Are You the Leader You Want to Be?
“Are you the leader you want to be? Or are you hoping someday things will change so you can be?” Jeannette Seibly
Some of you would say, “Yes!” While others would say, “I’m working on it.”
The next question is, “Are you making the right moves and building on these skills? Or are you allowing distractions to take precedence in developing your management and leadership skills?” (Hint: These are also known as excuses.)
Yes, I know. Everyone is busy. But being busy and developing your skills go hand-in-hand. They happen simultaneously, not independently of one another. (Yes, read that again.)
Your Keys to Your Leadership Success
Know Thyself. Not from “how you want to be seen,” but from “who you really are.” Authenticity makes a big difference in being an influencer, results producer, and great leader. Addressing leadership blind spots is critical. Use a qualified job fit assessment that provides objective clarity, insights, and leadership coaching for best results.
Be Aware of Your Impact on Others. All leaders impact others and influence their job satisfaction. Ask yourself, “Is it positive? Inspiring? Do others wish to be included on my teams?” If not, it’s time to address what is getting in the way now (e.g., failure to develop others, resolve team conflict, address factions, improve poor quality).
Practice Great Communication Skills. Your most significant impact on others is your ability to listen, talk, and write meaningfully. While you may believe you are a great communicator, your employees, business associates, boss, board, and clients may disagree. Get into their world or listen from their perspective to better understand this invaluable skill. Also, keep improving on it! Use a 360-degree feedback assessment to get to the truth.
Have an Executive Coach. Do-it-yourself leadership development usually fails to produce the required results. Why? Your leadership blind spots will always sabotage you without objective review. All great leaders have an executive coach. They also have an industry mentor. Make sure the people you’ve selected are helping you grow and do not simply agree with your perspective when addressing sticky situations or political workplace relationships.
Develop Resilience, Flexibility, and EI. All of these traits become good or bad habits. If you make a mistake or experience a failure, do you have the flexibility to shake it off and use your emotional intelligence (EI) to move forward? Languishing in the hurt or upset is not a good leadership trait. (Hint: We all experience frustrations — how well you recognize them and move forward builds your leadership savvy.)
Grow Retention, Revenues, and Results. Yes, all three are critical indicators of your success as a leader, regardless of why you’ve not achieved one or more of them. How you hire, coach, and manage makes a profound difference in the quality of your team, their responsiveness to challenges, and their ability to deliver on time and within budget in a quality manner!
Practice Self Care! Taking care of your mental, physical, and spiritual health is essential to being the leader you want to be. Set up a consistent schedule to keep you healthy.
Jeannette Seibly is a Talent Advisor/Leadership Results Coach with over 31 years of practical experience guiding leaders and bosses to improve their hiring, coaching, and managing practices and produce amazing results! And yes, achieving business success always starts with having the right people in the right jobs! She has been an Authorized PXT Select® Partner for over 32 years. Contact Jeannette to learn more about these state-of-the-art job-fit assessment tools or how to coach and manage your people to achieve incredible results.
A note from Jeannette: Here are great questions to ask yourself: Am I being the leader I want to be? Am I inspiring and developing others? Do others want to be included on my team? It’s time to address your skills and blind spots to become the leader you know you can be. Contact me for help in becoming a great leader that makes a positive impact.
Now is the time to get into focused action! Are there days you dread doing what is needed to manage your people, projects, and team’s financial performance? You’re not alone! Everyone has those days! But continuing to hide behind excuses only hurts you and your future promotability. I have extensive experience and wisdom guiding bosses and leaders to hire, coach, and manage their teams successfully — this includes getting you out of the way and working with and through people effectively to achieve the results required. Contact me to learn more about my in-depth, one-on-one, customized coaching programs.
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