If you’re too scared to do these 5 things your leadership may be on life support
What you need to know…
Leaders must:
- Connect to their people and connect their team members with each other.
- Open to input from others, transparent, self-aware, and seek to understand themselves and others.
- Create a leader-leader culture, not a leader-follower culture of worker bees in a top-down hierarchy.
- Improve communication skills – “By far the best investment you can make is in yourself.” He added that investing in developing your communication skills — both in writing and in-person — “can increase your value by at least 50 percent.” -Warren Buffet
- Think of new ways to connect people virtually, as they would have done in-person.
Managers account for 70% of variance in employee engagement
What you need to know…
- Gallup has reported only 30% of U.S. employees are engaged at work, and a staggeringly low 13% worldwide are engaged.
- Most companies promote workers into managerial positions because of tenure or performance, rather than talent.
- Leaders use predictive analytics, talent assessments to offer a systemic, scientific method to finding those employees who have the natural talent to be great managers.
ABC’s of Leadership: Accountability, Belief and Capability
Gary Burnison CEO, Korn Ferry
Accountability: We must first be accountable to ourselves for our own behaviors
Belief: When we believe we can make a difference – then our actions will follow.
Capability: Listening, connecting, inspiring, giving and getting honest feedback, expanding networks and constantly looking for opportunities to learn.