In my focus on ‘leadership,’ my coaching covers the following areas:
Vision/purpose
Communication
Succession planning
Developing a coaching style
Emotional intelligence
Styles of leadership
Support for you/delegation
Boundaries
Learning
Leverage
Learning to say no
Teaching staff to take ownership
Behaviours
Team meetings
Decision making
Delegation and letting go
My thoughts on Leadership - Phil Budd
COVID-19’s speed and scale bred uncertainty and emotional disruption. How organizations communicate about it can create clarity, build resilience, and catalyze positive change. (McKinsey.com)
The last couple of years has delivered dramatic shifts in the business landscape. From boom and bust, remote working, digital acceleration and simply the need to prioritise the health and wellbeing of people, leaders have been pushed to their limits.
Working with businesses throughout the pandemic has shown me that even the best leaders have dramatically shifted their approach to the business and their people, both customers and employees. But it’s the way they handled their priorities with decisive action and clarity of communication that made the biggest difference.
“Hard choices need to be made, never more so than during a crisis. Keep those choices or priorities, hyper clear." (Gartner)
Having to dramatically shift gears, taking rapid and decisive action based on very little information is not for the faint of heart. It’s been hard work and emotionally challenging for everyone, but I’ve also found it fascinating as I became aware of the seemingly uncommon traits that they all share.
I’m going to share with you the characteristics I’ve identified with my own clients but on the world stage of leadership too, the key differentiators to successful leadership throughout the pandemic and as we begin to emerge.
But, before I begin, it’s worth noting that many of these traits are rarely successful in isolation. They are usually paired with another key trait to ensure leadership excellence. For example, clarity with effective communication or candour with EQ.
Today’s successful leaders are values-driven and purpose-led.
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