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LC07. How do you make strong agreements?

Clear agreements are vital for good leadership. They prevent misunderstandings, delays, and frustration. Leaders must always clarify purpose, product, and process. Top36 Full 36

LC08. What do you always look when delegating?

Two key dimensions in many leadership models are Skill and Will. Focusing on both when assisting dependent team members and independent stakeholders is crucial. Top36 Full 36

LC09. How do you ask, and how well do you listen?

Always ask open questions and listen attentively. Choose your words wisely as they shape your reality and influence others. Top36 Full 36

LC10. How do you give and receive impactful feedback?

Honest feedback is essential for relationships, teams, and businesses. Without it, minor issues escalate into expensive conflicts. Top36 Full 36

LC11. What is the most important escalation step in a conflict?

Unaddressed conflicts can escalate and make communication impossible. As a leader, differentiate between constructive disagreements and personal conflicts. Top36 Full 36

LC12. How aware are you of the systems that run our split-second reactions?

Our brains evolved to fight, freeze, or flee on the savannah, but these instincts are often impractical today. We must teach our brains new, rapid responses. Top36 Full 36

LC13. How do you make important conversations valuable and productive?

Steering a conversation's focus unlocks curiosity, enabling a deep dive into reality to uncover motivating options. Top36 Full 36

LC14. How do you lead and leverage cross-cultural collaboration?

Working across cultures is exciting yet challenging. Putting aside biases and focusing on preparation, respect, curiosity, and actionable steps for cultural success is crucial. Top36 Full

LC15. How do you avoid negative surprises in your projects?

Please act quickly for mature leadership. Take your time with minor issues that become significant and costly. Use both deadline and duration for time in the triple constraint. Top36 Full 36

LC16. How do you conduct your project's mandatory risk sessions?

Risk identification and mitigation should be a collective, unbiased effort to identify outliers for new insights. Full

LC17. How do you develop interdependent high-performance teams?

Teams grow through struggles, moving through Tuckman's phases: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing. Top36 Full 36

LC18. How do you engage the critical stakeholders?

Good communication and stakeholder engagement are crucial for project success. Keep the interested informed and engage the powerful through thoughtful questioning. Top36 Full 36

LC19. How do you and those around you make decisions?

Decisions are often more personal than one would expect. Understand what level of information you need and which biases influence you to make better decisions at the right time for any project. Full

LC20. How do you make your meetings more engaging and effective?

Teams should lead engaging, productive meetings by preparing facts and co-creating rhythm-breakers in advance. Top36 Full 36

LC21. How to prepare for a critical team presentation?

Effective presentation preparation involves three key areas: passionate storytelling, technical collaboration, and cohesive delivery. Overlooking any part can hinder adjustments and reduce impact. Full

LC22. How do you identify the newest options in an ongoing struggle?

A team's success hinges on delivering for its members, emphasizing reflective teamwork to explore new options and avoid dwelling on past attempts. Top36 Full 36

LC23. What are your core values and how do you express them?

Understanding your values—and those of others—can improve leadership, reduce conflict, and support stronger collaboration. Top36 Full 36

LC24. Is your life in balance between work and home?

How do you set your priorities right, professionally and privately? Establishing and owning the right balance will make your choices easier and more satisfying. Full

LC27. How does psychological safety foster innovation and accountability?

LeapCard 27 emphasizes "Psychological Safety," balancing innovation with a supportive, accountable environment for team growth. Top36 Full

LC28. How are priorities helping - or hindering - wellbeing?

Leadership requires thoughtful attention and energy use. Focusing on the right priorities and maintaining a sustainable pace helps prevent burnout and supports long-term effectiveness. Full

LC31. How do you team members quickly get to know each other?

Ask your team members to draw their coats of arms on a flipchart. Divide the shield into four areas: background, personal life, professional challenge, and core beliefs. Full

LC32. How do you frame your individual learning goals?

Setting your learning goals is to define your development priorities. Delegate and let go of what is less needed. Stay focused and plan to avoid procrastination when developing key skills. Full

LC33. How to lead authentically and prioritize well-being for success?

Making assumptions visible helps reduce misunderstandings and supports clearer, more effective collaboration. Lite

LC34. How do you introduce yourself and avoid misunderstandings?

To reduce misunderstandings, share stories and ask. Questions when unsure, and use the JoHari window to be open and inquisitive about observations. Top36 Full 36

LC35. What is your burning, long-term, meaningful purpose?

