Want to be highly effective as a leader? Be coachable
When moving up the corporate ladder, many leaders lose the ability to be coached. Seniority, both in level and age, impacts the level of coachability negatively. Despite having plenty of experience, this paradox makes it difficult for them to adjust and learn new things. They develop blind spots. And yet coachability is key for any leader, regardless of age or level, to be an effective leader. In fact, research by Zenger and Folkman,...
Trust and the bottom line
Sarah was frustrated. She had noticed that her team members often seemed dismissive about the importance of her work. Why are they not interested in my work? Does what I do not matter? Sarah felt angry, defensive and helpless, which made things even worse. Subsequently, she didn’t want to work with them and started to avoid them, further negatively impacting communication and team spirit. The disconnect between her and most of...
Time for some new perspective?
Are you lacking in inspiration and motivation? How much time do you spend on actively choosing new perspectives to get new ideas and delivering new innovative solutions? We are all creatures of habit; that's perfectly normal. But we can – if we want – choose to challenge ourselves to break those habits by doing something different, by seeing something different – to trigger new thoughts and ideas and force us to be more innovative and...
Be a storyteller
The very first book we wrote was a business novel called ‘The Team Formula – A Leadership Tale of a Team Who Found Their Way’. We chose this format because we feel so strongly about the power of storytelling. And the impact was staggering – we have lost count of how many people have told us “you could have been talking about us, I recognised so many of those situations!” And that’s the beauty of stories, they make theories and ideas...
‘Always on’ cultures are outdated and inefficient
You may not see yourself as occasionally biased, but the truth is we all have unconscious biases; it’s part of having a brain. The brain’s job is to help us be more efficient by noticing patterns and helping us make decisions. But that also means that we sometimes are too quick to make assumptions and draw conclusions based on incomplete and/or biased information.Yes, some biases are to be expected, BUT that doesn’t mean we can’t...
Supercharged Leader featured in US media
Supercharged Leader has had plenty of US media exposure in recent months.
