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How to prevent burnout on your team
In this blog Liz dicusses some of the key behaviours of leaders and managers that can help prevent burnout of their teams. According to a recent survey done by Gallup, 76% of employees will experience burnout at least once during their careers. We often make the...
Closing the gap between expectations and reality
In this video, Liz offers insight into the gap between expectation and reality on teams, suggesting four requirements for expectations to be valid. Understanding the gap between expectation and reality In any team or indeed even in any relationship, the gap between...
How to build trust on your team
In this video, Liz highlights the importance of trust on a team and explains the crucial difference between predictive trust and vulnerability-based trust.Teamwork has never been more important than it is right now. No team is going to come through this period of...
Leading during uncertain times
In this video, Liz addresses the priority of leaders learning how to take care of themselves, by using an adaptable problem-solving and time time-stress-management tool. Your leadership has never been more important than it is right now in this covid-19 crisis. In...
An opportunity to reflect
We have just had our lockdown period extended by at least another three weeks here in the UK and there is the temptation to give in to the lamentation, “when will this ever end?”. But it’s important for us all to remember that this too shall eventually pass. And while being on lockdown certainly has its challenges, it also presents us with some precious opportunities too. Most importantly of all is the opportunity to reflect on which parts of our pre-lockdown life are worth picking up again once this is over.
Are you in the storming phase?
As I reflect on the last couple of weeks, I am reminded about Tuckman’s stages of group development, i.e. forming, storming, norming and performing. Although Tuckman was saying this in the context of teams, i.e. that these phases are all necessary and inevitable in order for any team to grow, face challenges, tackle problems, find solutions, plan and deliver results, I personally think they apply to this new way of working we have been catapulted into.
Leading in uncertain times
The role of the leader has never been more important than it is right now in this time of great uncertainty. The truth is, your people are looking to you to lead them through these turbulent waters. They will remember how you handle this situation far more than they’ll remember how you handled ‘business as normal’ in times gone by. The moment is now for you and for me to step up and be the leaders our spheres of influence need us to be.
The unexpected virtual team leader
Remote working is not a new phenomenon. However, with the spread of the coronavirus, workplaces worldwide have been catapulted into this reality overnight. And as more and more offices go on lockdown with their people having to work from home, leaders need to learn pretty quickly how to effectively lead their teams virtually. I would like to give you some of my own thoughts on virtual team leadership over the next few months to help you navigate this unchartered territory.
Resilient Leadership
Resilience is a vital quality for effective leadership. I’d like to share a few thoughts with you on what it is and three ways you can cultivate it in your own life so you can take your leadership to the next level.
Make your goals SMARTER
Whether you’ve set your goals yet for 2020 yet or still need to, I’d like to encourage you not to settle for SMART goals, but to rather make them SMARTER.
To start well, you need to finish well
As we come to the end of another year, it is a good leadership practice to set meaningful SMART goals for the year ahead. However, I find that many leaders forget one crucial step before embarking on this exercise. And that is, doing business with the past first. You see, to give yourself the best chances of success in your future goals, you have to start well. And to start well, you need to finish well.
Success and imposter syndrome
I had the privilege of attending a talk this morning by Ana Loback, Managing Partner of Turning Point. She spoke about something that, in my experience, most leaders have grappled with at some point in their careers and that is, success and imposter syndrome. It’s such an important topic that I thought I must share it with you…
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