What do you do if your leadership development has plateaued?

Let us begin with a small checklist of probable causes for one's development to hit a plateau - Find out whether you have had Lower engagement with your team Poorer standards of quality on the team's outputs Rushed projects Lack of focus Lack of energy There may be other causes also. Now,let us focus on the remedial measures. INCREASE engagement with the team through listening actively. MOTIVATE the team to increase their productivity. ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY for the completion of projects and celebrate success (however small). INCREASE YOUR FOCUS through getting back to the drawing board. For GENERATING more energy take mentors or coaches yourself.

"My leadership hit a plateau so steep, it's practically a cliffhanger!" ⛰ Before evaluating your leadership strengths and weaknesses, it's crucial to understand why the perception exists that your leadership has reached a plateau. Leadership isn't just a destination; it's a continual journey of learning. ⇨ So, how do you recognize when your leadership progress has halted? ⇨ If your leadership were evolving as you envision, what signs of progress would you see? ⇨ How can you evaluate your current leadership with concrete evidence?

Ante un estancamiento en el desarrollo de liderazgo, evalúa tus hábitos y estrategias. Busca nuevas oportunidades de aprendizaje, como cursos en línea, libros y mentores. Reevalúa tu enfoque y adopta una mentalidad de crecimiento continuo. Reflexiona sobre tus éxitos y fracasos, y ajusta tu plan de acción en consecuencia. Te invito a compartir tus experiencias y desafíos en el desarrollo de liderazgo, y juntos inspiremos un crecimiento constante en la comunidad de líderes. ¿Qué acciones estás dispuesto a tomar para superar el estancamiento en tu liderazgo?

Breaking Through the Plateau: Reviving Your Leadership Development Journey. Reflect on Your Journey: Take stock of your leadership growth so far. What strategies have worked, and where have you faced challenges? Seek Feedback and Guidance: Engage with mentors, coaches, or peers for valuable insights. They can offer fresh perspectives and suggest areas for improvement. Commit to Continuous Learning: Embrace new growth opportunities. Attend workshops, read books, or take courses to enhance leadership skills. By reflecting on your journey, seeking feedback, and committing to continuous learning, you can break through your leadership development plateau and reach new heights of success.

Before jumping into an endless supply of books, podcasts, articles, webinars, and expensive retreats halfway across the world, get real with yourself. - What are you actually trying to accomplish? - What are your leadership goals? - What are the frictions or issues that you can see, hear, feel, and experience that are clearly signaling to you that you’re not yet at your goal?

Set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) goals that stretch you beyond your comfort zone. Align your goals with the organization's strategic objectives and your career aspirations. Break down larger goals into smaller, actionable steps to make progress more manageable.

As an executive coach, I've encountered this challenge before with individuals I've had the privilege to guide. When faced with a leadership plateau, I've found that setting specific, challenging goals is paramount. Together, we delve into precise areas for improvement, breaking down objectives into manageable steps. By fostering a supportive environment and encouraging self-reflection, we navigate through discomfort and setbacks, transforming them into opportunities for growth. Through this process, my clients have not only surpassed their plateaus but have emerged as resilient, dynamic leaders.

Volunteer for cross-functional projects or task forces to broaden your perspective and skillset. Attend industry conferences, workshops, or seminars to learn from experts and network with peers. Consider job rotations, temporary assignments, or stretch roles that expose you to new challenges.

Seek new experiences by expanding your network: connect with other leaders, industry experts or professionals outside your immediate sphere - especially outside your organisation. Gaining fresh perspectives will help to break free from the plateau.

Instead of using conventional SMART goals, when was the last time you applied a new and innovative process to stretch your current leadership skills?

New experiences are essential for growth. We typically don’t develop if we don’t change: - the situation - our approach / response to the situation - both!

What I find most helpful, is to reach out to someone new in an area that I’m curious about externally or strengthen a relationship with a business partner I don’t know well by finding a way to add value to their department/team/project.

Reflect, reflect, reflect, then reflect some more. Getting feedback from others can be invaluable, but it’s up to you to make sense of it, contextualize it in the landscape of your development goals, and choose with intention how to weave it into your daily practices.

Try new leadership approaches or techniques and observe the results. Seek feedback from your team and colleagues on what works well and what could be improved. Reflect on your experiences, successes, and failures to identify valuable lessons and adjust your approach accordingly.

Enhancing leadership skills is an ongoing process, where experimenting with new strategies and reflecting on their outcomes plays a crucial role. Embrace short, fast experiments to continuously discover what enhances your leadership and what doesn't. This approach allows for real-time learning and quick adaptation, ensuring leadership practices remain dynamic and effective. After each experiment, take time to reflect. What impact did it have? How did it shift your perspective or approach? This cycle of action and reflection is essential for personal growth and leadership development. It's about being proactive in your learning journey, constantly seeking ways to improve, innovate, and lead by example.

