Successful leadership starts with YOU
Happy New Year!
Right. I guess.
Doesn’t feel so ‘happy’ or exuberant this time around.
It could be something to do with the darn pandemic that, like the pungent odour from your neglected gym gear, is just lingering.
Suffering from New Year’s malaise? Uncertainty, fear, frustration are characterising the start of 2022.
We need to shake that off!
Here are some practical leadership tips to refocus that will boost your morale. Share with your team.
Why you should listen: leadership mindset is crucial right now
The unspoken fears affecting all leaders: how these are contributing to pervasive malaise.
Step 1: Shrink your world. The big picture can be overwhelming. Focus on what is in front of you: what do you have control over? (your focus, your decisions like what to wear and what to eat) What is going right? What are you grateful for?
Step 2: Take stock. What are your resources? These include money, people, belongings. It also includes your skills, knowledge and attitude. The latter are a wealth of potential that can be re-directed in a crisis.
Step 3: Get clear. What do you want? Not necessarily material things. What kind of person do you wish to be? How do you want to experience your life? What default feeling do you wish to experience day to day?
Step 4. Cultivate energy. How we show up matters. Be resonant. Be like a temple gong: reverberate. Be sonorous.
Step 5: Focus on your team.Napoleon Bonaparte said, “Leaders are dealers in hope.” Now more than ever this is true. What we do for ourselves, we must do for others.
This year, more than ever, leaders will need to be FACILITATORS. Make focus on CULTURE and MORALE the first order of team business.
You can start by sharing these tips, or this whole episode with your team.
ICYMI:Here is my downloadable gift for you: End of Year Reflection and Planning (no opt-in required). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FUXGPKe8QgxPiqTg22uCRObnjJq_i1x7/view
Here is my downloadable and editable AMPLIFIERS™ WALL PLANNER. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FUePxDAi3z5GcN34NA3ulBhRiBd9RAjv/view
Here is a brief video explaining how to fill it out. https://vimeo.com/656776038/ce1823c489
Shownotes: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-tips-new-year
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Related episodes on leadership tips:
243 End of Year: Book and podcast recommendations https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/end-of-year-reflection-book-recommendations
100 Canberra based leadership expert Zoë Routh on new year resets https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-mindset-reset-zoe-routh
36 Leadership expert Zoë Routh on how to evolve your leadership maturity https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-maturity-zoe-routh
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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh: