Tag: conversations
Confidence: Leadership Idea #50
I recently commented on personal confidence, now I want flip the conversation to confidence in others, especially our leaders. I’d suggest it starts with trust, and grows with time and experience. I would also recommend that we start with confidence rather that requiring multiple examples of how and when we can have confidence in our…
Trust #2: Leadership Idea #27
Let’s think about why trust is so important for a leader. As a leader, you need a team that works well together, that can look at differing viewpoints without argument, and find the best outcomes while working together. This only happens with trust. A team will not trust each other if they can’t trust their…
Empathy: Leadership Idea #25
Too many times leaders believe that having feelings isn’t for leaders. I’m telling you that empathy takes you a long way as a leader. This doesn’t mean you don’t need to make hard decisions or have difficult conversations with people, it means you’ll be able to do so and still have a good relationship with…