Ikigai is about finding your True North, that essential purpose of living that will help you make choices in all aspects of life. Focusing on the four key areas is an effective way to enhance your leadership. Full

LC36. How do you seek the feedback needed for your development?

Seeking feedback is essential to personal development. It is especially important during big transitions like moving up the career stages of leading self, leading others, and leading business. Full

LC37. How do you fill the space and connect with your audience?

You must become both actor, director, and set-maker to get your message across in a way that truly connects with your audience. Using your voice, gestures, and space is key when presenting, whether to a few or thousands. Full

LC38. How do you engage and lead from a distance?

Leading from a remote location requires you to find new ways of being "screen worthy" - staying personal, relevant, engaged, and robustly available while constantly supporting your team in new ways of working. Full

LC39. What are the best tips to balance great work from home?

Working from home is about clarity, time, and space. Define and visualize where you are focused and to what extent you will welcome distractions from colleagues and family members. Full

LC41. How do you develop sustainable performance?

As you develop your team, you impart knowledge, coach through frustration, bolster self-confidence, and ultimately delegate tasks to motivated, skilled co-workers. Top36 Full 36

LC42. And The Answer Is...

A clear space helps refocus attention. Stepping back from distractions makes priorities surface, supporting more intentional and effective action. Top36 Lite 36

LC43. What do you use to compare market opportunities?

Regardless of your focus—global products, internal services, or perhaps career qualifications—a strategic offering requires both competitive comparison and internal evaluation. Full

LC44. What small step could move things forward right now?

Progress is often built through small, practical steps. Taking low-risk actions, learning from them, and adjusting helps maintain momentum and supports steady, sustainable improvement. Lite

LC45. How do you identify future opportunities and markets?

Start collecting reliable trends and leverage these to model future opportunities—not as a bi-annual event but as part of your ongoing leadership responsibilities. Overlay the trends to find intersecting markets. Full

LC46. How do you compare the incomparable across time and markets?

The differentiation canvas from "Blue Ocean Strategy" allows anything to be compared by simplifying the y-dimension to high and low. Connecting the dots creates unique value curves that show differentiation. Full

LC47. How do you influence change? And with whom?

To effectively lead change, target the right people and offer incentives for skill and motivation at all levels. You can focus on accelerating those lagging, as their momentum will be favorable. Top36 Full

LC48. How carefully do you plan your negotiation cycles?

Negotiation is a leadership discipline that taps into almost all other LeapCards - goals, boundaries, trust, stakeholders, escalation, conversation, listening, agreements, and appreciation. Full

LC50. How often do you reflect on your own life and leadership?

How do you see yourself, your leadership, opportunities, relations, and goals? And how often? LeapCard 50 is unique with its reflective surface, highlighting your perception of yourself and your surroundings. Full

LC51. How can leaders support shared success while balancing their role?

In uncertainty, sharing what you know—and what you don’t—helps build trust and clarity. It allows others to engage, adapt, and move forward with you. Lite

LC52. How do you support progress in uncertainty?

In uncertainty, leadership means offering direction and support, without needing full control. It helps others take steady steps, even when the path isn’t fully clear. Lite

LC53. What existing strengths can you build on to move forward?

"Appreciative Inquiry" is a four-step change management approach that leverages organizational strengths for positive outcomes. Full

LC57 - How much of a secure Base leader are you and what does it require?

This card introduces you to the concept of Secure Base Leadership, as designed by George Kohlerieser. It is about instilling trust and enhancing your team's potential to thrive. Full

LC58. How does your communication style affect trust?

Communication styles shape how trust is built. By understanding your natural approach—and adjusting to others—you can lead with more clarity, connection, and impact. Full

LC59. What styles or modes do we tend to use when dealing with conflicts of interests?

What happens when interests clash? How do you preferably and/or naturally react? This card helps you discover your mode and offers options on how to deal with conflicts of interest. Full

LC60. Do you respect and stop at the yellow lights in traffic?

Taking chances of understanding is especially dangerous when working across cultures. Assumptions may lead to unnecessary conflicts where respectful curiosity could have opened up for new experiences. Full

LC61. What are the key advantages of employing project control approaches?

Structured project management helps maintain focus and flexibility. Clear priorities, progress checks, and tools like MoSCoW and PDCA support effective decisions and steady delivery. Lite

LC62. How do you build trust and act with integrity?

