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Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
How employees perceive leaders
Recent surveys have shown that employees can be grouped in two main categories, according to their perception of a new leader:
- Warriors: they evaluate your knowledge, know-how and if you are really able to help them
- Worriers: they focus on the leadership approach that the new leader has designed for the company.
When taking over a management position, planning your transition as well as paying attention to the way you behave with the others are aspects that need to be taken into account.
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How employees perceive leaders
Recent surveys have shown that employees can be grouped in two main categories, according to their perception of a new leader:
- Warriors: they evaluate your knowledge, know-how and if you are really able to help them
- Worriers: they focus on the leadership approach that the new leader has designed for the company.
When taking over a management position, planning your transition as well as paying attention to the way you behave with the others are aspects that need to be taken into account.
Become more relatable as a new leader
Relationships with supervisors can be powerful motivators.
Enough personal information as to make yourself seem more relatable provided at an appropriate time might just be the key to a future successful career.
Make your leadership story successful
Introducing yourself as the new leader of a team can be pretty challenging, as people will want to know more about yourself as well as about your plans in regards to the future of the company.
Explain patiently why you chose this path and how you plan on improving the chosen department. Employees also appreciate it when you explain why your new position is integral to your story and, most important, how your direct reports play a critical role in that story.
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Stories create “sticky” memories
...by attaching emotions to things that happen. That means those who can create and share good stories have a powerful advantage over others.
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Start with a message
Every storytelling exercise should begin by asking: Who is my audience and what is the message I want to share with them?
Each decision about your story should flow from those questions.
Use personal experiences
Think of a moment in which your own failures led to success in your career or a lesson that a parent or mentor imparted.
There may be a tendency not to want to share personal details at work, but anecdotes that illustrate struggle, failure, and barriers overcome are what make leaders appear authentic and accessible.
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Leaderships skills related to EQ
- Working to inspire and motivate those around;
- Focus on collaboration between team members, which creates synergy and a better experience for employees;
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Leadership Development
Leadership development is viewed as a current and future priority. Despite efforts to produce and nurture new leaders, only 7 percent of senior managers think that their companies develop global le...
Overlooking context
Many training initiatives assume that the same group of skills or leadership styles are suitable without considering the strategy or organizational culture of a company.
An excellent leader in one situation does not necessarily perform well in another. Focusing on context means equipping leaders with two or three competencies that will make a distinction to performance, rather than a list of leadership standards that is of no specific benefit.
Separate reflection from real work
Companies face a challenge when it comes to planning the program's curriculum. Adults typically retain only 10 percent of what they hear in classroom lectures, but nearly two-thirds when they learn by doing.
The answer seems straightforward: tie leadership development to real on-the-job projects. While it is not easy to create opportunities that simultaneously address high-priority needs, companies should strive to make every major business project a leadership-development opportunity as well.
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