What is REALLY happening in teams?

WARNING: once you read these insights you become accountable for what you decide to do with this information.

I asked 100 leaders in 100 organisations about their interactions with their teams.

The results reveal a picture which I have had a hunch about for years.

I had to ask

I was working for a utility about 10 years ago. I asked the leaders how good they were at communicating. And 97% of them said they were good or excellent.

So I asked their employees what they thought and their teams said their leaders sucked.

Yikes.

Fast forward ten years.

I recently asked 100 leaders in 100 organisations about their leadership capability, their interactions and conversations with their teams. The results show a picture of good intentions that aren't being met with action.

My Better Leaders Insight Report is summarised below. But if you want the full report then click here and access all of my FREE RESOURCES instantly.

SNAPSHOT OF THE RESULTS

1.Together, but still disconnected.

Most leaders spend 1 or 2 days each week in the office with their team: lots of potential to inspire and engage.

Despite the proximity to their teams, many leaders are still not having the basic conversations needed to drive performance and engagement. They are missing moments that matter. A real blunder of the return to the office has been a failure to maximise time together hasnt it?

Proximity doesnt equal productivity.

2. High confidence but lacking feedback.

Most leaders are confident in their leadership capability and rate themselves as great leaders. Infact 86% of leaders scored themselves 7 or more out of 10.

Then I saw that most leaders said they don’t get performance feedback. Which led me to be even more curious of the above score.

Consequently, more than half (56% of leaders) don’t have a plan to improve their capability or performance because they feel they are doing a great job.

But are they?

3. Tools yes but lack of skills to use them

Managers say they have the tools and knowledge to have and hold leader/employee conversations with their teams.

BUT....only 26% of leaders said they can easily explain their business strategy and or translate it for their team.

Consequently, many managers also say that their employees don’t understand their vision, how their team fits in or how to make their contribution.

There is so much to learn from this data. It goes beyond any engagement survey. It is must read material for senior leadership teams and every peope and culture team.

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The gap between intention and action is so much bigger than I imagined.

The report goes into more details about what leaders are meant to do, what they feel able to. Compared to what they are actually doing.

The gap between intention and action is so much greater than I had ever thought.

Do you know what is REALLY going on in your teams?

This report gives a flavour based on 100 leaders in 100 businesses. But I also include a recipe to help leaders, teams and businesses to GET BETTER.

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If you want to discuss how you get under the bonet of whats happening in your team then email me at [email protected]

Paul Matthews helps leaders and teams get better. He helps them lift impact, trust and results by having more powerful conversations. He is a coach, speaker and facilitator, a best selling author and expert on leadership conversations.

Lear more at www.paulmatthews.com.au