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A lesson in leadership and how our Training Services helped.
Date Added: June 22, 2011 12:36:04 AM
Author: PCS Consultants Inc.
Category: Business & Economy

PCS' Recommendation: We recommended a leadership training entitled, “How to Speak like a Leader" for this individual and he, (like many of our clients) found it fitting to invite the senior level managers from his firm to attend the training on-site. Here are some of the powerful tactics we suggested for professional success in leading staff: •1) Show Selected Weakness: By showing some weaknesses, you create a collaborative atmosphere and become more personally approachable. Just be selective about what you reveal. Never reveal a weakness that could jeopardize central aspects of your professional role. If you are a new finance director for example, don't reveal that you've never understood discounted cash flow. •2) Follow Your Intuition vis a vis Timing and Course of Action: Knowing how to collect and interpret soft data is crucial. That special "sensing" ability ensures that you know what's going on-or not going on-without explicit information. A related ability: sensing when to do or say-or not do or say-certain things. •3) Manage with "Tough" Empathy: Tough empathy means several things, including giving people what they need, not what they want; caring passionately about the work and your people; insisting on high standards; and telling the truth about matters of critical importance to workers. •4) Capitalize on Differences: Leaders use their differences in a paradoxical way to signal their separateness at the same time they reveal their weaknesses. People will push themselves more when you use your unique experience, vision and knowledge to remain a little apart from them. •5) Ask for feedback: . "A lot of times the easiest thing to do is just to ask the people you are trying to lead what you can do better," says leadership expert Tom Atchison.Ask questions like these: - "Am I focused on the right things?" - "Do I have my priorities in order?" - "Is there anything I need to be working on, or are there opportunities for my development?" Interestingly enough, the leaders I work with who are the most effective possess a certain level of humility," says Atchison. "The great leaders really don't have egos; they just want to get the job done through other people, and they want to listen and learn." All four of those qualities are essential to being or becoming an inspirational leader. But most important of all, those four qualities encourage you to become a more authentic leader. You'll be your true self----with more skill. This individual contacted PCS, and extended the invitation for leadership training to all of the senior level managers. The result? Effective leadership. Now that is saying, "yes" to success. For more information visit pcs-consultants.com