Leadership Digest – October

Welcome to the latest edition of our Leadership Digest newsletter, wrapping up all our activity from October.

Here are some of the highlights from the past month:

• FIGHTING IMPOSTER SYNDROME: A climate of psychological safety is vital if you want to create high-performing teams - but there are times when imposter syndrome can trample on psychological safety. 70% of us are likely to experience imposter syndrome at some point in our lives so this impact cannot be overstated. But in this post, Dave offers some tips on how to change the cycle of thinking.
• IS IGNORANCE BLISS? Want to know how to leave the imposter at the door and to show vulnerability without losing authority? Dave has developed a useful way to add value in discussions outside our usual areas of expertise which could seem daunting…
• HOW TO APPROACH COACHING: As this article highlights, a coaching mindset is valuable for good leaders, partly because it’s all about understanding ourselves and understanding the different perspectives of others. Matt explains more about how coaching allows emotional intelligence to come to the fore and why this helps produce high-performing teams.
• A FORCE FOR CHANGE: Those familiar with our leadership development courses will be well aware that our push:pull model of influence is an important anchor point for our programmes, which is why Matt was interested to read this article from the?World Economic Forum?about using push-pull techniques to ensure better buy-in from employees when managing change. Read Matt’s take on it and find out how to buck the trend of change failure in this earlier piece we wrote.

Need our help working with senior teams, or leading change? Looking to build on your leadership development plans this year? Contact Matt Eccles or Dr David Kearney for an informal chat about these or any of the topics above.

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