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Who am I as a Leader? – On Finding your Leadership Style

How do you discover your own authentic leadership style and is there only one style that is truly your personal leadership approach?

These are questions we often ask ourselves.

A quick online search on ‘leadership styles’ will give you several different answers. Some articles list five, others six, another one ten and so on.

How do you know what expert to listen to and what list of leadership styles to use when selecting yours? Is there one style that fits everyone everywhere and always?

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Difficult Conversations made Easy – Part 2 During the Meeting

In episode 11 we looked at the six steps to take to prepare for a challenging conversation, they included among others, to have a clear goal, to check your assumptions, and to try to understand and anticipate the other’s goals and needs.
Let us imagine that you are now having that so called difficult conversation. Perhaps you are connected virtually by video conference. How do you start?
First focus on creating trust. How do we create trust? By communicating positive intentions, being honest and transparent in our messaging and my listening.

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The Business Case for Leading Well

In a previous blog I examined the impact the health of the leader has on organizational performance. Today’s blog will discuss a couple of possible myths that can hold us back from creating a corporate…

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Health, Leadership and Organizational Performance

We seldom speak about the importance of health and wellbeing of the leader for organizational performance and inspiring leadership. However, if your leadership team crumbles under stress or your manager “checks out” from exhaustion you…

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