An often overlooked aspect of leadership
Eve Vlemincx
Strategic (Law Firm) Advisor | Lawyer | Stanford GSB Facilitator | Harvard Business Review Advisor | Women in Law 2024 & 2025 | Leadership - Innovation | 50 < 50 NYJ'23 | Speaker
Hello Leaders & Learners,
Welcome back to a new issue of Rethink: Eve's Brainbits.
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I received numerous questions about leadership development, so this episode will focus on an often overlooked aspect of leadership. Are you curious?
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While we commonly associate leadership development with learning new skills and expertise—which is undeniably crucial—we should not ignore another critical facet:
What should we stop doing?
Managers, especially those in senior positions, possess a wealth of knowledge, skills, and experience. Yet, within this lies untapped potential for improvement: the opportunity to relinquish certain habits, mindsets, or actions that might hinder their team's progress.
What if the essence of better leadership, enhanced team performance, and overall a better work environment isn’t just about adopting new behaviors, but also about shedding old habits?
Your call to action
What is one thing you could stop doing that would significantly benefit your team?
It could be tendencies to micromanage, reluctance to delegate, the habit of consistently directing without granting autonomy, or always needing the final say.
Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
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Creating an environment for growth involves unlearning, letting go, and making space for new possibilities.
It's about recognizing that leadership involves knowing when to step back, relinquish control, and empower your team to flourish.
Sometimes learning begins with unlearning.
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1 年Great reminder! We all have habits and behaviours that served us well but at some point we must unlearn in order to move forward.
Leadership Development and Coach | Doctor of Education - EdD
1 年Appreciate your post! Unlearning is a positive goal post for leader to consider their space to transform and model for the team that life long learning is critical to being our best!
National mediator, consultant, speaker, author
1 年Thank you Eve Vlemincx great counsel. Your brain bits remind me that a full plate is best addressed by removing something intentionally rather than adding something that causes something randomly to fall off.
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1 年Interesting thoughts Eve! The one thing that senior executives should stop doing is believing that they are the smartest people in the team. Stop resolving all challenges yourself, but challenge your team (and beyond) to do so. This is a mindset thing. Because you have been promoted one step more than your subordinates, that doesn’t mean you know everything better. Most likely not. This also takes out initiatives from others.