Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Pre-Course Introduction - The Unicorn Path

    • Course Tutorial / Demo

    • The Unicorn Path eBook Download

    • Welcome!

    • Introduction to Unicorns

    • Defining a Unicorn

    • Other Characteristics of a Unicorn

    • Course Introduction

    • What You Can Expect to Learn

    • Good Characteristics That Are Not Enough

    • Workbook Introduction

    • Scorecard Introduction

    • How to Use the Scorecard to Track Improvement

    • Scorecard Quiz (Pages 185-191 in The Unicorn Path)

    • Course Summary

    • Introduction Quiz

    • Our "Why"

    • Introduction Quiz #2

    • Discussion Board Use / Introductions

    • Zoom Meetings
  • 2

    Principle #1 "Walk the Path of Excellence" (Week 1)

    • Principle #1 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #1

    • What the Disengaged Do

    • You Are Your Own Best Investment

    • Perfection is the Enemy of Excellence

    • Surround Yourself With People Who Are Also Interested in Improving

    • Create Improvement Goals

    • Build a Plan With Your Employer

    • Create an Accountability Group

    • What Are You Reading?

    • Team Up With Your Peers

    • Build Your Network

    • Build a Scorecard

    • Example of a Student's Scorecard

    • Red Team

    • Get Feedback

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Principle #1 Summary

    • Principle #1 Quiz

    • Baseline - Where Are You Now?

  • 3

    Principles #2 "Purpose is a Superpower" & #3 "What You Commit to Gets Done" (Week 2)

    • Principal #2 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #2

    • What the Disengaged Do

    • Get a Big "Why"

    • Ant and Elephant

    • Simon Sinek

    • Vision Board

    • Upload Your Vision Board

    • Examples of Purpose

    • Mission and Vision

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Principle #2 Quiz

    • Principle #3 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #3

    • What the Disengaged Do

    • What You Commit to Gets Done

    • Commitment Hesitancy

    • Focus

    • Goals Are a Listing of Your Commitments

    • SMART Goals

    • Unicorn Additions to SMART Goals

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Principle #3 Summary

    • Principle #3 Quiz

    • Continue With the Workbook
  • 4

    Principles #4 "You Can Change, or You Can Stay the Same" & #5 "You Get What You Tolerate" (Week 3)

    • Principle #4 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #4

    • What the Disengaged Do

    • Know What You Are Up Against

    • Your Comfort Zone is Not Your Friend

    • Fear of Failure - Quiet Desperation

    • People Who Cannot Change Aren’t Bad

    • What Motivates Change

    • The Benefits of Change

    • Group Dynamics

    • Instant Gratification

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Principle #4 Summary

    • Principle #4 Quiz

    • Principle #5 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #5

    • What the Disengaged Do

    • Mediocrity Smells Bad, But You Get Used To It

    • Do Not Tolerate...

    • Loyalty 2.0

    • Purpose and Tolerance

    • Real Job Security

    • Always Be Looking

    • When to Jump Ship

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Principle #5 Summary

    • Principle #5 Quiz

    • Continue With the Workbook
  • 5

    Principles #6 "The Power of Love" & #7 "Clarity is King" (Week 4)

    • Principle #6 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #6

    • What the Disengaged Do

    • The Unicorn Version of Work Love

    • The Whys

    • The Hows

    • The Wheres

    • Ask These Questions

    • Other Considerations

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Principle #6 Summary

    • Principle #6 Quiz

    • Principle #7 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #7

    • What the Disengaged Do

    • Fine Dining

    • Role Clarity

    • Core Values Clarity

    • Inquiry Clarity

    • Mission and Vision Clarity

    • Feedback Clarity

    • Interruption Clarity

    • Career Clarity

    • Do Not Assume

    • The Value of Clarity

    • Principle #7 Quiz

    • Continue With the Workbook
  • 6

    Principle #8 "You Can Have Systems, or You Can Have Chaos" (Week 5)

