Most Managers Want to Do a Good Job…
But look at any underperforming team and you’ll usually see the same things:
…People wait to be told what to do.
…They stop bringing new ideas.
…Accountability becomes a constant battle.
…Trust starts to erode.
And eventually, your best people leave.
Most managers think this is a motivation problem. It isn’t.
It is usually a leadership habit problem.
Not because managers don’t care. Not because they lack experience or effort.
But because of this:
Nobody ever gave them a simple list of the important
small behaviors that make people want to stay.
As a result, many managers end the week feeling frustrated.
They carry what I call the “ANGRY 11”, those two wrinkles between the eyebrows that show up when you’re tired of repeating yourself, chasing accountability, and wondering why the team isn’t more engaged.
You don’t get an “Angry 11” from one bad day.
You get it from months of carrying problems you never fully addressed.
That is exactly why I created the Sticky 11.
A simple five-minute Friday ritual. A short, leadership checklist of eleven habits that help people feel valued, trusted, and connected to the team.
A Five-Minute Friday Ritual for Building
Teams That People Don’t Want to Leave
Get the Free Printable Checklist
Keep It Where You Will See It.
Click below, then enter your name and email to get instant access to the free printable Sticky 11 checklist. Eleven research based habits, pulled from my four books on leadership and teamwork.
Simple weekly actions that build trust, ownership, and a culture people do not want to leave. Print one to keep on your desk, in your notebook, or taped to your wall.
Use it every Friday and watch what happens…
A Leadership Checklist You Actually Use
Most leadership advice is a book you read once and shelve.
A book on a shelf changes nothing.
A checklist opened every Friday for a year changes everything.
The Sticky 11 is a weekly leadership checklist built from twenty years of coaching teams and four books on culture and teamwork. It is not another framework to memorize.
It is eleven simple research based habits you run through in five minutes every Friday afternoon, before you leave for the weekend.
Here is why it works. Every leader knows the things that build a strong team culture. Clear priorities. Real conversations. Following up on what you promised.
The problem is never knowledge.
The problem is that a busy week buries all of it.
The checklist keeps the habits in front of you so they don’t get lost in the noise.
A leader who runs this every Friday and averages five out of eleven is running circles around the leader who never thinks about their people at all.
Progress is the point.
You are trying to be a little better this Friday than you were last Friday.
That is how sticky culture gets built.
The full story behind the eleven habits is in the book, The Sticky 11.
The Eleven Weekly Leadership Habits
Every Friday, you answer eleven honest questions and mark the ones you pulled off. Then you pick one to focus on more the next week.
The first two set the tone for the whole list…
Priority clarity. Everyone on your team knows the one thing that matters most this week.
Remove one obstacle. You clear a single thing that is slowing your people down.
From there the list moves into the habits that quietly decide whether people stay.
The teammate who has gone silent.
The agreement that is about to slip or already causing issues.
The conversation you have been avoiding.
The person whose growth you keep meaning to invest in.
Eleven habits. Each one pulled from twenty years of coaching teams and four books on culture. Each one backed by research on what actually drives team results and retention.
The research is consistent on one thing. Knowing what good leadership looks like is not the problem. Doing it every week is.
That gap is exactly what these eleven habits close.
Why Only Eleven?
There are way more than eleven good ideas across my four books.
So why eleven?
Because a leader on a Friday afternoon does not need a library, you need a shortlist.
These are the weekly moves research keeps pointing back to for the two things every leader wants: culture that produces results, and people who stay.
Master these eleven, and the rest of what is in the books gets easier.
Five minutes. Once a week. That is the entire operating system.
Download the printable above and use it this Friday.
Who Built This?
Hello, I’m Sean Glaze.
I spent twenty years as a basketball coach turning around underperforming teams before founding Great Results Teambuilding. Now I help leaders build cultures that win, through keynotes, team building events, and coaching.
I have delivered programs for Cisco, John Deere, the CDC, Emory University, Ecolab, Southern Company, and CBRE, and written many books on leadership and teamwork, including Rapid Teamwork, The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates, Staying Coachable, and What Effective Leaders DO.
The Sticky 11 pulls the most practical habits from those books into one weekly checklist.
