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Three Star Leadership | Wally Bock | Leadership: Make Those Tough Conversations Easier

Tough conversations

If leadership is your job, you can’t walk away from them. Because they're part of your job.
These are conversations about performance and behavior. Most bosses dread them.

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Three Star Leadership | Wally Bock | Leadership: Make Those Tough Conversations Easier

Three Star Leadership | Wally Bock | Leadership: Make Those Tough Conversations Easier

https://www.threestarleadership.com/performance-management/leadership-make-those-tough-conversations-easier

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Tough conversations

If leadership is your job, you can’t walk away from them. Because they're part of your job.
These are conversations about performance and behavior. Most bosses dread them.

Make tough conversations easier

  • Touch base often, to catch problems when they're small.
  • Build relationships through conversations. Your employees will learn about you and whether they can trust you.
  • Have regular one-on-ones with your team members.
  • Solve problems as they appear. The smaller, the easier to handle.
  • Keep tough conversations private, away from distractions.
  • Tailor what you say and do to the person you’re meeting with.
  • Treat people with dignity.

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When you become a boss you become someone responsible for the performance of a group. In that instant, you become the designated confronter. Some people will behave poorly. Some will underperform. Someone needs to confront them about it and you're it. Others may choose to, but it's your job.

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Whether you've recently been promoted to a leadership position, or you've been leading your team for years, it can often seem tricky to discern what being a "good" leader actually means. When you're trying to determine the components of a successful leader, it's easy to fall-back on certain terms we commonly associate with leadership -- words like "assertive", "inspirational", and "confident".

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Authentic leadership

Is a management style in which leaders are genuine, self-aware, and transparent. 

An authentic leader is able to inspire loyalty and trust in her employees by consistently display...

Components of Authentic Leadership

  • Self-Awareness: be aware of your trengths, weaknesses, and values and displaying them to your team.
  • Relational Transparency: remain genuine, straightforward, and honest with your team. Display the behavior you hope to see in your employees.
  • Balanced Processing: stick to your values when making decisions, but remain open to discussions and alternatve options.
  • Doing the right thing: focus on doing the right thing for the long-term success of the business, not yours.

3 ways to practie self-awareness as a leader

  • Seek feedback from the environment;
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    6 Power Tips for Having a Tough Conversation

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    You tried to deal with the issue when it was small but there's no improvement. Now it's time for a tough conversation. Power Tips for Tough Conversations: #1. Build positive relationships: Positive relationships are the foundation for successful tough conversations. Pat people on the back more than kicking them in the pants.

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    Power tips for tough conversation

    1. Build positive relationships: Pat people on the back more than kicking them in the pants;
    2. Tell people they matter by being prepared when they show up
    3. Choose an...