What I Learned About Myself As A Leader

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10 things I learned almost leadership

I sometimes become asked (unremarkably by other women) to share with them lessons I have learned from holding a full general manager position and being a senior Hr leader. These are the cardinal principles that take guided me:

ane. Be transparent and consequent about your cadre principles and values

People want to know the yard sticks you will use to assess situations and appraise their contribution and encounter that you lot concur yourself answerable to these measures in everything you lot practise.

2. Be genuine

We accept all seen the bear on in politics of leaders trying to be the person they believe others await. People volition accept flaws, but not a phoney. Be authentic in your relationships.

3. Have a clear purpose

Take the time to consider what you need the team to achieve and why this will make a positive difference, including for them. Brand sure you clearly articulate this and gloat the steps taken towards achieving the person. Note to some of our political leaders – keeping the seat warm is not a purpose!

4. Know yourself (and especially what y'all are not good at)

Leverage people in the squad with passion and skill in those areas. You don't need to know everything and be good at everything to pb finer. That sounds obvious but it took me a while to wake up to that. Brand it easy for staff to give you honest feedback. Especially ask those who volition exist critical. Not always comfy, only in the terminate vital.

five. Care for everyone adequately, only that doesn't mean treating everyone the same.

Your teams volition have people with different styles, skills, situations and needs. Your job every bit leader is to sympathize that and then suit your support and coaching to fit the individuals. As a new leader it is tempting to treat people in the way you similar to exist treated. That isn't necessarily what they want!

6. Build constructive and respectful teams

Your job is help every team member to be the best they can be, just crucially to create a sum that is more than the parts. Remember this when recruiting. When people really value and leverage the diverseness in the squad, and especially feel commitment and care for their colleagues, great things tin happen.

7. Avoid doing other people's job for them

You probably got the top job because y'all are actually effective in the field yous work in, and are passionate virtually information technology. Learning to let people figure out their ain way to solve issues can be difficult. Women peculiarly are acculturated to 'do' stuff not watch others do it, and can struggle with not 'joining in' aka interfering!

viii. Be clear well-nigh what outcomes are needed and when

As a adult female, I learned oblique way of making requests (non to be demanding), frequently posing tasks as questions or invitations. Male subordinates volition not necessarily sympathise instructions that are posed in that manner.

9. Be humble

When y'all wake upwardly in the morning and wonder whether you are up to the job, believe that it isn't only y'all. Other leaders likewise doubt themselves. A dose of genuine humility however is a valuable leadership attribute. It leads to listening, which is both engaging and the route to ameliorate decision making.

ten. Go along your sense of humor

Piece of work consumes most of your life and information technology should be fun!

About Kairen Harris

Kairen Harris is an Acquaintance Manager at Worklogic, She brings an impressive set of Hour skills and experience to Worklogic, obtained from an extensive, international HR career. Prior to joining Worklogic, Kairen was HR General Manager for Shell in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands, responsible for delivering the workplace policies, processes and culture that would all-time promote values of gender equity, inclusion and respect for people.

For a free, confidential discussion on creating a civilization that doesn't tolerate bad behaviour at your workplace, please contact Kairen via email or give her a telephone call on (03) 9981 6500.

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