. But number two, that the way that you ask those questions, the way that you communicate about what you're doing, shows that you understand what you're doing. And if you don't understand what you're doing, take the time.

Number three, to reflect and plan. Craig is a pretty stellar leader and a pretty stellar human. But the cool thing is, Craig has built a life that allows Craig to stop and smell those roses, to hang out with his kids and his family, and to go ahead and spend a morning with a few hundred people that he doesn't know yet to say, y'all, look at the opportunity we have in this world. So my invitation for all y'all today. And it's an invitation because if it does not fit clearly within your mission, you probably shouldn't do it.

If we're listening to today's message, is to go ahead and really ask the question, what do I need to accomplish today in order to be happy? In order to go. You know what? Today is the day that I did what I needed to do in order to go. At the end of today. Actually, you know what, everybody? Can we do that right now? Take a deep breath in. Do it one more time. Like, literally, let each other hear your huh on the other side of the screen right now. Breath in. My invitation is for you to have that be your destination point at the end of today.

Do the things you need to do. And once you're there, go huh, Y'all. How cool was it that Luke said, speak Wonder. I hear you. And that speak Wonder said, Luke. Thanks so.