See Potential in Others

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As a leader, you have the ability to see potential in people who don't even know they have it. This takes reflection, humility, and a willingness to see past flaws and opinions. Encourage your direct reports to problem solve and share praise when possible. As you do this, you could create a powerhouse of a team.

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Are you and your team delivering activities instead of results? Are the results the right ones?

Do you practice the principle that, with people, slow is fast and fast is slow?

Effective leaders create systems that make it easier to achieve results. When was the last time you did a “systems check”?

Are your people as forthcoming with bad news and negative feedback as they are with good news and positive feedback?

Are the efforts of your team members moving your goals forward? How can you make it easier for them to do so?

When was the last time you gossiped or disparaged someone behind their back?

When was the last time you technically told the truth, but left a misleading impression?

Have you avoided a difficult conversation and inadvertently caused the situation to worsen?

Do you dedicate your time to the activities that will yield the most impactful results on the organization and your team’s mission?

Do you spend as much time celebrating the achievement of goals as you do setting them?

Our paradigms are perhaps the most powerful tools we have in how we interact with others.

Listening often requires a generous gift of time and attention to forget about your own needs and focus intently on someone else’s.

Are you listening to understand? Listen to the other person to fully understand their point of view. Step our of your story and into learner mode to enhance your understanding.

Positive feedback is an important way to reinforce great work and build a culture where people feel respected and appreciated. Whereas Instructive feedback is essential for helping improve performance

How do you build other leaders? Use this coaching framework to help team members address performance issues, solve problems, and develop career opportunities.

Capable people and organizations inspire confidence. Capability is your capacity to achieve results and includes your talents, attitudes, skills, knowledge, and style.

Intent is your fundamental motive or agenda and the behavior that follows. It can be broken down and examined in these categories.

Integrity is deep honesty and truthfulness. It is who you really are. To have high integrity, you need to have congruence, humility, and courage.

There are 4 roles every leader needs to play to become truly effective.

Asking questions is a great way to clarify confusing situations. If there are changes happening to the company or if a coworker does something that you don't understand, don't be afraid to ask why.