Tag: Leadership Attitude

Why Great Leaders Are Great Coaches

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Coaching is not what you do to people. It is what you do with people.

‘Unless and until the coachee is open, receptive, and willing to invest, the experience won’t work well.’

‘Leaders cannot be expected to change behavior if they don’t have a clear understanding of what desired behavior looks like.’

‘Leadership moves us from rigidity to flexibility; leadership allows us to adapt in a more uncertain environment; leadership urges people to take responsibility, to take initiative, to do the right thing, and thereby to excel.’

‘Leadership is not exclusive to a few ‘top executives’; it is class-free and pervasive.’

‘A leader treats people as responsible adults and encourages all to act in the interest of mutual success.’

‘A leader promotes a sense of individaul worth and community and diligently directs activity toward the business ambitions of the organization.’

‘Leadership is the amount of task bahavior (direction) and relationship behavior (support) given by a leader.’

‘Individual motives should be aligned with the work environment so that employees have a desire to work and excel.’

‘If the learners are not involved in designing their own learning and if they do not have a relationship with the coach in which they are comfortable, they will not learn to the level that the organization expects or needs.’

‘Leaders need to be willing to face reality and commit to making changes.’

Source:

Marshall Goldsmith, Laurence S. Lyons, & Sarah McArthur (2012). Coaching for Leadership

‘When Leaders Truly Listen’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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‘In a speak-up culture, people feel it is both safe and worth it to share ideas, concerns, disagreements, and mistakes.’

‘When people feel cared for, they are more likely to extend that care to others.’

‘Vulnerability doesn’t mean sharing everything- that could simply be oversharing. Vulnerability does mean sharing what is relevant, which includes admitting when you don’t yet know an answer or need help.’

‘If we want to cultivate a speak-up culture, we must embody the Platinum Rule: treat people as they wish to be treated.’

‘Any journey worth going on is made better when it’s shared.’-

Stephen Shedletzky

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‘A toxic relationship, with a leader, or with anyone, is one in which the more you invest in that relationship, the worse it seemingly gets.’

‘Leaders go first- they listen first, extend trust first, and courageously venture into the unknown first.’

‘Great leaders are obsessed with building deeper relationships with their own attributes and skills, the people around them, and the world at large.’

‘Leadership is about owning our impact on others, even if that impact was unintended.’

‘No matter how great we are at leading, the time test of our leadership is in our ability to help others become great leaders, who then help others become great leaders.’

‘Our job as a leader is to teach, guide, mentor, coach, and support, not to tell people how we did it and make them do it our way.’

Source:

Stephen Shedletzky (2023). Speak-Up Culture: When Leaders Truly Listen, People Step Up