You can’t be a leader without people who are willing to follow you. But people won’t follow you if they don’t feel a connection.
One of the most important roles of leaders is to be coaches and motivate, inspire, and engage with their people. You have to believe your job is to help others reach their full potential and become more successful than you.
Does success come all at once or through a series of connected events?
Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist at Canva and host of the Remarkable People podcast, fully appreciates serendipity and how things have worked together to get him where he is today. But he says serendipity without seizing the opportunity is a lost opportunity.
Every week, I interview top business leaders and experts on my podcast, Leading the Future of Work. They share best practices and stories from their careers about how you can become a future-ready leader.
These interviews are engaging and enlightening, but there’s one problem: there’s always more to say.
One of a leader’s most important jobs is to create effective teams.
There are numerous variables to building a team that works well together. But researchers have found one of the most crucial attributes is a “shared mindset,” especially as teams become more dynamic, diverse, and distributed. A shared mindset unites team members and ensures everyone has accurate information.
What is it like to work for a great leader?
You feel like you can do anything and take on any challenge. You can overcome obstacles and embrace new opportunities. You feel like someone has your back and is a skilled coach and mentor. In many cases, work doesn’t even feel like work.
Attracting the best talent used to just take perks and a nice paycheck. But that’s no longer the case. Today’s employees care about a sense of purpose and meaning in their work–and are often willing to take a pay cut to get them.
Growing as a leader involves overcoming challenges. Sally Helgesen, international speaker, best-selling author, and expert on women’s leadership, says women deal with unique leadership situations. Understanding these challenges is crucial for both men and women in the workforce.
Who are you as a leader? What makes you unique? It can be challenging for leaders to find their own approach to leadership that reflects their priorities and beliefs, especially because each leader is unique.
What will it take to lead in the future of work? It’s clear that what worked in the past won’t work in the present (or the future) so what do you do you?
Think that bad leaders don’t matter? Think again!
Toxic leaders can literally kill your employees. One study found that employees who worked for a toxic boss had lower satisfaction. And employees who worked for a narcissistic boss were more likely to experience clinical depression.