‘It took me a while to find a leadership coach I wanted to work with, and I feel incredibly lucky to have come across Michael, who has the right mix between personable but professional and supportive but honest feedback. At first I knew there were areas I wanted to work on, but I couldn’t put my finger on what they were. Michael not only helped me identify these areas, but then grounded and rooted me in my own values, strengths and purpose which has helped realign me with my own goals and direction. “
Executive Leadership Coaching – Summar Hammam Testimonial
‘It took me a while to find a leadership coach I wanted to work with, and I feel incredibly lucky to have come across Michael, who has the right mix between personable but professional and supportive but honest feedback. At first I knew there were areas I wanted to work on, but I couldn’t put my finger on what they were. Michael not only helped me identify these areas, but then grounded and rooted me in my own values, strengths and purpose which has helped realign me with my own goals and direction. “
What Are The Best Leadership Assessment Tools?
What are the best leadership assessment tools to assist you in becoming a better leader? Understanding your strengths and areas of development as a leader is the first step.
Getting The Balance Right With Difficult Conversations
Getting the balance right with difficult conversations can take some effort. Confession time: Sometimes my explanations are nowhere near as good as the explanations of the leaders and managers I am working with.
That was the case yesterday.
The Emerging Leaders Program Workshop 8 was all about overcoming FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) in having a difficult conversation and not be overly empathetic to our team. The NICE acronym (Nothing In Me Cares Enough – To Pull You Up) was used / created, and I thought I had made a beautiful link between the feeling of uncomfortableness you experience in an aircraft varying pitch with the uncomfortableness of having a difficult conversation.
Then the truth bomb in the image was shared by one of the leaders I was working with.
If the FEAR and uncomfortableness of a conversation outweighs the benefits of having it, then it won’t happen. ? Simple yet highly effective!
So as leaders, we can increased our chances of having a meaningful, difficult conversation in two ways:
? Increase you thoughts on the perceived benefits of having the conversation (the benefit for the person, for you, for the business, for the team), and / or
? Decrease the fear and trepidation of having the conversation (it is real or imagined?, can you practise saying it with others)
A huge thank you to the leaders and Managers of the Emerging Leaders Program at Summer Foundation Ltd (in particular Alecia Rathbone and Joanne E Mear for the opportunity) – it has been a pleasure working and sharing with you this year – and really looking forward to the next workshops in 2022!
P.S. Great thought Nicholas K. – I hope the image did it justice.
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Talking Leadership With Jack Waddell From Own Your Success
I love to talk about leadership! It was a pleasure to chat with Jack Waddell from Own Your Success as part of the Own Your Success podcast series. There are so many things that a leader needs to be across and aware of, even before considering their own behaviour.
I was asked a relatively simple question – what is the most important leadership trait that a leader can possess right now? ?
Of course – the answer could have been Vision, Purpose, Integrity, Professionalism or Responsibility. It could have been Humility, Empathy, Teamwork, Communication or Confidence. Any of those are important traits for a leader.
At this moment though, my most important leadership trait – CURIOSITY.
I know, this isn’t normally at the top of the list of leadership qualities. Who are we kidding, it isn’t normally on the list of the top 25 traits!
If you have the time, take a moment to hear why on the podcast, and why I believe CURIOSITY is a base behaviour for so many other important leadership qualities (like Purpose, Communication, Empathy and Responsibility) that are needed for 2021 / 2022.
To listen to the podcast, click HERE or on the Image below
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Executive Leadership Coaching – Stuart Smith Testimonial
‘It took me a while to find a leadership coach I wanted to work with, and I feel incredibly lucky to have come across Michael, who has the right mix between personable but professional and supportive but honest feedback. At first I knew there were areas I wanted to work on, but I couldn’t put my finger on what they were. Michael not only helped me identify these areas, but then grounded and rooted me in my own values, strengths and purpose which has helped realign me with my own goals and direction. “