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You might think of them as courses. We call them Leadership Workouts. Members of the Leadership Gym have access to all of these leadership development resources, as well as live coaching and Q&A sessions, a members' forum and more. Discover the benefits of membership for yourself, your leadership and your organization today, all backed by a risk-free guarantee.
When people are working together, conflict is bound to happen. Having a process in place for resolving it as quickly as possible is necessary so the conflict doesn’t grow and consume every aspect of your world.
If you feel that you’re not bringing the right talent to your team, you can start now by making sure you’re asking the kind of questions that will help you uncover the ability and true potential of your candidates.
As you begin to speak to someone who isn’t performing at their best, keep in mind that you’re looking for evidence of alignment, engagement, and forward movement from this conversation.
Leading remotely is different. And what makes it different boils down to proximity. We are no longer within speaking distance of our colleagues and team members. But this doesn’t have to impede on your ability to lead well.
The fact is, telling people what you think of their performance doesn’t help them thrive and excel. And telling them how you think they should improve hinders learning and doesn’t help them to improve.
As you move into a new leadership role, or if you’re starting to rethink the way you’ve been leading, focus on laying a groundwork first, before jumping in and implementing change full force. It’s important to slow down, define success, listen, and learn as you familiarize yourself with your new leadership role.
A short 3-part leadership course that will help you think differently about coaching and developing others. Access to each session will be emailed to you, and you can watch them on your own schedule.
Your success profile will serve as a starting point and a guide when filling an open role. This gives you a very clear target to aim for, instead of relying on your gut instinct or experiences from past employees when hiring a new person.
Having a vision in your organization allows others to contribute to it in a way that increases engagement. When your team has a set vision in mind they can spend less time focusing on roadblocks, and instead concentrate on the final destination ahead.
Do you want a compliant or a committed team? Your team is shaped over time by the way you operate. Until you put in the work to get the type of team you want to build, you won’t make progress toward making that a reality.
Most of the models we use to assess performance and potential, especially for management, were developed long ago during a time when work was very different. The work itself was different, the goals were different, the environment was different, the communication was different.
To create accountability in any group or even any individual, we have to first define it in a way that we can execute against. What we know is that wishing our team or kids were more accountable isn’t all that helpful.
It’s important to remember, as leaders, that people will not resist change done with them. They will resist change done to them. If authority is used to cause change, you will increase resistance. However, using influence that allows others to make choices related to the change, will encourage them to move towards it.
The Coaching Process is a multi-part exercise that you can explore step by step as time allows. Topics include the five steps of the coaching process: Future State, Ignition, Change, Plan, and Support.
Thoughts drive our actions, and actions lead to results. Proactive coaching begins with thoughts and is focused on setting others up for success instead of reacting to their results. You can use proactive coaching to help others focus on moving toward their definition of success or something they care about ....
Leadership is about changing the future for ourselves and others, and we can use all of these tools to create insights for ourselves and build an entirely new set of possibilities. We can also change the future for others by interacting with them in ways that help them find their own insights.
As you start to set your own goals and help others create theirs, remember, you can’t successfully set goals for someone else. Find the common ground between your idea of success for them, and the things they genuinely care about, and the business will see the positive results.
Times can get tough and we all go through rough patches. How do you get back to where you want to be and make a greater impact as a leader? Preparing for when you find yourself in a ditch, not if you find yourself there, is key to recovering quickly and becoming resilient.
We do not have to wait until our world is perfect to lead others, we would likely never get started if that were the case, but we can work on our ability to lead ourselves and others at the same time. They are very similar paths and that makes it easier to walk both at the same time. What we learn on one, we can apply to the other.
If a leader can build a consistent approach as they coach and lead others, that helps people shift their behavior more completely and sustainably in ways that help them become more successful, then they have a tremendous opportunity to lead at a level that few people can even get close to.
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