Leadership today has changed from yesteryear. Today’s successful leaders know that their skill set needs to be different and include compassion and humanity if they are to retain an engaged team and grow a flourishing business. They also know they need to look inwardly at their emotional intelligence and outwardly to take their business forward with embedded purpose.
All of this cannot be done lightly, so the word-of-the-moment is IMPACT. In this BVTV Shorts blog, I want to give my SIX tasks I suggest you need to manage so you can be a High Impact Leader. Now I say tasks as, apart from inherent skills, today you cannot simply rely upon what you did before. To achieve HIGH impact, as opposed to average impact, you need to be 6 stars across the 6!
All of the six are derived from my BVTV interviews with global leadership experts and are part of our Hybrid Coaching and Performance Improvement Online Courses.
The six are in a suggested order of your performance development plan starting with:
- Self-Awareness. Some may call this self-mastery or personal potential. Whichever you choose it is all about being in control of yourself and addressing any issues of self-doubt or confidence. It’s easier to say than to do as you have to be honest with yourself. Know your impact on others. Improve your EQ (Emotional Quotient). Are you seen as trustworthy? My IMAGES tool can help you. It’s in our Leadership Today coaching.
- Governance. This encompasses many things but today’s new generation of workers like to see responsible management of resources and a genuine minimization of impact by a business on the environment. Another way of saying this is good stewardship. Our BizPulse Better Business Scorecard service aims to help you know and show your activity and impact.
- Purpose. Today you need to clearly know and communicate the purpose of your business. To most businesses purpose has replaced mission. Carefully craft your Purpose, Vision and Values. You’ll find some great insights into developing Vision with my interviews with the author of the Vision Code, Dr. Oleg Konovalov. Click to link to one of them.
- Communication. We’ve dedicated a whole BVTV Channel to help you master the art of Persuasive and Effective Communication. It’s BVTV 3. Your vision, your purpose, your intentions all have to be sold. Sadly too many leaders think this is just a matter of sending out an email, or newsletter and perhaps a pre-recorded video. You’d be surprised how many employees tune into my BVTV interviews to watch their boss and his or her performance! It’s knowing what to say and how to say it.
- Engagement. Some like to call this teamwork and, whilst that is an important word, it perhaps doesn’t go far enough to accomplish consistent motivation. It can often foster a “them and us” situation is my personal thinking. I don’t mean that you, as a leader, have to be “one of the boys”, but you do need to master the skill of people engagement.
- Consistency. How many times during my coaching career have I asked about a new company initiative to be told by team members that, like other such initiatives, it will be quickly replaced by another? Consistency of message and consistency of actions brings reassurance not just to your team but also customers, suppliers and influencers. Just reflect on what you think about politicians and U-turns to understand the need for consistency!
So that’s my HILT 6 – high impact leadership -for your consideration. Do let me know what you think about them. Have I missed any out that you think are imperative to be included?
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