THE SCENE: Mid to upper 50s, sunny, beautiful
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Check. 
WARM-O-RAMA:

-20 Side Straddle Hops (4-ct), in cadence

– 10 Cherry Pickers (4-ct), in cadence

– 20 Imperial Walkers (4-ct), in Cadence

– Bolt 45s

THA-THANG:

MOSEY to open, low-lying field near north entrance.

SHAMROCK of PAIN!! FOUR (THREE) CORNERS : There will be three sets of cones set up in diamond formations, somewhat reminiscent of a shamrock…  Hmm.  Imagine that.

We will split up and move through the Shamrock of Pain and do the exercises on each cone. Rinse and repeat each leaf.  We did 1/2 the number of reps about 3/4 of the way through to save time.

First “leaf” (Bear Crawl between posts)

• • 10 Burpees
  • 20 Merkins,
  • 20 Carolina Dry Docks

Second “leaf” (Hop between posts)

• 20 Big Boy Situps
• 20 American Hammers (4-ct)
• 20 Hello dollies (4-ct)

Third “leaf” (Lunge between posts)

• • 20 Smurf Jacks
  • 20 Iron Mikes (each pair of legs = 1)
  • 20 Tempo Squats

MOSEY along path adjacent to Northshore to EVEREST

• EVEREST PYRAMID :
  1. Run 3/4 way up Everest to big tree, at the bottom do the following:
     • 10 Tempo Squats
     • 10 Tempo Squats, 10 Mountain Climbers (each pair of legs = 1)
     • 10 Tempo Squats, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Diamond Merkins
     • 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Diamond Merkins.
     • 10 Diamond Merkins

Go over Everest and Mosey to AO

MARY:

• Flutter kicks
• Boat/canoe
• Ring of Fire Merkins (had to stop after 4 reps because we were out of time)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Men, including one FNG, Shane (forgot his last name, sorry!) who we named Shakespeare.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Leadership Shamrock .  I read an article in the Harvard Business Review recently about Leadership.  Creating Trust is a critical component of being a leader. The level of trust is the #1 factor for how people rate the effectiveness of a leader.  How can you follow or take direction from someone you can’t trust?  A huge study was performed that looked at data from 360 assessments of 87,000 leaders. The objective was to identify “clusters” of traits that are most often the foundation of trust.  The researchers performed correlations and factor analysis statistical tests on the data to “group” the characteristics that most strongly influence the level of trust in a leader.  There were three primary factors (kind of a “Leadership Shamrock” that can be used to reinforce trust principles similar to how St. Patrick used the shamrock to describe the Holy Trinity) that were commonly grouped as most important for engendering trust among others.

1. POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS

• Stays in touch on the issues and concerns of others.
• Balances results with concern for others.
• Generates cooperation between others.
• Resolves conflict with others.
• Gives honest feedback in a helpful way.

2. GOOD JUDGMENT/EXPERTISE (how well informed and knowledgeable you are)

• They use good judgement when making decisions.
• Others trust their ideas and opinions.
• Others seek after their opinions.
• Their knowledge and expertise make an important contribution to achieving results.
• Can anticipate and respond quickly to problems.

3. CONSISTENCY (do they walk their talk and do what they say they will do)

• Are a role model and set a good example.
• Honor commitments and keep promises.
• Follow through on commitments.
• Are willing to go above and beyond what needs to be done.

Additional take-home messages of the study:

• You don’t have to be outstanding at all these to be an effective leader, just strong/above average. Being below average in any can destroy trust.
• RELATIONSHIPS the most important of the three.  Perhaps people understand that leaders can’t know EVERYTHING, and that some inconsistency is to be expected.  But once Positive Relationships are damaged, every other aspect of trust suffers.
• Think about which of these three you are weakest at, and then work to improve that area.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Pusher’s mother, who is very ill.

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