    • Principle #8 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #8

    • What the Disengaged Do

    • It's Not a System if Others Can't Understand It

    • Align With Key Objectives

    • Documentation is Essential, Yet Not Enough

    • Systems Need to Live in Hearts and Minds

    • Systems Are Change

    • Systems Need To Be Dynamic

    • Systems Go Far Beyond Tasks

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Principle #8 Summary

    • Principle #8 Quiz

    • Continue With the Workbook
  • 7

    Principles #9 "Conflict is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage" & #10 "Change Your World With Communication" (Week 6)

    • Principle #9 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #9

    • What the Disengaged Do

    • Difficult Things Must Be Said

    • Create a System For Conflict

    • Resolve to be Great at Conflict

    • Start With Yourself

    • Get Help

    • Tempo

    • Persist

    • Publicize the Process

    • Celebrate Your Successes

    • Be Vulnerable

    • What to Tolerate

    • Tonality Matters

    • Focus on Being Effective

    • Be Courageous

    • Ask Permission

    • State Your Purpose

    • Avoid Criticizing

    • Understand the Next Steps

    • Clear the Air

    • Ground Rules

    • Passive-Aggressive Kills Culture

    • Pick Your Battles

    • Adjust to Your Audience

    • Not Everyone Wants to Play

    • Being Effective is More Important Than Being Right

    • Everybody Needs to Feel Better When it is Over

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Principle #9 Summary

    • Principle #9 Quiz

    • Principle #10 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction to Principle #10

    • What the Disengaged Does

    • It Starts with Body Language

    • Keys to Improve Body Language

    • Tonality is More Important that Words

    • Keys to Improving Your Tonality

    • Email, Texts, and Letters

    • Keys to Improving Your Written Communication

    • Make it About Them When You Talk

    • Keys to Improving Making it About Them

    • We Filter What We Say

    • Keys to Improving Your Listening

    • Keys to Strip Away Filters in your Speech

    • Keys to Improve Triggering Emotion via Communication

    • Emotion Compels Action

    • Compliments Matter

    • Story Telling

    • Use Committed Language

    • The More People Talk, the More They Tend to Like You

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Principle #10 Summary
  • 8

    Principle #11 Win as a Team (Week 7)

    • Principle #11 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction

    • What the Disengaged Does

    • Problems with Superman Mode

    • How Do You Eat an Elephant?

    • Make the Change

    • Nature vs. Nurture

    • Characteristics of Outstanding Teams and Teammates

    • Commitment

    • Clarity

    • Project Plan

    • Be Someone People Want to Help

    • Give More Than You Get

    • Practice Passionate Personal Accountability

    • Be Vulnerable

    • Trust

    • Make Others Better

    • Preach the Value of the Team

    • Tough Feedback is the Cornerstone of Improvement

    • Get Help

    • Dealing with Bad Teammates

    • Dealing with a Bad Culture

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Summary
  • 9

    Principle #12 The Less You Fear, the Better Your Life (Week 8)

    • Principle #12 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction

    • What the Disengaged Does

    • Fear of Failure

    • Redefine Winning and Losing

    • Systematize the Process

    • Fear of Rejection

    • Fear of Confrontation

    • Fear of Being Judged

    • Fear of Public Speaking

    • Fear of Being Taken Advantage Of

    • Recover Faster

    • Get Good at Breaking Up

    • Get Help

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Summary
  • 10

    Principle #13 Set Your Operating System on Effective (Week 9)

    • Principle #13 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction

    • What the Disengaged Does

    • EQ is More Valuable Than IQ

    • The Trained Crush the Naturals in EQ

    • Controlling Your Emotions

    • Feedback and Feelings - We Passionately Defend Our Position

    • When we Feel Slighted, we Pout or Close Down

    • We Declare Things to be Unfair

    • We Blame Others for our Problems

    • Perceiving and Evaluating Emotion in Others

    • Persuasion

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Summary
  • 11

    Principle #14 You Can’t be Good if you Aren’t Great (Week 10)

    • Principle #14 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction

    • What the Disengaged Does

    • A Happy Environment

    • Redefine Power

    • Forget About Quid Pro Quo

    • Give More Than You Get

    • The Battle Against the Disengaged

    • People do Business with People they Know, Like, and Trust

    • Build a System of Kindness

    • Authenticity

    • Say Sorry More Often

    • Empathy

    • Visualize the Future

    • Revenge is a Dish Best Served by Others

    • Get Help

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Summary
  • 12

    Principle #15 Tempo and Rhythm Matter in Business Too (Week 11)

