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Lifezone Training Newsletter Nov. 10 Edition
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Leadership in Action
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Future Talk or Talk of
Future - is not enough.
We are surrounded by the NEW ERA – Professionally and Personally. We
need to change and Walk the Talk as a LEADER. Actions speak louder
than words as we know. -- So - CAN YOU WALK THE TALK?
Whether it’s your children or colleagues - they need to see you as a
Leader to do this otherwise you will not get the intended RESULTS.
We live in a Result-orientated world – everything revolves round
this phenomena. As Leaders we are measured by the Results and we
tend to measure our team through the results. To produce right
results we must coach others through right actions. |
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Leadership in Action
Means Set the SCENE
Then WALK THE TALK
In many organisations today, this is common complaint repeatedly.
Leaders and managers say they want change and continuous improvement
but their actions do not match their words. They demand improvement
from their subordinates but they sit comfortably evaluating them.
It is time for a radical
approach to become part of the team and start guiding and coaching them
to ensure the company objectives are met. Often problems or ongoing
issues are overlooked or pushed back to the subordinates to deal
with them – thus passing the buck. They need to get energetic and
get involved as well as supporting the team to eliminate or handle the
re-occurring problems.
A CEO once asked men, “Why do they do what I do and not what I tell
them to do?” Another asked, “Do I really have to change, too?” These
are scary questions coming from leaders. Today’s world its about
setting an example – becoming a ROLE MODEL to impress your followers
and create future leaders.
The power of any leader lies in creating the organization’s values,
environment, culture and hence actions become measurable. The
leaders also often refrain from sharing things with their team
members. Usually the concept is ‘blame culture’ rather than
empowering the employees to become more representative and
accountable for their actions.
Conversely the subordinates tend to keep running to control freak
leaders for their agreement or approvals as well as keep them in
email loop. This is to safeguard them selves from the blame culture.
Hence there is no real cohesiveness to ease the process of decision
making or upgrading them to become empowered. Leaders feel insecure
about their own positions and stop truly coaching them to that
level.
However times have changed – with competition getting tighter and
growing economy does require Today’s Leaders to do more than just be
old-fashioned chair-holders. Leaders tend to ring fence when their
subsequent actions contradict their words. They aim to take the
power away from the oft-repeated employee who complaints or resists
that managers don’t walk their talk?
Therefore Leaders need to “walk the talk” to enable organization
change and improvement to grow in the competitive market.
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Tips for
Walking Your Talk
If your ideas you are promoting are congruent with your core beliefs
and values, then actions will come easily, too. So, start with a
deep understanding of “why” you want to see the change or
improvement. Make certain it is congruent with what you deeply
believe. Then, understand and follow these guidelines.
Become a ROLE MODEL:
Model the behavior you want to see from others. There is nothing
more powerful for employees than observing the “big bosses” do the
actions or behaviors they are requesting from others. As Mahatma
Gandhi said, “Become the change you wish to see in the world." And,
it will happen.
Become a TEAM MEMBER: Act
as if you are part of the team, not always the head of it. Dig in
and do actual work, too. People will appreciate that you are
personally knowledgeable about the effort needed to get the work
done. They will trust your leadership because you have undergone
their experience. It means you support and are concerned for the
results.
Become APPROACHABLE:
Offer support or help when needed - Help people achieve the goals
that are important to them, as well as the goals that are important
to you. Make sure there is something for each one that will result
from the effort and work. Take interest in their progress and
achievement.
Become Trustworthy: In
order to build trust - do what you say you're going to do. Don’t
make rash promises that you can’t keep. People want to trust you and
your leadership.
Become an Excellent Communicator:
Use every possible communication tool to build commitment and
support for the big goal, your organization’s values and the culture
you want to create. This includes what you discuss at meetings, in
your corporate blog, on your Intranet, and so forth.
Become GOAL-orientated:
Set goals and pursue them with passion and energy. Build your
commitment to your organization’s goals and your team will help you
to achieve them. Do share your goals honestly and involve them in
the journey to meet these targets.
Become Strategic: Set out
your strategies and agree them with your team-members. Hold
strategic conversations with people so people are clear about
expectations and direction. You can help to build internal
confidence, stimulate cross-boundary cooperation, and spark
new-product speed to market, It enhances belief in your actions and
more importantly in you as a Leader.
Become Observant: Check
around you what is going on and have chats with different employees
at different stages – build rapport with all concerned so that they
can share their thoughts or problems with you. Often in-between
senior managers may not paint the right picture to you and you learn
as a Leader when things come to head to head. So police things
yourself –keep your nose to the ground for reality check.
Incorporate these tips and behaviors to ensure
the success of your organization. Start your Walk your Talk – now. |
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or Issues:
We intend to compile a list of all
the challenges so that we can offer solutions or ways to handle such
issues in our training workshops.
All information will be treated in strictest Confidence and at no
stage your identity will be revealed. That’s our guarantee.
Our purpose is to understand different scenarios and offer ways to
overcome them. It would also help us in preparing relative
‘Role-plays’ or case studies for our forthcoming workshops.
Many corporate and/or
individuals are facing:
- Challenging situations in
changing markets,
- Customers becoming more
demanding,
- Staff retention problems
- Workload pressures or long
hours
- Work-life balance
- Difficult Bosses
- Communication Problems
- Uncooperative team-members
- Unrealistic deadlines
- Rigid-mindedness to understand
your problems
- Any other
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Please do share your challenges or
difficult cases with some details to help us to help you. Email us to:
If you wish to discuss then please write to us and we will arrange
our facilitator to contact you accordingly in sole secrecy.
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