If you’re a leader wanting to progress your career, the interactions you have with key people need to leave a favourable impression.
That’s especially true if you interact with key senior leaders and/or influential figures, such as CEOs and global leaders.
Staying connected with your people is crucial for any leader, especially if your organisation is going through transformational change.
There’s nothing less motivating for staff than feeling disconnected from the executive team. It can suggest to them a lack of interest in their activities and welfare, or that their involvement isn’t valued.
Some of my business consulting work involves advising on how to approach and manage change. One of the most important ways to manage change, is to ensure the leadership/executive team is aware of and invested in the social capital of their organisation; the ties that bind all people involved, together.
From time to time, most business leaders need to have difficult conversations with poor performers. I’ve touched on this before in my Blog, because many business owners and leaders find managing poor performance challenging or awkward.
I’ve been taking my own advice and thinking about changes I need to make for the future. When you’re doing that for yourself or your business, it can create some discomfort …
If so, it’s easy to be impatient and expect instant results. But if there’s any hurrying to be done, it should be in getting change underway as soon as you realise it’s necessary.
A recent tussle I had with COVID-19, emphasised the value of flexible work arrangements such as working from home, remote working and hybrid working.
Mentors can be in many forms. Mentorship can be provided as a formal or informal relationship and mentors may come from within your company, or externally.
How well do you know your business? The answer to that question applies to everyone running a business and it’s probably the biggest gap in knowledge I come across in my business consulting work.
When I coach senior leaders who want to advance to the next level of their careers, we often talk about the need to ‘elevate’. It’s a concept worth knowing about, if you want to step up to a new role.
Juliet Hull Consulting is an international business consultancy working with companies to develop strategies & drive change for sustainable growth.