Leadership Manifesto

As we come to the final weeks of 2021, I've been thinking a lot about the year gone by and taking stock of what worked for the leaders I coached and what hasn't. It's got me thinking about a Leadership Manifesto of sorts.?

Here's your leadership behaviour, action and coaching question ...?

Taking Action

To what extent do I: Believe I've grown as a leader this year > 1 --- 2 --- 3 --- 4 --- 5 < Great

Here’s my Be A Better Leader Manifesto:

Choose curiosity over fear: When fear is the primary motivator, we infrequently get what we want. Lead with curiosity and the results will follow.?

Be present and exude presence: There have been eons of research on this, those with the best presence make everyone else around them feel great. From Muhammed Ali to Dalai Lama, this is a hallmark of developing as a leader.

Stop motivating and start listening: You are not a driver of KPIs as much as you think you are; you’re a support network. You’re measured on how you get results via others.?

Respect others every day: Say hello. Be compassionate. Listen to understand.

Command less and coach more: As new generations rise up in the workplace and want different elements from work, command, and control will naturally erode. Are you ready for that?

Look beyond the numbers: “What’s measured is what matters” is a frequent refrain from the executive suite. Makes perfect sense — but it often leaves a lot of crucially-important soft skills on the table.

Advocate for your team (and yourself): Otherwise, why are you leading at all?

Hire and fire for character: It’s hard to turn character into a series of metrics, but remember the measure of a (wo)man quote from Martin Luther King??

It went: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

Coaching Question

What is one way I want to improve my leadership in 2022??

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