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Can’t get over this post from Chris Donnelly This is how every entrepreneur should lead their team: Good leadership shouldn’t be a mystery. It’s a skill that can change lives. The impact of a strong leader goes further than day-to-day work. The best leaders positively impact your: ↳ Mental-health ↳ Work-life balance ↳ Personal Development If you’re a manager looking to make a genuine difference. Here’s how you do it: ↳ Lead by example ↳ Make you feel heard ↳ Boost your confidence ↳ Treat others with kindness ↳ Provide valuable mentorship ↳ Guide you through hard times ↳ Trust you to work independently ↳ Are friendly and easy to approach ↳ Embrace positive change and ideas ↳ Create a feeling of community at work ↳ Have hard but necessary conversations ↳ Celebrate achievements both big and small ↳ Give constructive feedback to help you progress Be the leader who people work hard for. Not the one they work hard to avoid. — ♾️ Want to take your performance to the next level? Hit the link in my featured section to join The Infinite Game newsletter and unlock your full potential.
One does not really need to be a leader to be a leader. Leadership is not solely defined by formal titles or positions of authority. Instead, leadership can be exhibited through actions, behaviors, and influence, regardless of one's official role. A person can lead by example, inspire others, provide guidance, and make positive contributions without holding a designated leadership position. This view emphasizes the qualities and actions that make someone a leader, rather than the status or title they hold.
When you experience a leader or leaders that have a very negative impact on your life, it truly does destroy you. Your confidence that you know what you are doing is dented to the point that you second guess yourself. You spend more energy hiding how you feel inside and mastering the facade that others need to see, so that you are not seen as weak or uncapable. It changes your life and who you are as a person. All because someone who is meant to lead fails and takes no accountability- dog eat dog mentality exists too much still.
After being snubbed many times by countless interviewers, for years fighting for my first role as a Graphic Designer, I almost gave up as I could not bear another visible sneer or another round of belittling commentary. Then one day I had my first interview where I was met as an equal, that person believed in me and gave me a chance. That one decision sparked my whole career, I think of that person often and will always be grateful. You never know what you can unlock when you truly see people beyond preconceptions.
The impact of a strong leader extends beyond just day-to-day work, positively influencing mental health, work-life balance, and personal development. For any manager looking to make a genuine difference, leading by example, listening actively, boosting confidence, showing kindness, providing valuable mentorship, guiding through tough times, trusting autonomy, being approachable and friendly, embracing change and new ideas, fostering a sense of community at work, having difficult conversations when needed, celebrating achievements big and small, giving constructive feedback for growth - these are all key components of effective leadership. Be the kind of leader that inspires hard work and dedication from your team members; not one they strive to avoid.
Kindness is the SECRET SAUCE- When I built the fastest growing STELLANTIS dealer on the west coast the director of the West BC flew out to meet our team. “What’s your secret sauce?” He asked me “I’m incredibly kind to my team members” “Hahaha, seriously, what is your business model?” “I’m dead serious, my business model is that the guest experience can’t exceed the employee experience. I believe in an employee first model. If I’m incredibly kind to them they’ll be incredibly kind to our guests” It’s a simple equation. People are the greatest asset your org will ever have. Spend the majority of your time right there.
For the other “leaders”, there is also an employee out there that still thinks about you (negatively), because you were “not kind to them”, “not supportive”, “adversarial” and “just plain horrible”. It’s not something or someone they will easily forget. You have power to support and build someone’s confidence and career or destroy it. Take the high road, find and use your moral compass not just make virtue signals. #mentalhealth #leadership #wellbeing.
...and being a kind leader does not mean that you are weak - it is the opposite actually. Kind leadership is a super power and empowering the ones you are collaborating with and opening doors for change and personal growth for the employee and the leader.
I have been in industry and in the military and there are clear distinctions between women and men. Work-life balance is not a term that any woman will ever use as a pillar and quite frankly it is insulting. Women in the workplace do not find balance between home and work. They take care of their homes and they take care of what needs to happen at work. That is not balance. Some days work demands 150% of their time and home will get less energy which may mean a sitter and a potential neighbor helping out in a 2 income household. On other days, home may get 90% because the team at work was able to pull through and the woman at work was able to leave on time or able to tele-work or take a call in her car driving home versus in the office. I still contemplate what the term could be- but work-life balance is not synonymous for the workforce or a championed pillar. Perhaps it could be work-life goals
You don't have to be a leader to make this impact 💚 A teammember can make a real difference too 👍
Managing Director @ K6 Consulting | Leadership Development, Executive Coaching
1moLeadership is a huge responsibility. I've seen bad leaders ruin someone's career and destroy that person's confidence for years. They have the power to do that to a huge amount of people. Often without that even being their intent!! As this post talks about though, a good leader can positively impact the lives of hundreds of people directly throughout their career. Then the ongoing impact of how people will role model off them. This is the reason I'm passionate about leadership.