How to Train and How to Lead

🔭 Perspectives on leadership

Recall the 'Dancing Guy' video? It's a lively reminder that leadership starts with one person's courage to step up and inspire a collective groove. Leadership isn't about rank but the power to influence and unite.

⛹️ Sports Coach or Puppet Player

There are two metaphors that are helpful when we think about leadership. However, it is never one or the other. The mix makes leadership tasty.

💪 Becoming better

As a leader, you generally have 5 different ways of integrating “becoming better” into your weekly team life:

1. Be a role model
2. Manage performance
3. Make time for learning
4. Do meetings for improvement
5. Use the Top Gun approach

🐘 Radical Candor

The next sessions will be focused around performance management in your teams. One of the keys of high-performing teams is to have a productive feedback culture. And Radical Candor is amazing tool to get going with it.

If you have time, have a look at the video by Kim Scott explaining Radical Candor (5 min). She is an expert in it (maybe because she invented it 😊). YouTube Video by Kim Scott

We talked a lot about leadership during the session. Who are your role models? When do you want to lead and how? At the end of the day, what counts in all the discussions is your moment of truth.

What is the most important step for you personally in anchoring leadership in your week?

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Don't forget to plan your buddy session before the next training session. Discuss in pairs how it has worked to really put leadership into practice.

- What have you already achieved from your plans?

- Have you managed to do it every week?

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