How do Leaders Motivate Teams?
How do Leaders motivate Teams? Christopher Whitnall: There’s a number of ways in which a leader can motivate their team. One of the ways is that they need to understand what motivates the people in the team: That some people are driven by intrinsic thinks. That is, they are driven by doing a good job or setting their own standards. …
Influencing Your Team
What’s the best way to influence team members? Kat Thomas: It’s a commonly held misconception that to influence someone, you need to persuade them. Actually, what you need to do is listen to them and understand them first. Once we listen to somebody and once we understand where they’re coming from, only then do we really understand enough about what …
R U OK?
Why should you ask your team, ‘R U OK’? Christopher Whitnall: I think it’s important to ask people at work ‘R UK OK?’ because people spend a lot of time at work and a lot of times there are issues at work that are putting pressure on them. So to check in with people to see how they’re going with their …
Creating a Leadership Culture
One of the most counter-productive approaches when considering the concept of leadership is the view that Leaders exist only at the top of an organisation, and that everyone else responsible for people and teams are Managers or Supervisors, who are often given the accountability of a leader but with neither the recognition nor the authority. These views immediately prevent the application …
Hacking the Rockstar Attitude
by Kim Singline This week, I received an invitation from our lovely talkforce MD, Chris, to attend a keynote on all things leadership, engagement and performance, delivered by a man named Mark Schulman, here from LA due to his current gig of touring the world with PINK, as her drummer! I must admit, I had my doubts: I wondered how well-informed a muso could …