by Jane Perdue | Leadership
Getting your leadership practices “just right” is like, for those who have been to Maui, traveling the road to Hana.
It’s not a singular destination. Rather, it’s a journey where the mix of managing from the head and leading from the heart is always in active play.
Focus and resources may shift from one to the other depending on what’s happening in the moment at work.
Yet leaders who “get it” never lose sight of the fact that both elements are important. They avoid falling into the trap Elizabeth Doty, professor and founder of Leadership Momentum, describes here: (more…)
by Jane Perdue | Leadership
Even though we often act as if it was true, many of the options we face in life, love, and leadership aren’t limited to an either/or choice. Many times, if we look at little deeper, we’ll see a bountiful array of both head and heart opportunities.
One area where an either/or or both/and orientation shows up in stark contrast is in how we work with others, whether it’s at the office, home, in the community. (more…)
by Jane Perdue | Leadership
Only eight percent of the employees surveyed in the Forum Global Leadership Pulse Survey had a high level of trust for their leaders.
34 percent say they trust their boss less today than they did before.
Five percent said they don’t trust their boss at all.
And the other 53 percent have varying levels of low trust.
I’m thinking that’s a whole lot of too little trust. How about you?
Individuals who feel that their leader has, or will, demonstrate care and consideration will reciprocate this sentiment in the form of desired behaviors. ~K.T. Dirks, professor
Gallup’s State of the Global Workforce reported that “a solid foundation of trust can lead to increased productivity, profitability and lower turnover.” (more…)
by Jane Perdue | Leadership
No doubt about it–our brains prefer simplicity. I know mine does!
In a world where we’re pressed for time and performance, we instinctively look for ideas and solutions that support how we think—and ignore evidence to the contrary (the dreaded confirmation bias at work).
Deciding “either/or” is quick, easy, and sometimes an enormous mistake, one that endangers our leadership abilities. (more…)
by Jane Perdue | Leadership
Do you think a workplace where your boss talked to you only if you’d done something wrong would be a crummy place to work?
Someone I recently met described where she used to work as being that way. She made the observation so calmly.
Detached even. Like the situation was one of those it-is-what-it-is kind of things. (more…)
by Jane Perdue | Leadership
While doing some leadership research, I ran across this observation in an article I was reading:
“Holding people accountable is fine and well, but it should only be used as a last resort.”
Fine and well? Last resort? What horrifying advice!
In teams that I’ve led or been a member of, accountability was an inescapable success factor for managing a function or responsibility and for leading people or one’s self—it was an expectation or parameter established and communicated upfront. (more…)
