Leadership
Four strengths for leaders
· by Human Matters · 2 min read
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Good leadership ensures that the skills and talents of your employees and colleagues perform optimally. But which social skills do you have in your own hands? And how can you make the difference?
1 Giving effective feedback
The quality and impact of your feedback comes down to two things: clarity and respect. By giving your feedback in a clear, inspiring way, a dialogue emerges that brings the quality of work more in line with the mission and values of the organisation. Giving corrective feedback as well as expressing appreciation ensures that others are happy to contribute to top quality.
2 Truly being able to listen
Being able to listen empathically to the frustrations and concerns of employees is essential for a caring leader. We often see and hear that this skill is only moderately or not developed. Being able to listen to what employees feel and need without immediately going on the defensive is a remarkable skill. It promotes a climate of openness and dialogue.
3 Stimulating co-creation
Harnessing collective intelligence makes the difference. By bringing together the knowledge, creativity and expertise of a team, a quality emerges that keeps innovating and growing. It brings out the best in people. The no-objection method combined with Connecting Decision-Making ensures fast, high-quality decision-making that makes the most of the momentum.
4 Self-care
Leadership means taking good care of yourself. When you stand in your own strength, it inspires others. You can do this by staying true to yourself. By feeling what’s going well and what could be better. By consciously sidestepping judgemental thinking and the search for someone to blame, and instead proactively making decisions and encouraging others to do the same. That is a key to success.
You integrate the above skills by following an expert training in Connecting Leadership. Through the e-learning in advance and a ten-week implementation programme, you integrate Nonviolent Communication into every interaction. This unique programme changes you fundamentally and makes you not want to go back to old management techniques.