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EPISODE · Apr 21, 2025 · 22 MIN

399 How do you bring a problem to your leader? (Russ Smidt)

from The One Thing · host Reach Australia

Raising issues with your leader or your team can be tough—too many ideas may overwhelm, confuse or burden them unnecessarily, or it might intimidate you. Russ Smidt from MTS created a tool to help you present problems to your leader or team effectively.What's the issue? How do you get this down to a sentenceWhat's the options? why are options important?What's your recommendation?What's the concrete next step?How do you get the issue down to a sentence?Why are the options important?Why does it need to be a paper and not merely a conversation?The potential dangersWho needs to be one who writes itWhat is the difference between this and coaching tools?Russ is the Director of Training with the Ministry Training StrategyTOOLBOX:The Ministry Training StrategyReach Australia CoachingExample Work Paper (to come)CREDITS:This episode was brought to you by ChurchSuiteThe One Thing is brought to you by ⁠⁠Reach Australia⁠⁠To pray for Reach Australia, join our ⁠⁠WhatsApp Group⁠⁠.For ideas or questions please email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠To support the Reach Australia Online Library head ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

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