Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of performance through strong human relations, team building and GOALAJV. This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellowledo. Hello everyone, and welcome to the Seven Minute Leadership Podcast. It's episode three fifty six. Today we're talking about something that could breathe life into your leadership culture and supercharge
your team. How to create a mini leadership boot camp. Now, when I say boot camp, I'm not talking about yelling in someone's face at five am. I'm talking about a fun, fast paced, and highly actionable session that gives your team real leadership tools without needing to book a hotel, ballroom or spend thousands of dollars. So let's talk about that. Step one, set the stage ninety minutes, one room, one goal. Your mini leadership boot camp should be short, sharp and focused.
Carve out ninety minutes in your team schedule. That's it. Let your team know this isn't just another meeting, It's an experience and the goal is simple. To walk out of the room a stronger, more self aware leader than when you walked in. And a pro tip, create a simple printed boot camp packet. Give it a name, print out badges, make it feel like something special. In step two, kick it off with energy. Start with this question what makes a leader unforgettable? Go around the room and let
people share one trait write them on a board. You'll start to see a pattern, things like honesty, decisiveness, empathy, consistency. These answers become your north star for the rest of the session. You're not teaching abstract theory. You're building leaders who live those traits every day. Step three is drill number one, and this is the sixty second stand up. Each team member stands up and answers this question, what's one leadership moment I'm proud of? This isn't about job titles.
It's about real moments, helping a teammate through a crisis, or stepping up during a tough shift, or solving a problem no one else saw. This creates a ripple effect. You'll see who's been quietly leading from the sidelines, and you'll boost confidence in your team without a single PowerPoint slide. And step four is drill number two, and this is called the scenario slam. Give your team three real world leadership scenarios and you can pull these from past incidents.
Or make them up. Here's an example. You overhear two team members gossiping about a colleague. What do you do? Break into small groups and let them work through each scenario. The key is action. What would you actually do, not just what sounds good in theory, and bring it back to the room and discuss it. Real time feedback equals real time growth. Step number five is drill number three.
Write your leadership rule. Now we flip the script. Each person writes their own personal leadership rule, and it could be I will always speak last and listen first, or I will never let a teammate feel invisible, or I will lead how I want to be led. Have each person stand up and read theirs out loud. This becomes their personal leadership Compass something they can pin to a locker or tape to a desk or save on their phone.
And step number six is celebrate and commit. End with this exercise, go around the room again and ask this question, what will you do differently as a leader starting tomorrow? And capture those answers, write them down, make a commitment board. You don't need a formal graduation ceremony from this, but if you want to hand out fun little boot camp certificates, do it, celebrate the progress, and the bonus tip with all of this is do it again. The best boot
camps aren't one time events. Make it a quarterly tradition. Each time, change the theme, communication, crisis leadership, or conflict resolution. Rotate the facilitators of this exercise, keep it fresh. This small habit will lead to big cultural shifts in your organization. So I've done on this with my team throughout the years. We have done murder mystery games, set up an ice cream parlor and task everyone to build Sundays, and I've
even taken my team flying. Because leadership development doesn't have to be boring. It doesn't have to be a binder full of bs. With just ninety minutes, a whiteboard, and a handful of real world scenarios, you can build your own mini boot camp that teaches your team how to lead themselves and others with confidence and purpose. Or if you want to go all out, the sky's the limit. This has been the seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I
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