“Each person has tremendous potential. She or he alone can influence the lives of others within the communities, nations, within and beyond her or his own time.” – Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Laureate.
How consciously have you chosen your leadership style? Have you fallen into a style that is easier but not as effective? Leaders who influence, inspire and involve get rewarded with their team’s higher potential and a stronger performance.
Determine
We wouldn’t tell our kids to have low self belief, lack of confidence and to be stressed. Yet somehow we can inadvertently create this in the workplace. Determine the mindsets and behaviours that will empower and engage your team.
Galvanise
Just like all sports teams, everyone should have access to, and know what part they are playing, in the bigger picture. Galvanise your team by ensuring they play a proactive and public part to the overall vision.
Credit
Appreciate and acknowledge everyone’s contribution and strengths. A recent documentary about Raf Simons first haute couture collection, (haute couture being the most difficult, labour-intensive discipline in fashion,) highlighted how he involved every team member in the mammoth process. His purpose for this involvement was that it results in a much richer collection. (He also chose to give them the freedom to create. He says, “I want to respect the joy of chance.”)
Those who consciously choose what type of leader they want to be invariably get more out of their teams and have more control over the inflection points, the critical moments that occur during the leadership journey.
Why not check in on yourself and make sure you’re choosing to be the leader you would want for your team. (It goes without saying you can also choose what type of coach, peer or parent you want to be too!)