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Welcome to Mark’s presentation resources. Take advantage of the resources listed on this page to help regenerate your chapters. Click here to get on Mark’s personal calendar for further questions or discussion.

Part 1: Simplify the Destination

Tools

Instructions to Create your Thematic Goal (what’s most important right now)

Watch Mark’s Strategic Whiteboard Session on how to create your Thematic Goal

Download the Thematic Goal MS Word template

Download the Thematic Goal PDF template

Want to go further? For more advanced chapters, read about the Six Questions that Mark uses when working with executive teams for long-term organizational alignment.

Download a sample executive leadership retreat agenda (this is more for a company leadership team but you can still draw ideas from it)

Book Recommendations

The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni

The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling, Scott Thele, and Beverly Walker

A Sense of Urgency by John Kotter

Action 2: Restore Individuals

Tools & Assessments

Reference Mark’s 4 questions in the slides – use them as an activity with your board.

Take a Character Strengths Survey by Chris Crowley

Leverage these questions to uncover passion from Inc. Magazine

Book Recommendations

Peak by Chris Conley

Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley

Action 3: Strengthen Teams

Step 1: Get the Right People on Your Board

Read about the Ideal Team Player Model by Patrick Lencioni

With your board, either watch this portion of Mark’s presentation OR watch a video of Patrick Lencioni describing the model

Then conduct this Self-Ranking and Feedback Exercise with your board

Step 2: Get Them in the Right Seats

Working Genius Overview: Read about the Working Genius model and conduct a simple self-assessment with your Board

Take a Working Genius Assessment with Your Board: Take a Working Genius Assessment with your Board (or reach out to Mark to facilitate it for you)

Step 3: Get Them to Perform

Read a Summary of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Model

Watch Mark’s webinar describing the model along with practical ideas on how to use it with your team (scroll to see the Virtual Masterclass replays)

Book Recommendations

The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Action 4: Eliminate Gaps

Book Recommendations

Fearless Success by John Foley

Silos, Politics and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni (note: the principles of this book are incorporated into The Advantage

Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal

Action 5: Remove Constraints

Fear of Loss

PPT Slides with Bridges’ Change Model

Book Recommendations

The Motive by Patrick Lencioni

The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon

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