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In this crazy, busy world, leaders need to change even faster. Often trying to be more agile and achieve more with less is a constant and tiring struggle. You can break out of the cycle of craziness and become much more effective when you understand your energy and motivation. Knowing your own energy, giving motivational drivers and those of your team, your colleagues, clients, customers and key stakeholders, cuts through the craziness and helps you deliver what’s needed simpler, better and faster. We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to chat with Jane Thomas on a webinar about the brilliant new book book, ‘Mapping Motivation for Leadership’ that she wrote with the Creator of Motivational Maps, James Sale.   You can catch up on the webinar below. The problem is, our energy-giving motivators are as dynamic and changing as the world around us. It is as important to understand which motivators GIVE you energy and which one’s DRAIN your energy. Many people are li

A leader sets the tone for their team’s work and performance, as many HR professionals and consultants know. This article will focus on what leaders and managers can do to improve the effectiveness of the people working with them. We will give you three ways for you to explore and practice how to fasttrack team performance, without adopting the usual team building games. Find more ideas on teams here and more ideas on leadership here . 1. Know yourself Among the qualities of a leader, self-awareness is one of the most powerful ones. Knowing your strengths and your weaknesses and being open about them serves for self-development. It will allow you to have greater impact on your team, as they will be able to connect with you more easily and at a deeper level if they recognise that you are just as human as them. If you are willing to learn from your weaknesses and use them as indicators of development opportunities, you improve your leadership effectiveness in a short amount o

One of the elements of catalytic leadership is understanding motivation ( Developing Catalytic Leaders to Drive Change ). Why is it so important for a leader to be aware of what motivates his/her people? Often there is an assumption that what motivates the leader motivates other people, however, this assumption is highly detrimental to the team’s dynamics and, rather than improving the energy, it can lead to conflicts. Instead, highly motivated people are: - 50% more likely to exceed their performance targets - 18% more productive - 49% less likely to leave - 4.5x revenue growth in organisations with highly engaged employee Here are three reasons why understanding people’s motivation is crucial to effective leadership: 1. Speed and adaptability to change There are 9 motivational drivers, which can be categorised in three clusters, according to Motivational Maps, created by James Sale. The clusters are Relationships, Achievement and Growth, they differ in how

What are the 3 lessons we can learn from Brené Brown? She is a researcher on vulnerability, courage and authenticity, and works with business leaders to create an organisational culture where it’s okay to be vulnerable. Lesson 1: Accept being uncomfortable and have honest conversations. Let’s rumble! “A rumble is a discussion, conversation, or meeting defined by a commitment to lean into vulnerability, to stay curious and generous, to stick with the messy middle of problem identification and solving, to take a break and circle back when necessary, to be fearless in owning our parts.” From https://brenebrown.com/articles/2019/05/01/lets-rumble/ Lesson 2: Listen to shame. Shame is an unspoken epidemic, which underlies many broken behaviours. Watch Brené Brown’s talk on TED: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Lesson 3: Choose courage over comfort In a

What is your leadership style? In The New Leaders , Daniel Goleman identifies 6 leadership styles. In this blog, we will have a look at what these styles are and what it means to be an effective and catalytic leader, particularly in a time of change and uncertainty like the one we live in. Read on if you want to be able to recognise the six components that make you an agile, motivated and authentic leader. You will find tips to fulfil more of your leadership potential and provocative points of discussion to share and debate with friends and colleagues. Goleman’s six leadership styles are: Visionary, coaching, affiliative, democrative, pace-setting and commanding. You can find the book on Amazon . Being visionary is critical for a leader, as you have to drive what is possible for the business, yourself and your people. Having a vision enables you to have a sense of direction to guide to success those around you. An affiliative leader is one who is not afraid