Kai Degner
SIMPLER Leader/ship Coach
We lead and live in complexity.
You can make it SIMPLER!
Stop overcomplicating your leadership development.
More than ever, we ALL need to be leaders. Whether a CEO or the newest intern, you need to constantly adapt to disruption and rapid change, manage with limited resources, clarify goals, and overcome barriers to effective communication.
The last thing you need to do is overcomplicate your leadership approach. Based on my leadership studies and experience, I created a framework called SIMPLER Leader/ship. You can learn about the seven essential areas of focus to make leading SIMPLER with these free emails.
Your leadership is important. Stop overcomplicating it.
More than ever, we ALL need to be leaders. Whether you're the CEO or the newest intern, you need to constantly adapt to disruptive and rapid change, manage with limited resources, and overcome barriers to effective communication with remote colleagues and stakeholders. The last thing you need to do is overcomplicate your leadership approach. So, how can you organize your mindset and approach to leading? Based on my leadership studies and experience, I created a framework called SIMPLER Leader/ship. You can learn about the seven essential areas of focus to make leading SIMPLER with these free emails.
Expect Coach
Thought Partner
Committed Listener
Working towards a goal is complex, so we ALL need to lead!
Wouldn't it be nice if our previous training and jobs prepared us to lead in any role, on any team, in and situation? Ha! Leading is complex responsbility and opportunity. Every day, we're presented with questions and dilemmas. It's easy to get confused and lose track of how we want to lead.
What is most important now? And next?
Why didn't anyone teach me specific mindsets and skillsets to lead?
Again? Could I be part of the problem here?
Make Your Leadership SIMPLER
(Yes, SIMPLER is an acronym, but we'll get to that later.)
Every professional is in a unique situation: different goals and timelines, personalities and team dynamics, organizational norms and culture, etc. You are the only one that can know best what can work in your situations - but it can be difficult to find guidance, frameworks, tools, and perspective as you navigate day-to-day and major disruptions all at once.
That's where SIMPLER Leadership comes in. After four years in PhD leadership courses, time as a mayor and civic leader, nonprofit executive, and assistant professor in leadership studies, I am ready to share the most important lessons and most impactful support I can with a select few leaders ready to level up their game.
I curate leadership tools, theories, and frameworks and share them with you in free, emailed team leadership lessons. If you find them valuable and want to work together, I host limited small group masterminds and one-on-one coaching. My first emails are the most important take-aways from my leadership PhD coursework and lessons from being a mayor. Sign up below to get the best lessons, free!
Kai Degner, MBA, Doctoral Candidate
Assistant Professor at University of Virginia
Certified Executive Coach
Former Mayor
Former Nonprofit Founder and Executive, and Real Estate Agent
PhD Student in Strategic Leadership Studies
My goal is to provide professionals outside perspective and help them develop useful mindsets and skillsets.
How to Start
STEP ONE
Sign Up to Get FREE SIMPLER Leader/ship Lessons in Your Inbox
I'll share with you the most important takes aways from the SIMPLER Leader/ship framework. Each letter covers an area in your control. You'll get new perspectives and tools to apply right away - just by reading the emails!
STEP TWO
See What You Can Use Immediately for Yourself or Your Team
Read the emails to see which mindsets and skillsets are most useful to you and your team(s) - any email may be exactly what you and your team can use next. The only way to know is to spend some time watching, reading, and practicing.
STEP THREE
Decide Later to Explore a Mastermind Group or Coaching Partnership
Later on, perhaps you'll want to join a small group mastermind or work together in one-on-one coaching (or refer someone else). I only host a group once or twice a year, and limit my coaching, so there's no need to worry that I'll spam you with marketing! In the meantime, you can get and use the emails for SIMPLER Leader/ship right away.
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Short micro-trainings in your inbox with theories, tools, and frameworks you can use immediately.
No high pressure sales, no gimmicks, no risk.
OK, so what is SIMPLER Leader/ship?
SIMPLER stands for seven areas of individual leader development that I find are most critical - and completely within your control.
- Self-Reflect: Regularly evaluate actions and decisions to learn and improve, fostering continuous personal growth and alignment with goals.
- Integrity: Act with ethical judgment and align actions with personal and organizational values, ensuring consistent and trustworthy leadership.
- Make Meaning: Create and communicate purpose, framing situations in useful ways to provide clarity and direction.
- Prioritize: Focus on the most important tasks and goals, directing efforts toward high-impact activities.
- Listen: Actively leave people feeling heard and understood, building trust, shared understanding, and strong working relationships.
- Execute: Carry out plans and tasks effectively, ensuring goals are achieved through disciplined action.
- Resilience: Build the ability to recover from setbacks and adapt to change, maintaining a positive and forward-looking mindset.
But why the "/" in Leader/ship?
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