Do You Have The Skills Needed To Succeed As A Leader?
Yesterday I touched on the importance of resilience as a critical skill to show up as your best self, no matter what you do, especially now. It will allow you to show up as the best mom or dad, leader, employee, balloon-maker (I knew one believe it or not)…whatever you want to do or be.
And it’s not a “one and done” situation. Like your car, you will run better with regular maintenance. My general formula is that your resilience efforts (RE) need to = the level of stressors (S) in your world. [RE=S]
In addition to resilience, there are 4 other skills that I see as critical in the future workplace. With leaner workforces and a smaller physical office footprint, I predict we are going to see a shifting of power down the official organizational structure to the Team Leader role (anyone who is managing another person). But these Team Leaders, need NEW SKILLS that I’m betting were not included in their on-boarding material:
EMOTIONAL REGULATION: you cannot lead effectively if you are in fight or flight mode.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY: if employees don’t feel safe, they are not going to be able to bring their best selves to work.
ABILITY TO INSPIRE: micromanaging will not work in the new workplace, so Team Leaders need to be skilled up in how to inspire team members, including messaging.
EMPOWERMENT: leaders who empower their employees at the lowest levels with decision-making authority will have teams that are more agile and able to respond quickly.
It’s an investment for sure to skill up Team Leaders in these 4 areas, but a relatively small one when you consider the positive ripple effects across the organization.
If you or someone on your team needs help with these skills, please reach out. My partners and I are here to help.