Are others confident in your leadership?

Having confidence in your own leadership skill is one thing – but do others have confidence in your leadership? Don’t assume everyone holds your leadership in high esteem just because you have a leadership title, or you think you are highly skilled in your role.

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Confidence in organisational leadership is a key requirement for success and high performance. Here is how you can help others grow their confidence in you as their leader (how do you rate?):

1. Use the right body language: Good posture, eye contact, firm handshakes and clear audible speech is essential to engender confidence in your as a leader.
2. Be mindfully present: ?Stop and listen intently when someone is talking, smile, nod and resist the urge to let your mind wander to your ‘to do’ list. A distracted boss is definitely a confidence killer.
3. Be calm and consistent: Keep things in perspective and resist the urge to lash out or panic. Keep the big picture in mind and don’t change plans unless there is a well-considered reason. Being reactive or erratic undermines confidence in your leadership.
4. Stay energetic and upbeat: Be active and realistically optimistic – it’s contagious and creates a positive atmosphere! No one feels confident working for a leader who is low on energy, procrastinates or is negative.
5. Address the elephant in the room: Be courageous and address uncomfortable issues. If uncomfortable issues are not addressed, people gossip and may view you as weak for not acting on it. Never pretend something big hasn’t happened or ‘hope’ that your employees don’t know about it – you end up looking rather silly.
6. Never belittle others: When team members see a leader belittle another person, it’s an eye opening experience. It says far more about the leader than anyone else. It makes people nervous and wonder ‘am I next’?.
7. Know your stuff (or say you don’t): Make sure you are highly skilled in your field of responsibility and stay up to date. If something comes up that you feel it is beyond your expertise, don’t pretend that you know it all. Ask your team for help or go outside your team to look for answers. People can see through a pretender.
8. Communicate the right thing to the right people at the right time: Be proactive and keep your team well informed about issues that affect them. Respond to emails in a timely way, take phone calls and be accessible. Never be too busy to communicate when it is needed.
9. Make sure they know they are ‘on your team’: Don’t have your team guessing whether you value them or not. Talk to them and notice what they are doing. Tell them you respect and and rely on them. Give them positive feedback and say thank you. Don't be one of those leaders that only talk to their team when something is wrong!

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