Leading with Fearless Mindfulness

Course details

Be a leader that can rise to challenges. Captain Sandra Yawn is a world-renowned captain with over 28 years of experience. Yawn’s love of the ocean propelled her to achieve in a male-dominated industry. In this course, Captain Yawn tells her personal stories and defines the qualities that make up a great captain and overall leader. Discover how to hire and manage teams and how to delegate tasks. Sandy encourages you to create a strong leadership framework so that you can find solutions to the most difficult problems and situations that arise—and understand how to navigate clients to ensure top-level customer service while maintaining your cool. As an exciting bonus element to the course, you can learn about Sandy’s favorite destinations and her go-to travel advice.

Topics include:
- Qualities of a great captain
- Hiring your team
- Keeping a winning mindset
- Managing meetings
- Identifying problems and solutions
- Providing meaningful training
- Navigating the client
- Finding balance and grounding
- Giving back

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Introduction to Captain Sandy Yawn

1. Being a Captain

02 - My story
03 - Qualities of a captain - Assistance Not Resistance

2. Hiring and Managing Your Team

04 - Essentials in an employee - The right attitude
05 - Teachable moments - Fired and rehired three times
06 - Teachable moments - Customer service matters
07 - Teachable moments - Willingness and attitude
08 - Delegating - Letting go and trusting
09 - Winning mindset - Bring in the fun factor
10 - Tip sheet - Keep a Winning Mindset (Downloadable PDF)

3. Laying down the Ground Rules

11 - Inheriting your team
12 - Meeting management
13 - No tolerance versus teachable moments

4. Drama at High Seas - Problem-Solving and Maintaining the Calm

14 - Fire at the Red Sea - Identifying the problems
15 - Fire at the Red Sea - Finding the solutions
16 - Managing stress and delegating
17 - Problem solving

5. Navigating the Client

18 - When the client Is difficult, have the courage to have the conversation
19 - Setting expectations of your team
20 - Navigating your client - Communication is key
21 - Daily practices to ignite positive attitudes

6. Favorite Destinations

22 - Travel advice and chartering

7. Grounding - Bringing Your Sea Legs Back to Shore

23 - Ways to plug in after a big job
24 - Aspirations to legacy
25 - Finding balance, regardless of your career
26 - I am Captain Sandy who are you

8. Giving Back - Each One, Teach One

27 - Each One, Teach One
28 - Flexibility and following your passion
29 - Epilogue