Category: Leadership
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What do you worry about most?
Have you ever asked your team what they worry about most? If you do, you will probably be able to help them – and thats your role as a leader after all, isnt it?
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Please, help me improve
That should be a sentence leaders ask to their teams all of the time. Signaling that you work for them, and need their help and feedback to do better is a powerful cultural signal. It shows you care, and you will listen and act.
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Hybrid work – a warning
When you have some workers in the office, and others remote you have to, must , double down on communication. When those working remote have less information and knowledge than those inside the four walls of the office then the game is lost. The imbalance that arises will impact everything, from performance to promotions –…
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Learn people’s names
This is a critical step for a leader who wants to foster a culture of belonging. The name of someone is the most precious sound to them, learn the names and get them right. And, you will see, that people feel part of the team, have a sense of belonging and thus will do better…
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Empathy
Empathy is a confusing and often misunderstood theme. But, we can boil it down very simply: Empathy is demonstrating that you understand someone else’s view, situation and needs. It doesn’t mean you have to agree or be sympathetic.
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New Manager Thinking
A great way to generate new ideas and push the boundaries is to apply “new manager thinking”. Imagine you were replaced by someone new tomorrow, what would THEY do – what would they do differently, what would they try, what new things would they introduce. This mentality can open up your boundaries.
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Busy is the new stupid
Leaders need time – time to think, time to plan, time to be with the team, time to develop, time to reflect, time to recharge. Don’t fall into the trap of meetings and conferences and busyness.
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Do you know your people as individuals?
The true mark of a great leader is knowing your people, as individuals. Really, knowing them in depth. Are they going through something? What are their motivations? What does the company mean to them? When you know this, you will be able to tailor solutions and things directly to them. You may not get it…
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Time Off
The worst types of bosses punish time off, but the best kinds of bosses grant and encourage time off. Thats because whilst the bad see time off as a lack of willingness to work, a lack of fight for the cause, the best understand that time off is actually the greatest source and fountain of…