    • Principle #15 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction

    • What the Disengaged Does

    • The Tortoise Never Beats a Unicorn

    • Be Fast in All Things

    • What Unicorn Fast Is

    • Using Rhythm to Change Your Career

    • Get Help

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Summary
  • 13

    Principle #16 Keep Score to Get More (Week 12)

    • Principle #16 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction

    • What the Disengaged Does

    • Characteristics of a Great Scoreboard

    • Your Scoreboard Does Not Need to be Fancy

    • Your Scoreboard Needs to be Simple

    • Choose Meaningful Numbers

    • Rise to the Challenge

    • It Needs to be Public

    • Constantly for Best Scoreboard Practices

    • Deploy Benchmarking Whenever Possible

    • Consider Using Surveys in your Scoring

    • Leave Space for a Narrative

    • Gamification

    • Get Better at Losing

    • Vulnerability

    • It Gets Easier With a Team

    • Competition

    • Get Help

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Summary
  • 14

    Principle #17 Everybody Says It - Prove It! (Week 13)

    • Principle #17 Audio Chapter

    • Introduction

    • What the Disengaged Does

    • The Workbook

    • Using the Unicorn Principles in Your Career Search

    • Find Your Job, Do Not Let the Job Find You

    • Why Do You Want to Work Here?

    • Rejection is Not Your Enemy

    • The Value of Scarcity

    • Summary
  • 15

    intro, pre course

    • Welcome!

    • Course Tutorial / Demo

    • unicorns

    • AB video buffer / book download / importance of teaming up

    • What do you wish to gain?
  • 16

    Week 1

    • why video Bart

    • AB buffer why discussion

    • purpose found / explainer

    • AB video vision board

    • create and post VB
  • 17

    week 2

    • try your purpose on for size AB video?

    • bart intro to goals

    • AB Buffer intro to goals

    • AB Video Do your goals align with your purpose?

    • commitment / action Bart video

    • Goal arrangement video SMART

    • AB video on Action steps toward goals
  • 18

    Week 3

    • Revisit purpose and goals (With video)

    • Bart video you can change etc. / tolerate

    • AB Buffer video improvement habits

    • Bart video fear

    • AB buffer video fear

    • weekly review / scorecard (1st time introduced make video)
  • 19

    Week 4

    • revisit purpose and goals

    • Bart video teaming up / win as a team

    • AB Buffer video teaming up

    • Bart video on feedback.

    • AB buffer video feedback

    • Bart video mentorship

    • AB video mentorship

    • weekly review / scorecard

  • 20

    Week 5

    • Revisit purpose and goals.

    • AB Video / intro to 1on1s

    • AB Video feedback systems

    • Bart video - Groups and orgs

    • AB Buffer video G & O

    • AB video reach out to mentor potentials

    • AB video revisit improvement habits

    • weekly review / scorecard

  • 21

    Week 6

    • Revisit purpose and goals, spreading joy

    • AB video gratitude

    • bart video - communication

    • AB Buffer video - communication

    • Bart video - clarity

    • AB Buffer video, clarity

    • weekly review / scorecard

  • 22

    Week 7

    • revisit purpose and goals, teaming up.

    • For those who have a job....AB video

    • Bart intro to conflict

    • AB video conflict

    • AB video revisit fear

    • AB video revisit gratitude

    • weekly review / scorecard

  • 23

    Week 8

    • revisit purpose and goals,

    • Bart video on RT

    • AB Video - RT, revisit feedback

    • AB video - revisit G&O

    • Bart, intro to effective principle 13,

    • AB video effectiveness / EQ

    • weekly review / scorecard

  • 24

    Week 9

    • revisit purpose and goals,

    • Bart - intro to tempo and rythym

    • AB video - tempo and rythym

    • AB video revisit improvement, communication

    • AB video revisit happiness / compliment challenge

    • AB revisit clarity

    • weekly review / scorecard