Great Leadership Happens Every Day, In Small Ways!
Today serves as a gentle reminder that great leadership, especially in the time of crisis, happens everyday in the smallest of ways. As or new norm is either Zoom/WebX or simple teleconferences, where the body language is a bit harder to decipher…it's more important now to up our verbal communication skills.
In the spirit of ensuring I am demonstrating empathetic leadership I have been focusing on my "and strategy." Which is at the start of ALL meeting establishing a CONNECTION first, as it is just as important as delivering the CONTENT. I have had to go back to basics and dialed up the usage of terminology of emotions and actions. This way with all of the distractions, there is a clear understanding of how I am feeling about a situation and what I am expecting to be done.
Dialing up expressive language:
I am feeling good about…
I am concerned…
I am excited about…
I am relieved about…
I am proud of the progress, considering the circumstance
I am confident/optimistic we will accomplish….
I am curious about…tell me more…
How can I help with…
In order to complete this by xxx, what do you need
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