Wednesday Reflection: Listening Like a Leader Keep your answers brief, one-word answers if possible. How many conversations did you have to remind yourself to listen first and confirm what you heard, before considering your response? What was the hardest part of this exercise? What made it difficult? What went well? What is your biggest takeaway?

Wednesday Reflection Keep your answers brief, one-word answers if possible. Did you communicate clearly? If Yes: Were the results of your conversation better once you stopped hinting? How did the other person respond? If No: What kept you from saying it directly? What wording would help you next time? Future thinking: What's the biggest lesson you learned from this exercise? What's one conversation you can be clearer on next week because of what you learned this week?

Wednesday Reflection Keep your answers brief, one-word answers if possible. Did you have the conversation? If Yes: Was reality easier or harder than the version you'd built in your head? What did avoidance cost you that you didn't realize until afterward? If No: What stopped you? What's one thing you'll do differently before the end of the week? Future thinking: What's one conversation you won't avoid next week because of what you learned this week? What's your biggest take-away?

Monday Challenge The Conversation You've Been Rehearsing The Problem: There's a conversation you've already had... a dozen times. Just not with the person who needs to hear it. You've rehearsed it in your head. You've imagined every possible outcome. You've told yourself you'll do it when the timing is better. The timing isn't the problem. Avoidance is. The Truth: Every day you avoid the conversation, you're making a decision. You're choosing temporary comfort over long-term clarity. The Challenge: Identify the one conversation you've been avoiding. Have it before next Monday. Not perfectly. Just honestly. Accountability: Comment with one word describing the conversation and one word describing when. Examples: - Feedback, Monday  - Conflict, Tuesday  - Expectations, Wednesday  - Apology, Thursday  - Performance, Friday  - Boundaries, Saturday  (No details required.)

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well. Just a short announcement No leaders lab for today's holiday, apologies for the last minute heads up. & We are getting closer to opening up the communities first Course material so be on the lookout for that. That is all for now. Happy holidays everyone!