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Everything you were taught about career paths was wrong
Learn from all types of leaders
Keep in mind that there's no such thing as a perfect leader. It often means recognizing and learning from the strengths and weaknesses of whoever your leaders are and translating it into skills you can use in the future.
In truth, no one is good at everything. Some people are amazing leaders, and others are smart and creative but terrible at managing people.
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The key to growth
Divergent and dissident people are the key to growth and innovation. However, some leaders demonize the people who raise a problem instead of solving the problem that is raised.
They ...
Notice the problem
Disruption, change, or growth is often the cause for the issues becoming uncomfortable.
Ask if management/key status reports explicitly name open issues that could significantly affect the future of the business?
Remind yourself that as uncomfortable as it is, when you no longer have answers, you get to start building what comes next.
Define the processes
Define the processes to work on gaps to solve difficult problems all the time. The fast market dynamic requires constant learners, adapting and growing and trying new things.
- Is there an ongoing mechanism to address far-reaching issues?
- Can difficult topics be raised?
- Is it a regular process?
Study what percent of your time is spent working on bigger critical issues that seem unsolvable.
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Understand Your Performance Evaluation
Find out if your performance evaluation is according to what you understand. Identify your goals and key performance indicators with your manager, and discuss accordingly.
Solve your Blind Spots
Ask for feedback, learn from it and adjust your performance (or behavior) according to the areas of improvement that you get to know from others.
Example: After giving a presentation, talk about what went well and ask if there is something that you could have done better.
Keep a Journal
Keeping a journal with a record of your learnings and feedback (areas of improvement) can keep us on the right path, and speed up our progress, and learning too.
Listing out 5 or 10 areas of improvement and tracking the progress in weekly or monthly reviews is a great way to develop your career.
Authenticity has become a mark for leadership
An oversimplified understanding of what it means to be transparent can prevent your growth and limit your influence. When we feel out of our comfort zone, we can often use authenti...
Why leaders struggle with authenticity
- In trying to improve our game, a firm sense of self is a compass, but when we want to change our game, a too rigid self-concept can prevent us from moving forward.
- In global business, we often work with people who don't share our cultural norms. They may have a different expectation for how we should behave than what feels authentic.
- In today's world of connectivity, how we present ourselves is a critical aspect of leadership. We have to carefully curate a persona and that can clash with our private sense of self.
Leadership styles
There are two ways in which leaders develop their personal styles:
- High self-monitors are naturally able to try on different styles until they find a good fit for themselves. They adapt to the demands of a situation without feeling fake. They care about managing their public image and may mask their vulnerability.
- True-to-selfers tend to express what they really think and feel, even when it is counter to situational demands. It may make people question their ability to do the job.