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Jan 12, 2022
Successful leadership starts with YOU
Happy New Year!
Right. I guess.
Doesn’t feel so ‘happy’ or exuberant this time around.
It could be something to do with the darn pandemic that, like the pungent odour from your neglected gym gear, is just lingering.
Suffering from New Year’s malaise? Uncertainty, fear, frustration are characterising the start of 2022.
We need to shake that off!
Here are some practical leadership tips to refocus that will boost your morale. Share with your team.
Why you should listen: leadership mindset is crucial right now
The unspoken fears affecting all leaders: how these are contributing to pervasive malaise.
Step 1: Shrink your world. The big
picture can be overwhelming. Focus on what is in front of you: what
do you have control over? (your focus, your decisions like what to
wear and what to eat)
What is going right?
What are you grateful for?
Step 2: Take stock. What are your
resources?
These include money, people, belongings. It also includes your
skills, knowledge and attitude. The latter are a wealth of
potential that can be re-directed in a crisis.
Step 3: Get clear. What do you
want?
Not necessarily material things. What kind of person do you wish to
be? How do you want to experience your life? What default feeling
do you wish to experience day to day?
Step 4. Cultivate energy. How we show up matters. Be resonant. Be like a temple gong: reverberate. Be sonorous.
Step 5: Focus on your
team.
Napoleon Bonaparte said, “Leaders are dealers in
hope.”
Now more than ever this is true.
What we do for ourselves, we must do for others.
This year, more than ever, leaders will need to be FACILITATORS. Make focus on CULTURE and MORALE the first order of team business.
You can start by sharing these tips, or this whole episode with your team.
ICYMI:
Here is my downloadable gift
for you: End of Year Reflection and Planning (no opt-in
required).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FUXGPKe8QgxPiqTg22uCRObnjJq_i1x7/view
Here is my downloadable and editable AMPLIFIERS™ WALL
PLANNER.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FUePxDAi3z5GcN34NA3ulBhRiBd9RAjv/view
Here is a brief video explaining how to fill it
out.
https://vimeo.com/656776038/ce1823c489
Shownotes:
www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-tips-new-year
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Related episodes on leadership tips:
243 End of Year: Book and podcast recommendations
https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/end-of-year-reflection-book-recommendations
100 Canberra based leadership expert Zoë Routh on new
year resets
https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-mindset-reset-zoe-routh
36 Leadership expert Zoë Routh on how to evolve your
leadership maturity
https://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-maturity-zoe-routh
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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted staff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.