Trust is essential for lasting leadership; followers must trust you, especially during major changes or cultural differences. It's crucial to understand yourself, others, and your field. Top36 Full

LC63. How can you measure the effect of training?

Measurements are the prerequisite of continuous improvement, and the best way to develop a robust budget is individually and as a learning organization. Lead behavior and business impact using simple visualization tools. Full

LC64. How do you close an important learning event?

As with pain, people remember meetings in peaks and valleys. You must reserve and protect the time for a meaningful wrap-up and smile. Proper closing involves taking time to learn, to improve, and to commit to new actions. Full

LC65. How do you offer and anchor personal commitments?

All development depends on clear goals and commitment, preferably in a public format that forces continued focus. Clearly define what you want and what you must let go of. Full

LC66. How to improve with 'Fuel vs. Friction' and 'innovation by reduction'?

Change happens through small, steady actions, not sudden campaigns. Leaders make change more sustainable and engaging by reducing friction, supporting progress, and celebrating small wins. Top36 Full

LC67. What comes first, new business or new culture?

Finding the right path to cultural change is essential for success. At times, new opportunities may recreate the culture, and vice versa. Leaders must model positive behavior to drive change. Full

LC71. How do you lead complexity?

Complexity is often a fine source of business opportunity, and knowing how to lead the three essential types is a critical competitive advantage. Accepting that systems have limits can benefit you. Full

LC72. How do you design full-fledged corporate programs?

Designing a development program starts with the imperative and current reason. After that, consider the target audience, read through the baseline up and down the hierarchy, topic content, delivery format, and economy. Full

LC73. What may help teams to break down silo thinking?

For a team to perform well, the members must become interdependent, trusting each other enough to give up on personal ideas (and egos). For an organization to build trust, teams must show care and break down silos. Full

LC74. Which new ways of working should your team consider?

A key to team performance is letting preferred individual behaviors automatically inform and update fellow team members. While this is easy in the office, it is more difficult when working remotely. Full

LC75. How are you applying BASIC leadership in practice?

Cultivate excellence with B.A.S.I.C. principles—Curiosity, Questions, Listening, Integration, and Action. Simplify leadership, lead by example, and prioritize relationships. Elevate your leadership journey. Lite

LC76. How do you continuously make the best decisions?

Working with a decision framework helps you prepare and make even better decisions, characterized by greater buy-in and fewer reversals. Top36 Full 36

LC77. What may the 4Ms of message, motivation, media, and manner do for you?

Use amber lights to test your opening. Then, proceed with the message, motivation, media, and manner for effective communication. Top36 Full 36

LC78. Are you matching your story to your message and audience?

Leaders should use storytelling, choosing from various story types ranging from factual evidence to future visions and metaphors, to emotionally connect with audiences. Top36 Full 36

LC80. How are you evolving knowledge into action?

Explore the transformative potential of knowledge by understanding the difference between explicit and tacit knowledge, the four conversion modes, and how they ignite innovation and growth. Lite

LC82. Are you focusing your energy where it makes the most impact?

Focus on what you can control and influence to lead more effectively. By letting go of distractions and engaging the right stakeholders, you can expand your impact and navigate challenges with greater clarity and purpose. Full

LC83. Are you setting change up to last?

Change succeeds when it’s structured and supported. Leaders can guide lasting transformation by building urgency, aligning key people, and maintaining momentum through clear actions and communication. Full

LC84. How to summarize the business model on a single page?

The business model canvas offers a comprehensive overview centered on your value proposition. Everything should be designed to support partners, activities, clients, and markets, all while managing costs. Full

LC85. What did the challenge reveal about your team’s problem-solving?

A challenge awaits leaders in training: build the tallest freestanding structure in 18 minutes. Hone problem-solving skills and collaborative prowess in this dynamic exercise of innovation and teamwork. Lite

LC86. How do you make thinking feel like doing?

Thinking beats planning and doing. Discovering and including all aspects in a mindmap may not only help you to a better overview, but it will also offer the tangible product that makes the thinking feel like doing. Full

LC90. What does the LeapCards Discovery Kit offer?

The LeapCards Discovery Kit provides essential leadership resources, including a Learning Journal, important LeapCards, online access, expert guidance, and certificates. Top36 Lite 36

LC91. Are you encouraging open, focused dialogue in your team?

This flexible tool helps leaders foster open dialogue, reduce siloed thinking, and strengthen team alignment. Lite

LC92. Are you actively leading both safety prevention and response?

