Tag: Connection

What Does It Mean To Be Present?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Life is about connecting with other people. When you are around people who are good at connecting with other people, you don’t want them to go.

As a leader, if you want to connect with your people, you must be there. You must be present. Be there. Because your people are watching you.

Your ‘actions underline or undermine our executive presence.’

‘Your actions are like a red blinking lights that signals to others ‘This is important to me.”

‘Humans trust actions over all other forms of communications.’

‘Presence is the way we move through the world.’

‘Authentic presence is a delicate balancing act of understanding other people’s perspectives, communicating so that they can best hear you, and staying true to yourself.’

Connection increases when you balance competency with vulnerability.’

‘Stories affect the way we understand, remember, and even listen.’

‘The more trust others have for you, the larger their investment in you.’

‘It takes effort to listen well, but it feels amazing on the receiving end.’

‘Reflection time involves letting thoughts come to us, which helps overcome functional fixedness.’

Source:

Kristi Hedges (2012). The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others

‘How To Get Buy-In For Your Ideas’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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No one knows everything. If you want to get results, move ahead, you need other people.

‘To get other people to buy into your ideas, you need to buy in first- or, … you need to convince up!’

‘Trying to build buy-in without understanding the prevailing mood of your audience is like walking into a funeral whistling ‘I’m walking on sunshine.’

‘No matter how good you might think your idea or initiative is, the only thing that matters when it comes to buy-in is how your audience feels.’

‘So much often remains unsaid in conversation, and the more you can do to demonstrate your sensibility to the unspoken stuff, the more likely you are to build real connection through your listening.’

‘We all experience mood swings; we all have our good days and our bad; we all say and do things we regret the next day. Being intentional enables us to chart a steady course in the face of these challenges.’

‘Catalyst don’t rest until they see the change become reality. Catalysts are true influences.’

‘Just as an inclusive mindset looks for differences, an abundance mindset adopts the view that conflict is a good thing. It’s a path to growth.’

‘At its core, an abundance mindset requires us to have great trust in our ability to achieve a good result without having control over the final outcome.’

‘Every time you seek to influence others to take action around an idea or initiative, you have to choose to influence them through ‘win me’ approach. You have to choose to be collaborative. You have to choose to be a champion of buy-in.’

‘A Great idea will stay just that- an idea- unless you can get others to work with you to turn it into reality.’

Source:

Simon Dowling (2020). Get Heard Get Results: How to Get Buy-In for Your Ideas and Initiatives