Creating high-performing teams is a tough thing to do. Keeping them high performing is even tougher. Successful people consistently do what other people only do occasionally. Successful teams are packed with successful people. If we could get our people to do the right things consistently, every day, our businesses would be more successful.
Leaders need to be supportive of this and show it in their behaviours. One simple act of listening kindly will go a long way to enhance your reputation and how others perceive you. And it improves everyone’s health and well-being too.
Creating high-performing teams is a tough thing to do. Keeping them high performing is even tougher.
The realities facing today’s ‘new’ leaders are unprecedentedly novel, challenging, and anxiety-provoking. Yet much of the hardship suffered by these leaders is entirely preventable—often by recognising and addressing shortcomings of their own.
We need leaders with intellectual fire power and capable cognitive skills to solve today’s challenges. Intelligence, personality, motivation, and learning agility should be considered the secret sauce of high-potential leaders.
Who hold the onus of managing generational diversity then? Is it the more mature generation i.e., boomers and Generation X or the relatively younger generations millennials and Generation Z? Undoubtedly, this onus lies with every generation.
We are living through the ‘Great Resignation,’ an ongoing economic trend in which employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse. Possible causes include long-lasting job dissatisfaction. It is therefore more important than ever to get under the skin of what motivates your workforce.
Running a company in today’s world is anything but easy as leaders face a perpetually unsteady state that impacts their decision-making. Courageously pursuing positive ideas will provide the ballast needed to navigate today’s unsteady waters.
The resource most in short supply of, in the corporate world (and indeed, in the world, at large, as well), today, is a steady supply of strong leaders and sound leadership. With strong intent, absolute focus, and sustained efforts, anyone can become a leader.
Selecting a leader to ‘lead’ others so that these others can offer their best to the team, requires a totally different set of skills as compared to the skills required for individual success.
Most leaders agree that performance targets are a critical part of effective leadership. But is time spent on these metrics time well spent? Do these performance management approaches really lead to world-class performance?
Healthy organisations are successful and need healthy leaders. But what exactly do we mean by this and why does it matter?
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