7 powerful steps to a Team Charter that sets your team up for success in 2020
Ask yourself: what can we do as a team to make 2020 our best year yet? Getting a team to work well together doesn't happen by chance. It requires intention, commitment and a focus on both structure/task and behavioural habits. The start of the year is a great time to stop for a moment with your team and discuss: "How do we best work together to best achieve our goals, and make this a truly great place to work? How can we make this...
January focus: Work smarter, not harder
From WeAreTheCity's Future Leaders Blog A new decade, a new year, a new month – what better time to have a proper restart? This is the time to do it, don’t let the autopilot run your life and career, make sure you are in charge of your journey through the year. As you kick off 2020, stop and think about how you spend your time and how you can work smarter, not harder. What do you need to focus on this year to achieve your goals and...
2020 – a special year for 2020 Vision Leader
Your impact is your legacyMandy Flint & Elisabet Vinberg Hearn Have we ever told you why this website is called 2020 Vision Leader? If not, here it is: In the mid-2010s, after having had two leadership book published (The Team Formula: A Leadership Tale of a Team who found their Way and Leading Teams: 10 Challenges 10 Solutions), we recognised that we needed a shared platform which could represent our books as well as us, as...
Leadership you can trust
From WeAreTheCity Future Leaders Blog There’s a lot of talk about trust – all around the world; in politics in particular, but also in business and society as a whole. We would argue that trust is quite a straightforward thing – without it we have nothing. We may be able to manage without trust for a while, but over time lack of trust erodes engagement and joy at work. “No legacy is so rich as honesty” William Shakespeare Leaders that...
The role of a leader
So much has been said said about leadership over the years, so much research is available. You may for example have heard about the concepts of Authentic Leadership, Charismatic Leadership, Situational Leadership, Ethical Leadership, Emotional Intelligence in Leaders and Level 5 Leadership…the list goes on. They are all good and relevant concepts in their own right – and concepts have come and gone based on business challenges and a...
Five ways to reboot your team
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Let’s look at how employee engagement – or lack of it – can impact your team and your business. Leaders and teams need to use their ‘engagement radar’ Everyone owns their own engagement. It’s not the manager’s sole responsibility to engage people, but leaders and managers still need to have their ‘engagement radar’ on, to assess how engaged team members are at any time. The first...
