Unmasking the real costs of emotional suppression in leadership. Dive into the untapped power of authenticity and emotional intelligence in transformative leadership
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When it comes to power in the workplace, is it authority that dictates the rules or influence that gently persuades? Let’s decode the interplay of these two forces, understanding their roles, and learning how to harness them for impactful leadership
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Building an unstoppable team goes beyond gathering skilled individuals; it's about fostering a collaborative, creative, and joyful environment where everyone's unique strengths shine. Recognizing and nurturing these strengths can create an environment where excellence is not only expected but cultivated.
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Your mindset holds the key to your success. By understanding how mindsets are formed and taking deliberate steps to create a more empowering mindset, you can break free from limitations and unlock the door to limitless success.
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“The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader is willing to tolerate,” as organizational development experts Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker have observed. Recognizing the signs of toxicity is crucial for addressing the issue effectively so you can reduce it and eliminate it.
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Self-care is neither selfish nor self-indulgent. Taking care of yourself is essential for long-term success in your career. By prioritizing self-care, you can improve your physical and mental health, increase productivity, build better relationships, tap into your creativity and problem-solving skills, and reduce the risk of burnout.
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Self-Reflection is the ability to think about your own actions and the thoughts and feelings that create them. Being able to evaluate not only what has taken place but why it has taken place. It is a thoughtful and deliberate action that allows you to use your past to effectively engage your present and future.
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Like tradition, an organization’s culture is an expression of its values. But unlike family traditions, a positive work culture cannot only be focused on ways to make employees feel good. It must also focus on staying in alignment with its purpose. And unfortunately, many companies get this wrong.
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The pandemic saw unprecedented impact among the workforce, prompting leaders to change their approach and redefine their role. They realize the need for a more dynamic approach: the need to influence others through their character (how they are being), not only through their competence, (what they are doing).
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Emotions often get a bad rap. Because of statements like: “Stop being so emotional”, “Leave your emotions at the door”, or “Showing your emotions makes you look weak”.
It’s no surprise then that leaders believe they shouldn’t show their emotions and if they show their emotions, it’s something they need to “fix”.
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You are always communicating – whether through your words, your silence, your actions and your inactions. You may not always be aware of how your team, peers, colleagues, and others receive or interpret these communications. This impacts your effectiveness as a leader.
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Many of the high-performing leaders I know and coach recognize that the most effective way to get the outcomes they want in their personal life, career and the workplace, is through decisive and deliberate action.
Bad A** Boss Leaders provide maximum benefit to their organization because they get things done and they engage and energize their team to do the same, thereby creating an action-oriented culture.
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Being a Bad A** Boss Leader is simple but not easy. It requires training, coaching, and introspective work to build and maintain the necessary skillsets for the role.
A Bad A** Boss Leader leads from the comfort of herself while getting done what must be done. She is relentlessly optimistic and creates a future that delights all her stakeholders. She uses all the tools and skills in her leadership toolkit to inspire buy-in and navigate the many challenges she experiences along the way to improving productivity and profitability in her organization.
Read MoreYou may have some idea or even a dream of what you’d like your life to look like, but none of the building blocks seems to be falling into place. Overtime, life gets in the way and before you know it, you’re living a life that looks nothing like your dream. Sure, you have the title, the position and you have the trappings of success, but you don’t feel the way you thought you would. But by now, you also don’t want to lose what you have, so you’re not rocking the boat.
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Many senior managers and CEO’s experience this phenomenon. Interestingly, it plagues high performers! The reason for this is because your current life is so different from your childhood life and it’s difficult for you to believe and accept that you did it! It’s like… you haven’t caught up with YOU…
It’s called imposter syndrome.
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Some of the leaders I coach say that on any given day, they spend less than half of their time on work in their genius zone. Instead, they find themselves busy outing fire after fire, playing catch-up with over-due tasks and report feelings of burnout and other health concerns. All of which compromises their overall effectiveness and ultimately, their true potential.
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Many managers find it hard to have difficult conversations. Conversations such as: poor performance, especially when it is repetitive, inappropriate behaviour in the workplace and terminating employment.
These are even more challenging when these conversations are fueled by feelings of frustration and thoughts such as “I have had enough” or “I’m fed up”. When you think this, you are already sending messages to yourself that makes you feel exasperated and perhaps impatient.
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While businesses are recovering and people have expressed an eagerness to return to normal functions, they are experiencing considerate unresponsiveness from their teams. They report that progress is uncharacteristically slow, priorities appear muddled and there is a palpable shift in energy.
Energy fatigue is natural and, to be expected from such a disruption. Like the physical recovery process from Covid-19, symptoms of this post-pandemic inertia are likely to continue after the infection has cleared and can spread across teams within the workspace.
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I understood how important my environment is to my outcome and so I created my own environment that prepared me to compete at the highest level. What that meant was, I was mindful of the people I surrounded myself with, I became very attuned to how they impacted my energy and attention. Your ideal environment may not always feel comfortable, instead, think of it as a place where you can grow into becoming your best self.
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