Four ways to build trust
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Trust matters. A lot. Just think about how fantastic it feels to really trust someone, to know that they would always behave thoughtfully, respectfully and honestly! If you don’t fully have people’s trust, your impact will be limited. And if you don’t trust someone, you won’t give them your all, will you? As a leader you must inspire trust – there can be no effective or...
Turn your back on the audience
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Have you ever observed the conductor of a philharmonic orchestra and how they spend very little time facing the audience? In fact, they spend most of their time facing the orchestra, which is their team. They are guiding them to play beautifully and with great impact together. And have you noticed how perfectly the musicians play together, seemingly unaware of each other, yet obviously acutely...
You’re not alone- kick-start 2018 with your team
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Welcome back to a new work year! As a leader you probably have all sorts of things flying around your head right now about the year ahead – goal setting, planning, development talks, recruitment needs, budget and more. And as much as some of this is your responsibility, the reality is that most of the work will be done by your team members, right? As a leader your role is to enable excellent...
It’s time to celebrate
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog As the year comes to an end and the festive season is upon us, it’s a great opportunity to stop and take stock. Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection – Winston Churchill Before you start the celebrations and before you then throw yourself into the next year, why not reflect on 2016 and do your own mental year-end review! It doesn’t have to take long at all and it...
Future Leaders Blog: There’s no one like you!
Right? You have your own unique set of strengths and capabilities, wouldn’t you agree? Yet most people don’t focus enough on them. They focus on what they are bad or not so good at and try to improve in those areas. And that may be important too – if they are limiting weaknesses they definitely need to be overcome. But overall, strength focus is more important. It’s key for leaders – to focus on their own strengths AND...
