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The Good Authority Course

The complete method in 37 short lessons — 2h 33m in total, in the order it was meant to be taken. No signup, no upsell at lesson four.

This is the manual version of what Ren does automatically. It works. It just asks you to supply the discipline yourself.

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Part 1 · 13 lessons

Good Authority

Why the two jobs most managers think they are choosing between — getting results and growing people — were never actually two jobs.

  1. 1.0Welcome to Good Authority2:12
  2. 1.1What Is Good Authority?6:10
  3. 1.2More Yoda, Less Superhero6:56
  4. 1.3Managing Stakeholders8:35
  5. 1.4Project Transfers5:57
  6. 1.5Sharing Feedback5:56
  7. 1.6Your Unique Leadership Style5:09
  8. 1.7A Leader Finds Her Story5:34
  9. 1.8Roadblocks to Good Authority5:13
  10. 1.9Ask Your Team for Feedback5:45
  11. 1.10Reflection Exercise2:06
  12. 1.11Section Summary3:19
  13. 1.12What to Expect Next1:31

Part 2 · 13 lessons

Good Alignment

Soul of the Role: how to find the version of a job that the person in it would actually run through a wall for, and how to keep it alive after the kickoff meeting.

  1. 2.0Good Alignment on Your Team0:55
  2. 2.1Welcome to Good Alignment1:47
  3. 2.2What Is Good Alignment?6:11
  4. 2.3Good Alignment Outcomes3:04
  5. 2.4Soul of the Role: Introduction4:00
  6. 2.5Soul of the Role7:23
  7. 2.6How to Align on Soul of the Role4:01
  8. 2.7Working With Your Direct Report2:47
  9. 2.8Maintaining Soul of the Role4:02
  10. 2.9Tips for Soul of the Role2:39
  11. 2.10What’s After Soul of the Role4:06
  12. 2.11Section Summary1:26
  13. 2.12Up Next: Good Accountability1:23

Part 3 · 11 lessons

Good Accountability

The Accountability Dial, stage by stage — the five moves that take the dread out of the conversation you have been putting off.

  1. 3.0Good Accountability1:32
  2. 3.1What Is Good Accountability?5:33
  3. 3.2The Accountability Dial4:34
  4. 3.3The Accountability Dial: The Mention5:57
  5. 3.4The Accountability Dial: The Invitation5:23
  6. 3.5The Accountability Dial: The Conversation3:59
  7. 3.6The Accountability Dial: The Boundary5:37
  8. 3.7The Accountability Dial: The Limit5:14
  9. 3.8Where Did the Dial Come From?2:58
  10. 3.9Roadblocks to Accountability2:09
  11. 3.10Uphold Good Accountability2:01

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