What does it mean to be a data-driven leader?
What sort of data driven decisions are you making today? Are you using data to drive your budgeting decisions? Marketing spend? Customer demographic focus? Hiring strategy? Branding updates? Website messaging? Sales targets? Pricing models? Product iterations? User experience? As long as you have access to the data, you can easily use it to make important decisions right across your business. Check out our hellomonday post to appreciate what it takes to be a data-driven leader.
Why “Systems Thinking” should become your go-to leadership strategy
Organisations can only function when the people, the processes, and the technology are all in sync. When a leader adopts a Systems Thinking approach to business operations, she isn’t just looking at the people (or teams), processes, and product / software in isolation, she’s looking at (thinking about) the broader situation … in other words, the system. Read this article to appreciate why Systems Thinking should become your go-to leadership strategy.
Roles & responsibilities in performance conversations
Both you and your team members play a key role in these conversations.
Are you suffering from decision making fatigue as a leader?
As a leader, your decision-making style can be described as how you typically react when faced with a choice. Do you make a decision alone? Do you consult others? Do you go with your gut? Perhaps you over analyse? Maybe you even flip a coin? Check out our hellomonday post which delves into the four primary decision-making styles of leadership. And read about the tell-tale signs of decision-making fatigue.
Networking done right: the power of intentional connection
Business networking can make a massive difference to your career, often leading to new professional opportunities that you might otherwise have never been given.
Burnout isn’t good for anyone, least of all a leader
For any leader it’s important not to fall into the trap of being on 24 x 7. Boundaries are important. Remember, there was once a time when you couldn’t be on a conference call while sitting in traffic, and when your clients didn’t have your home phone number, or when emails were on your computer at work, not incessantly buzzing during family dinner. Check out our hellomonday post to appreciate the differences between work-life balance, work-life separation, and work-life integration.
How to successfully lead a multi-generational workforce
Understand how to communicate with influence to build relationships and get buy in.
The importance of defining and maintaining a solid company culture
Whether you like it or not, your company has a culture. Culture takes place wherever more than one person is present in a business. As your business grows, the culture is set by the way the entire group does things rather than the way an individual does things. When did you last stop to think about the importance of your company culture? This learning covers the importance of defining and maintaining a solid company culture.
Perfecting the art of transparent communication and collaboration
You will never be accused of over communicating. Rest assured, nobody will resign from your organisation because they felt you told them too much! The danger in only telling half the story though, is that employees will fill in the gaps and create their own scenario in their head. That’s a downward spiral in the making and will often result in the wrong people exiting the business. Check out our hellomonday post on perfecting the art of transparent communication and collaboration.
SMART Goals: How to make your goals achievable
Most goals fail because they are too vague. Learn how SMART goals give your team actionable steps and a clear direction.