A clear, practical guide to leading with safety in mind—balancing prevention with readiness for impact. Lite

LC93. What are the steps towards a strong safety culture?

Getting there requires deliberate engagement and accountability across five steps: pathological, reactive, calculative, proactive, and generative. Full

LC95. Where is remote working headed?

Working remotely has existed for more than a hundred years. The next decade will bring major advances in AR, VR, and remote presence technology. Full

LC96. How do you prepare and open an important online event?

First impressions count, and getting off to a good start is especially important when leading remote events and meetings. Reset your workspace, balance your views, and prepare to connect socially before speaking. Full

LC97. What is the essential where and how of remote leadership?

Meeting online requires rethinking how you conduct them, not just where. Many physical meeting rituals and processes may translate poorly to remote settings. Top36 Full 36

LC101. Where do you go for leadership insight and inspiration?

A guide to curated books, articles, and podcasts that support deeper leadership learning across print, digital, and audio formats.Top36 Lite 36

LC119. Are your decisions clear, aligned, and well-executed?

LeapCard 119 presents the Janssen Vaccine Decision Framework for guiding leaders in preparing, making, and implementing strategic decisions with a focus on alignment and social bias awareness. Lite

LC122. How can you prevent burnout and stay on top of work?

The card provides strategies for recognizing burnout, seeking help, managing workload, and prioritizing well-being. Lite

LC123. How does the framework categorize and approach organizational change?

LeapCard 123 outlines organizational change as planned or desired, differentiates structural vs. emergent complexities, and advocates for structured change management with cost-effective evaluation. Lite

LC124. How does it highlight the need to understand collaborative commitments?

LeapCard 124 illustrates the complexities of collaboration, from independent elements to integrated systems and varying partnership commitments, emphasizing understanding before involvement. Lite

LC125. What are some suggested ways to navigate a VUCA world?

LeapCard 125 provides leadership strategies for a VUCA² environment. Embrace challenges, simplify, leverage strengths, predict, and co-create. Full

LC142. How can a leader balance trust and control effectively?

Leadership is about balancing trust and control. Less micromanagement fosters a trusting environment, empowering teams to reach their full potential. Top36 Full 36

LC170. How does "Open Space" foster personal engagement in collaboration?

LeapCard 170 introduces "Open Space," a method for dynamic and self-directed group collaboration that prioritizes personal involvement and accountability. Lite

LC177. How does your leadership action plan impact you, your team, and the organization?

LeapCard 177 assists leaders in mapping development actions and their expected outcomes across multiple levels, promoting focused thinking on the desired changes and their impact. Lite

LC222. How effectively do you lead your teams? What kind of team player are you?

Based on what Patrick Lencioni has researched and developed, understand and (self-)assess how your work within your team, as a leader and as a member of them team. Full

LC232. How do we build a team that thrives on shared success?

Acceptance, Responsibility, and Togetherness are fundamental values for achieving high-performance teamwork and fostering innovation. Lite

LC241. How do you handle that overwhelming stress?

Learn how to get a grip on your physical and psychological elements to move out of stress and chaos into balanced decisions and relationships. Full

LC242. How can leaders foster psychological safety to boost team trust and innovation?

LeapCard 242 recommends cultivating psychological safety to boost team trust and engagement by fostering connection, vulnerability, open inquiry, and support. Lite

LC243. an intelligent toolbox to effectively organize complexity

With Sociocracy 3.0 (S3) you can bring in proven patterns that improve the effectiveness of large and complex organisations, teams and their projects. Full

LC251. If you are setting off on a journey, is it not helpful to have a Roadmap?

This LeapCard will guide you through the 8 steps of the project roadmap, ensuring a successful outcome. Full

LC252. Project Control Tools

This LeapCard provides guidance to help you steer your project and stay on course, even when receiving input from stakeholders. Full

LC253 - What helps you to give meaningful estimates of time and costs to key stakeholders

LC261. Are you handling retail with a global vision and an eye for detail?

Making retail a success englobes as a leader having a global vision and making the essential elements (customers, brand ambassadors = sales team, operations) of retail work together. Full

LC278. How can leaders inspire and connect through storytelling?

Effective leaders use storytelling that blends ethos, pathos, and logos to communicate engaging narratives that resonate with audiences. Lite

LC331. How can understanding internal voices improve leadership?

Reflect on your inner voices as bus passengers to make better decisions with Voice Dialogue. Enhance your leadership with this insightful exercise. Lite