Discover the ninth leadership habit... educating people

In The New Leadership Manifesto and Leadership Laid Bare! I explore what I believe are the 10 Leadership Disciplines required for success in our VUCA world.

To develop as a leader we need to be so focused to apply the ten disciplines that our ways of working become natural habits - that's when our performance really takes off.

In this article I'll share the ninth discipline/habit... watch out for the other nine articles!

Discipline 9: 

Educating People

We need to build awareness and desire to learn and change the way we operate in a world where the rules have changed. We need to help people and organisations really learn. We must inspire curiosity, promote learning and ensure agility.

We must only ‘tell’ when direction is absolutely needed. We need to ensure learning is applied, lead with questions, coach, mentor, teach, develop and nurture capability.

All change happens and starts by changing mindsets. In our digital world, where we are having to change and transform quickly, it makes sense to be a master of educating people. How many leaders really know how to build awareness and desire for change.

If you want to accelerate your organisational growth you have to accelerate learning.

It’s not about telling anymore it is about taking people on a journey. It is about creating space for learning, mistakes will happen but it is only failure if learning isn’t applied.

One of the ways to future proof your business is to create change leaders, what I call Secret Agents of Change, at every level. I created the ChangePro Framework and online development programme to develop project and change leaders to be able to deliver change faster, more easily and in a more effective way.

By changing the way leaders think, feel and do, it accelerates action. They become more efficient and more effective.

We need to spend time educating to ensure we get more of the right stuff done effectively and efficiently! Organisations must become more competitive to survive and thrive.

Leadership questions to think about: 

• Do I use and encourage action learning techniques? 

• Do I build in learning reviews as a way of working? 

• Do I review feelings, behaviours, and methods as well as outcomes? 

• Do I regularly challenge and ask ‘why’ questions to promote learning? 

• Do I actively coach my team members? 

• Do I encourage informal on the job learning? 

• Do I develop the confidence of my team? 

• Do I encourage curiosity and lead with questions? 

• Do I ensure my team get outside their normal environment 

How much time do you spend educating, coaching and mentoring your team? Let me know how you do it in the comments.

Every success

Graham

About the author

Graham is on a mission to change the way organisations are being led. His sole purpose is to awaken possibility in leaders to deliver extraordinary results. Called a Leadership Wizard by his clients, he is the founder of the award winning Successfactory, author of Leadership Laid Bare! and The New Leadership Manifesto. He is trusted by many of the best leaders and organisations around the world to develop their leaders.

You can contact Graham at graham.wilson@thesuccessfactory.co.uk

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