Creating Your Leadership Voice

Happy Friday for Leadership Anywhere readers - a weekly newsletter on the future of leadership.?

Every week, there is a leadership challenge in which you can participate at your own pace. Every challenge defines the why, the what, and the how, providing context, possible wins, and replicable action steps.?

This week marks the first challenge: crafting your leadership voice online.

Let's dive in.

Why does your voice matter?

Leadership is inherently different online than it is offline.?

Your traditional signals for being a leader are out of the window online.?

There is no corner office on Slack nor a dedicated parking space.

You don't need to dress up for a Zoom meeting.

You can't pat the shoulders of team members when you walk the floor.

Online, you have only your presence.?

To be more philosophical, we are equally all just pixels on the screen.

So, how do you stand out as a leader?

How can you make your voice heard?

How can you describe your vision?

How can you transfer your mission??

We all know no one will follow you anymore because of your title.?

It is impeccable to create your voice.?

Share that voice.?

Get people around you.?

Unite them for the common cause.?

This week's challenge helps you to do just that.

What can you win or lose??

Let's start with the bad news.

It is easier to disappear online. It is easier to be unseen.?

In the office, everyone knew if you walked in.?

On Slack? Or, even worse, on your internal company hub?

If your team does not see you, you are not there for your team.

Your vision won't be clear for everyone.

No one will implement your company's mission.

No one will know what to expect from you or what you expect from them.

It's hard to build a high-performing team online if the leader is not present for them with a clear mission.?

The wins are the exact opposites.?

Your sound voice will give your team more clarity and alignment.?

Internally, you will have the opportunity to support, influence, and mentor your team.?

But it won't stop there.?

A leader who's active online with a solid presence will unlock an army of benefits:

• Clients, customers, new hires, and investors will all find you more easily.
• Other leaders will be more likely to network with you, leading to great learning experiences.
• The wider audience will supply you with more PR and partnership opportunities.

Oh wait, it still won't stop there.

From my personal experience, I can tell you that spending time finding and articulating your voice will be the best self-reflection exercise you can do professionally.?

Finding and sharing your voice will teach you a lot about yourself.?

It's a nuke for personal development.?

It is constant learning.?

It is ever-evolving self-development.

The most confident leaders out there are publicly sharing their journey.?

And confidence is contagious.?

Before discussing how and actionable steps you can take to find your voice, let's address an important point.

Most leadership development professionals and coaches usually tell you this: just start publishing online.?

It's because most of them never worked as leaders. I did.

While I agree that we need less thinking and more doing, I also believe that presence can be risky for leaders.?

Exposure can lead to miscommunication and misalignment. It literally can hurt your business and goals.?

So I always recommend this: spend some time figuring out your voice first, position yourself, and then do any action publicly. Work with that risk, don't ignore it.

Now that that's out of the way let's take the actual challenge and see what actionable steps you should take to find your voice.

How to find your voice? Five practical tasks you can do in a week.?

We are all busy, so I created this challenge to fit your schedule.?

It takes about 30-60 minutes every day to complete these tasks.?

It works like the gym. You do small reps every day.?

Total time investment is around 4-5hrs.?

The tasks are not interchangeable. They are built upon each other.

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The challenge and the details will go out tomorrow.

Every Saturday = new challenges for you.

See you there.

Peter

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