Challenge of the Week

Dec 26 2024 19 ep. 6 mins
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The Challenge of the Week podcast is a short, weekly podcast to help give people ONE thing to focus on to help them grow as a person and a leader. 

Contact us at [email protected]. 

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Challenge of the Week: Always Take Care of the Troops, December 26, 2024

Dec 26 2024 8 mins  
Send us a text Always Take Care of the Troops This week's episode recalls the advice of one of my mentors, Major General Ronald Brooks, US Army Ret. How do we take care of the troops? 1. Think about your troops 2. Define Mutual Expectations 3. Help Others Win Their Day Let's grow together. I believe in you. Thanks for listening. Please subscribe, like, and share where ever you list

Challenge of the Week: Reflect | Refocus | Restart - November 14, 2024

Nov 14 2024 12 mins  
Send us a text It's back and better than ever! Thank you for your patience. We're excited to bring the Challenge of the Week back for your growth and development. This week's challenge: Reflect | Refocus | Restart A new year is just around the corner. Are you ready? Are you doing the work to be the best version of yourself? The following questions are referenced in this week's epis

Challenge of the Week: Expect excellence, not perfection - May 25, 2024

May 26 2024 10 mins  
Send us a text The Challenge of the Week exists to help us focus on one thing this week that will make us a better leader, friend, parent, and partner. I hope the next 6 minutes helps you this week. This week's episode: Expect excellence, not perfection We discuss: - The myth of perfectionism - 3 aspects of excellence: Spirit, Effort, and Learning I believe in you. Like, Review and

Challenge of the Week: Give grace, but expect responsibility - May 20, 2024

May 26 2024 6 mins  
Send us a text The Challenge of the Week exists to help us focus on one thing this week that will make us a better leader, friend, parent, and partner. I hope the next 6 minutes helps you this week. This week's episode: Give grace, but expect responsibility We discuss: 1. Giving Grace 2. Expecting Responsibility 3. Uncomfortable Conversations I believe in you. Like, Review and Subs

Write it down! May 5, 2024

May 05 2024 6 mins  
Send us a text The Challenge of the Week exists to help us focus on one thing this week that will make us a better leader, friend, parent, and partner. I hope the next 6 minutes helps you this week. This week's episode: Write it down! We discuss: - Writing things down helps you retain more and improves memory function. - Help you get started on major tasks. - And following through

Challenge of the Week: Choose kindness - April 23, 2024

Apr 23 2024 6 mins  
Send us a text Challenge of the Week is back and better than ever! COTW exists to help leaders and people focus on one thing each week to help them grow. This 6 minute episode and this week's challenge: Choose kindness. Things we discuss this week: 1. Kindness is a choice. 2. Fill buckets 3. Kindness returns kindness Thank for your listening. Please like, subscribe, share, and leav

Challenge of the Week: Make your meetings matter, April 7, 2024

Apr 07 2024 6 mins  
Send us a text The Challenge of the Week exists to help us focus on one thing this week that will make us a better leader, friend, parent, and partner. I hope the next 6 minutes helps you this week. This week's episode: Make your meetings matter We'll discuss how: - Thinking - Focusing - And follow through Allow us to have more productive and meaningful meetings. A real challenge f

Challenge of the Week: Put the new cover sheet on your TPS reports, April 1, 2024

Mar 31 2024 6 mins  
Send us a text This week's challenge: Put the new cover sheet on your TPS reports. The 90's classic office satire, Office Space serves as inspiration for this week's challenge. If you're not familiar with the reference to this week's challenge, watch this: https://youtu.be/Fy3rjQGc6lA The reality is, we all have things like TPS report cover sheets. So where's the challenge in that?

Challenge of the Week: Put your phone down, March 24, 2024

Mar 24 2024 6 mins  
Send us a text The Challenge of the Week is a 6 minute podcast designed to challenge us with one thing to focus on each week for personal growth. This week's challenge: Put your phone down. Americans spend on average 4.5 hours per day on their phones (https://www.pcmag.com/news/americans-check-their-phones-an-alarming-number-of-times-per-day). This is more than 1600 hours per year.

Challenge of the Week: Stay the course - March 17, 2024

Mar 17 2024 5 mins  
Send us a text This week's episode...Stay the course. It might be time to adjust strategy. The first quarter of the year isn't over yet. Give your strategies a chance to work. What should we think about when we do have the data to know it's time to change course? Please like and subscribe to this podcast. Follow us on X and Instagram @cotw_pod. Email the show at [email protected]