Leading yourself means being aware of your strengths and areas of opportunity. It means being honest with yourself about who you are and what you are capable of. Only when you have a strong sense of self-awareness can you begin to lead others authentically and effectively.
Leadership is not a rank. It's an approach. Leadership is not about making people do things. It's about the ability to inspire them to do something. Being a leader today means having the knowledge, skills, competence, and understanding of engaging, motivating, and managing people.
It is never too late to fix a failing leader. Pay attention to the signs that indicate leadership failure. Help your leaders transform their leadership style into something healthy, beneficial, and fulfilling for the people they are there to serve.
Every day presents a new opportunity to become a selfish leader. You have to be strategic, focused, and committed to habits that support your goals, health, and learning mindset. Doing so requires you to know when to be selfish.
As a manager, you can’t let the fear of disappointing someone stop you from helping them grow. You may not look forward to having difficult conversations, but remember it is your responsibility to remain honest with low performers. Turning around a low performer and watching them climb the career ladder is one of the most rewarding experiences a manager can have.
Ultimately, psychological safety and having employees feel free to speak up improves the effectiveness of the organization. Give employees the confidence they need to be honest and forthright with challenges, problems, mistakes, and new ideas. Create psychological safety at work with these tips.
Assuming positive intent is the ultimate productivity driver. When positive intent is absent, trust disintegrates. Without assuming positive intent, people begin to make up stories about their coworkers’ motives, agendas, and driving intents. Allies turn to enemies. Productivity and camaraderie … Read more
Start by caring and taking things more personally. Keep the circle of influence and the circle of concern in mind the next time something goes wrong at work. Resist the temptation to blame your employees or your organization.
Does your management team lack leadership skills? Poor leadership causes as much as 32 percent of an organization’s involuntary turnover. Most front-line managers in leadership roles lack critical skills, and that is hurting your business. They don’t know how to … Read more
Leadership has nothing to do with rank or authority. Many people sit at high levels of organizations who are not leaders. We do as they tell us because they have authority over us, but we would not follow them. However, … Read more
As we begin our journey into 2021, there is hope that things will improve from 2020. I am sure they will but not as quickly as we would like. The world is still dealing with the pandemic. The economy is … Read more
Inclusive leadership is a critical capability to leverage within all levels of management. It helps diversity and inclusion initiatives be more successful because they can actively guide others and vigorously challenge the status quo. Today’s workforce is increasingly operating in diverse markets, with diverse customers and diverse talent, which requires a more inclusive leadership style.
A diverse workplace does not equate to an inclusive one. This strategy fosters long-lasting diversity and inclusion within your culture.
People all over the world are starving for better leadership. Demand for more inclusive leadership continues to gain momentum. Simultaneously, the “masculine” way of leadership is falling more and more out of style. Male leaders themselves aren’t the problem. It … Read more