Randall Thacker - Leadership & Team Strategies

05/11/2026

05/08/2026

Before you check-out for the weekend, consider trying this 15-Minute Weekly Planning Strategy:

Review (3 min): Look at this past week’s wins and leftovers. What actually mattered?

Filter (6 mins): Identify the 3 big priorities that directly impact your long-term and short-term goals or help unblock your team. Ask yourself, "What are the 3 most important, non-negotiable outcomes I must achieve by Friday?"

Consider:
- Impact Action: What action drives the highest value?
- Relationship Action: What check-in or coaching builds team capacity?
- Long-Term Goal: What activity moves a major project forward?

Schedule (3 mins): Block these priorities for “Deep Work" time on your calendar for these 3 priorities. If they aren't on the calendar, they won't happen.

The Roadblock (1 min):
What is one thing (person, process, or lack of info) currently slowing you down?
What are you going to do about it?

The "Not Doing" List (1 min):
What are you intentionally putting on the back burner to stay focused on the Top 3?

Look ahead at key milestones and potential challenges (1 min)….

05/01/2020

Does your business or organization have a clear plan for the next 3 years? A strategic plan is an essential tool that gives direction about the future desired growth and success of your business and is meant to inspire your employees to achieve that success. Let me know how I can help.

A strategic plan is an essential tool that gives direction about the future desired growth and success of your business and is meant to inspire your employees to achieve that success. There are 10 simple steps to the process: #1—Identify and Involve Stakeholders Identify and engage those who will ...

07/20/2016

"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."

—Joseph Campbell

07/20/2016

"A mistake is simply another way of doing things."

—E.B. White

07/20/2016

"Self-acceptance helps us drop our masks and become more real." —Lama Surya Das

06/10/2016

Happiness is fleeting, because life is fundamentally difficult, filled with challenges, losses, mourning and all sorts of unexpected twists and turns. Yet, there are habits we can develop to manage these challenges and find joy in even the simplest things.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-travis-bradberry/11-habits-of-supremely-ha_b_10170586.html

THE BLOG 11 Habits of Supremely Happy People 06/04/2016 02:37 pm ET | Updated 1 day ago 1.3 K Dr. Travis Bradberry Author of #1 bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and president of TalentSmart, world's leading provider of emotional intelligence. We're always chasing something--be it a prom...

06/07/2016

You don't have to be born "likeable," you can learn it and it really is important for a successful career.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/unique-habits-ridiculously-likeable-people-dr-travis-bradberry

Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likeable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few—the good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly

05/31/2016

It is strongly believed that those with higher emotional intelligence achieve greater success in their pursuits. This article shares some great ideas!

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/habits-highly-emotionally-intelligent-people-dr-travis-bradberry

When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time. This