I agree with experimenting with new ideas. The ripple effect of ‘giving everything a go’ builds team spirit and also inclusion. My team has confidence in each other and in me, only because virtual ‘trust falls’ happen everyday and we have each others’ back.

Según la Psicología Positiva, el liderazgo es una fortaleza de carácter, un rasgo positivo de personalidad, que además, se puede desarrollar. Entendido de esta forma, y no la única, podemos como lider que somos o que queremos ser, emprender acciones orientadas a visibilizar la fortaleza. Hace unos años, los discípulos de Peterson, el socio de Seligman, el llamado padre de la Psicología Positiva, escribieron un libro basado en evidencias, que denominaron: "La fortalezas de Caracter importan". Para el desarrollo del liderazgo mencionan que: a. Organizar eventos intergeneracionales con la familia. Mostar similitudes b. Delegar o asumir responsabilidades en trabajos de equipo c. Acompañar a otro que no es lider actuando como espejo #liderazgo

Continuously seek out learning opportunities, such as reading leadership books, taking courses, or engaging in professional development programs. Find a mentor or join a leadership development program to gain new perspectives and guidance. Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging leadership philosophies.

Recognize and celebrate your achievements, no matter how small, to reinforce positive behaviors and boost motivation. Share your successes with your team and colleagues to inspire others and create a culture of learning and growth. Use your achievements as stepping stones to take on more significant challenges.

Successes in education are many if we choose to find them. As a leader, the power to build a rookie’s confidence or the power to build a relationship of trust with an OG is limitless. Celebration is key to maintaining morale and team spirit. My team knows that I never take myself too seriously and this generates a wave of learning through humour and humanity.

Be patient and persistent. Leadership development is an ongoing journey, and progress may not always be linear or immediate. Embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and grow. Analyze setbacks to identify areas for improvement and adjust your approach. Seek support from your organization, such as coaching, training programs, or leadership development initiatives, to help you overcome plateaus. Maintain a growth mindset and remain open to feedback and continuous improvement.

Find a mentor. Formally, if your company provides, or informally through past colleagues, friends of friends, etc. A good mentor should a) know you and care for you enough to foster your growth, b) have sufficient distance for candid constructive feedback, and c) have more experience, accomplishment, and/or skills than you in domains you want to succeed. Share your goals with your mentor, and get their help assessing your strengths and gaps relative to those goals. (If they can't help there, find a different mentor.) If you've plateaued, you need to understand why, and a good mentor can help identify the reasons. That may be enough to unblock you, but if not, a great mentor can help you start on the path to launching up from the plateau.

When celebrating your successes are you truly embodying them or only intellectualizing them? One makes you think you’ve accomplished it. The other insures you can tap into it again for growing.

Learn and be curious is a great principle to follow in leaders journey. Learning is an advantage, this helps build growth mindset. Stay curious as this supports continuous learning and nurtures positive attitude. Collaborate with larger teams to understand business dynamics more deeply. Participate in New projects, Share ideas. Embrace failure and learn from them, use them as stepping stone for success.

Patient, persistent and persuasive. My anthem in my change making journey. Being a leader is one where a badge or title most often underscores your sphere of influence and your ripples of change. Consistency is key to walking along the leadership path.

It happens to many of us. And sometimes it's necessary for consolidation..so don't worry Refresh your goals and start with acquiring new skills

I believe it’s important to have a North Star, an internal drive that we are thriving for through our leadership journey. Of course we might have a leadership position in a company, being responsible for people which is already lots of purpose being responsible for other’s development etc… still, in case we plateau, it’s crucial to go back to the roots and ask ourselves why do we do what we do, what are we giving to the world through our leadership.

If my leadership development has plateaued, I would seek new learning opportunities such as workshops, seminars, or mentorship programs to gain fresh perspectives and insights. Additionally, I might consider seeking feedback from colleagues or engaging in self-reflection to identify areas for growth and development.

Ensure that you are stimulating your own curiosity and challenging your world view. Too often we become limited by the sector and organisation we are familiar with. Find opportunities to visit organisations and meet with people who lead in sectors different from your own. We often believe that our challenges are unique to the area we work in, they aren’t, most are generic and it is always fascinating to see how different leaders in different sectors are dealing with similar challenges. By broadening your horizons, you will also grow your confidence and stimulate new thinking and approaches.

Take the time to consider how far you have come before trying to to advance upwards again. Think about what you might gain from increasing the breadth of your knowledge in a different area to your current experience. It's also important that you focus on the journey instead of just the milestone.