If you want to be a great leader, it helps to learn from the best. Great leaders don’t appear overnight. They are developed over years and continue to grow their leadership skills with thoughtful routines, habits and mindsets.
Is it a leader’s job to ensure all their employees are happy? Julie Godin, Executive Vice-President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development at CGI, doesn’t believe so. When she first joined CGI in the HR department, Julie wanted to make sure all the leaders were happy and agreed with her plan. But she quickly learned that leading by consensus wasn’t productive or effective.
One of the biggest challenges leaders face today is creating and maintaining a vibrant culture. Every company has a culture, even if they don’t actively develop it. And that culture has a massive impact on how employees approach their work.
Countless leadership books (including mine, The Future Leader) offer lists of what great leaders do. But what about the things they don’t do? The choices a leader makes about what not to do are just as vital as their actions.
Are you striving to be the perfect leader? That perfectionism is killing your progress. There’s no such thing as a perfect human or leader. Trying to be perfect creates pressure and stress, which opens you up to anxiety and bad feelings. With that mindset, perfectionism is a self-defeating behavior because you’ll never be able to achieve it.
Gone are the days when leaders sat at the top of the pyramid, dictating orders to their subordinates. Today’s successful leaders adopt an inverted pyramid approach, positioning themselves at the bottom to elevate and support their team.
Meditation apps and practices are everywhere these days. But what may be billed as meditation is actually a practice in mindfulness. And it has the power to transform your attitude and life.
Is it possible to become a better leader in just a few minutes a day? It is, if you know who to follow. Instagram is one of my favorite places to learn and share. There’s nothing like scrolling your feed and coming across a great nugget or leadership tip you can put into practice right away.
Think technology is the most critical part of your company? Think again! Every company can exist without technology, but no company can exist without people.
Companies today have to focus on creating a place where employees want–not need–to come to work. But how did we get to the point of needing to invest in employee experience? The need to create an empowering and engaging environment for employees has evolved for decades.