This post talks about 7 things we can do to get people to listen to us and what we have to say. If we want to lead and grow in our organisation, it is important that people we lead, who lead us and our peers listen to us, our ideas and take them seriously.
As leaders, we have two crucial responsibilities: 1. Believe that you are at the right position and at the right time and that either you have the skills needed to succeed with the team or have the capacity to learn what you need to succeed as a team. 2. Help your team develop their self belief by believing in them and lead them to success. As they say, their success is their success and their failure is yours. In success and in failure, look for lessons to learn that can help us in becoming better and increase our belief in […]
One of the most fundamental foundations of a culture that enables high performance is a sense of belonging amongst the people who are part of that culture. This sense of belonging takes root when we trust our colleagues enough to show up as who we are, with all our strengths and faults. This sense of belonging takes root when the arguments and debates are about ideas and their merits and not about people and their beliefs. This sense of belonging takes root when the people know and trust their leaders to have their best interest in mind. This sense of […]
Premise: I came across this reel on Instagram and loved the story and wanted to share it with you all. You can watch the reel here. While the story itself is better told by Dr. Caroline Brookfield in the reel, I wanted to share other things that I learnt watching and listening to the story and wanted to share that with you. So, here we go: Lesson 1: The importance of Psychological Safety The person who shared the idea about poking people’s eye was able to share the idea (which eventually led to the breakthrough idea) because that person felt […]