It is the operating system I wish I had handed every leader I ever coached.
What Leaders Say About Working With Sean
“Weeks after the event, our managers are still talking about it. You helped create a better understanding of why our teammates do what they do.”
Renee Silvey, HR Manager
Atlanta Women’s Healthcare Specialists
“It was an absolute honor working with Sean. He was extremely professional in customizing and delivering his message, and the audience was totally engaged.”
– Bronwyn Justice
Accounting Supervisor CBRE
Who is the Sticky 11 Leadership Checklist For?
This is for you if you lead people and want them to stay and give their best.
It is a GREAT tool for the following people and situations:
- Newly promoted managers who were never taught to lead people
- Experienced leaders who want a simple way to stay consistent
- Business owners carrying a team on top of everything else
- HR leaders looking for a tool their managers will actually use
- School and district administrators leading staff, not just students
Why a Weekly Ritual Beats Another Training
U.S. companies spent $102.8 billion on training last year.
Harvard Business Review says most of it doesn’t work. Gartner found people apply only about half of what they learn.
A workshop, a retreat, a keynote, and then everyone goes back to the same Monday.
I speak at those events for a living, so I am not knocking them. A great event creates awareness. But awareness fades in about a week unless something turns it into a habit. That is the gap the Sticky 11 fills. It is the simple, repeatable ritual that keeps the good intentions from an event alive fifty two weeks a year.
Think about how you got good at anything. Not from one perfect performance. From reps. A weekly leadership checklist is reps for your culture. The same small effort, chosen again and again, until it becomes who you are and your team cannot name exactly what changed. They just know they do not want to leave.
That is what sticky feels like from the inside. And it does not come from a binder.
It comes from five minutes every Friday.
The Book Behind the Checklist
The printable gives you the ritual.
The book gives you the reasoning behind it.
The Sticky 11 walks through the research-based findings why each of the eleven habits matters, what it looks like in the real world, and how to turn five minutes every Friday into a culture your team does not want to leave.
Now Available in paperback and Kindle.
So, What’s Inside The Sticky 11 Book?
- A “Real World” story for every habit — each one opens with a business scenario you’ll recognize, so you see the habit in action before you’re asked to try it. Not theory. Situations you’ve actually lived.
- The research behind why each habit works — a “Why This Works” breakdown for every chapter, grounded in named sources, so you can trust the ritual and explain it to your own team.
- The Friday ritual system — the five-minute weekly rhythm that ties all eleven habits together into one operating system, plus exactly how to run it without adding another meeting to your calendar.
- A guide to using the checklist — how to work the list week to week, why you chase a full eleven instead of an “angry eleven,” and how to give yourself grace on the weeks you only hit nine.
- The “give yourself grace” framework — permission and a method for progress over perfection, so the ritual survives your busy weeks instead of dying in month two.
- The synthesis of four books — the best of Rapid Teamwork, The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates, Staying Coachable, and What Effective Leaders DO, distilled into one weekly practice.
Get The Sticky 11 Book Today
The checklist gets you started this Friday.
The book is what makes it stick.
If you want the real world stories, the research, and the reasoning behind all eleven habits, grab a copy. It is a short read on purpose.
You can finish it in an afternoon and start using it this Friday
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Questions About the Checklist Download?
Is this really free?
Yes. The printable checklist is free. Enter your name and email and it is yours.
How long does it take to use?
Five minutes, once a week, every Friday afternoon.
Will it work for a remote or hybrid team?
Yes. The habits are about attention and follow through, not being in the same room. A remote leader may need it more, not less.
Is this another personality assessment?
No. There is nothing to score and no test to take. It is eleven simple actions you either did or did not do this week – and a valuable reminder of what to give attention to the following week.
What happens after I download it?
You get the printable right away, plus an occasional short leadership email from me every month or two. (You can unsubscribe anytime)
Do I need the book to use the checklist?
No. But the book goes much deeper with reasoning that explains why each habit is important to implement and how it works.
You Can Start This Friday
You do not need a new system, a new app, or a new title to be a better leader.
You need five minutes and eleven honest questions. Download the free Sticky 11 checklist, put it where you will see it, and run it this Friday.
