If we are to create great corporate culture, we need strong leadership empathy. Focus on others is a fundamental starting point! But we can make many mistakes. Here we debunk a few myths and share critical leadership skills.
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What does it mean to be inspiring in your leadership?
As leaders, one of our responsibilities is to uplift others. Many of us feel the pressure to be ‘inspiring’. To be the leader others want to follow. To be the leader everyone admires and respects. The impostor syndrome often kicks in at this point. Who am I to be inspiring? We don’t need to crawl up Mount Everest wearing a blindfold and carrying a camel to be inspiring. Here are three secrets to being inspiring.
Read MoreBrave leadership - for the people
Leadership can be a real poke in the eye. We carry responsibility and accountability, sandwiched between expectations and reality. Confronting the brutal facts is not for the faint of heart! We need to learn to be brave - not just for ourselves, but for others. Discover how howling near naked in the rain can harness your inner Warrior!
Read MoreLeadership under pressure and facing up to fears
We’ve been pretty good lately at catastrophising. The media has us spellbound, doom scrolling through the news. We imagine the worst, and get stuck freaking out about it. The worst may indeed happen. Better to imagine it happening, rather than look on fear struck and paralysed. Welcome to ‘fear setting’.
Read MoreHow to spot the Firebug - One of the Four Devils of People Stuff
Let’s face it, we’re not always at our best. There are times when tempers fray, jealousy flares, irritation settles under the skin like shingles. If we are to move away from the worst part of us, we need to be able to spot the devils when they appear.
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Read MoreLeadership self-care for surviving the hard decisions
Every leader everywhere is making hard decisions in the face of uncertainty. No one wants to deliver bad news that puts people in an even harder situation. Yet, this is what is happening. It’s a tough burden to carry. Let’s take stock of what can help.
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Read MoreA leadership mindset is overrated
Mindset is all the rage; growth mindset vs fixed mindset, start up mindset, fail forward fast mindset. It’s rubbish! Mindset is a by-product, not a starting point. Stop trying to fix your mindset!
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Read MoreEveryone emotes - feelings and their role in leadership
Do you blow up or shut down? Are you icy, hot, cold, or warm? It’s amazing how emotions have a huge impact on our working lives, and especially on those around us. There are two things that drive our emotional self mastery: our ability to feel emotions in a healthy and productive way, and our ability to express them that does not have people running for the hills. Which are you?
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Read MoreDo this one thing to be better at the people stuff
Why don’t they just get on and do their job? People stuff can be exasperating. Life would be so much easier if people just do what they’re told, to the level as expected, in a time frame that fits expectations. How often does this happen? Not often enough for people leaders to feel at ease with their direct reports.
It’s sad case of PICNIC - Problem In Chair, Not In Colleague. Any people problem should start with a solid look at oneself first. Thankfully there is a fundamental that you can turn to every time: read the manual.
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Read MoreSelf-awareness is a leadership strength
Some people are best avoided! The emotional tirades, the grim simmering negativity, the nastiness. But what if we are the one bringing in the dark clouds? What if people are avoiding US?
What is lack of emotional intelligence
How technology can increase self awareness
Not letting other people ruin your day with this simple strategy
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