S7 E25 Key Traits of Authenticity- Why and How Authenticity helps you leads with Lisa Askwith
- S7E25
- 12:59
- November 21st 2021
To allow your business to be the best that it can be, you need to focus on developing your, and your leadership team’s authenticity. The new modern workforce demands so much more than command and control, they are value based, wanting to receive value and give it back to the workplace. They derive their value from what you do in the business, and this understanding is key to your success.
To help you meet these core needs, authenticity becomes key for you and your leadership teams. Focusing on authentic leadership and how key areas such as, coaching, mentoring, empathy and servant leadership can help you establish that for yourself and your business. Exceptional leadership is a key success tool in any business, and it takes effort, time, and experience to achieve. It’s not an overnight thing, or something that you can decide to have, or do. However, getting it right can improve your culture, leading to growth and innovation as well as retaining your talent, Engaging your People to achieve this will deliver you maximum success across your company.
5 key traits that characterizes authentic leadership, offered by Harvard Business School Professor Nancy Koehn, who teaches a course about legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton.
5 CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTHENTIC LEADERS
1. They’re Committed to Bettering Themselves
2. They Cultivate Self-Awareness
According to Koehn, cultivating this foundational component of emotional intelligence involves asking yourself questions, such as:
· What am I experiencing? · What are my strengths? · How am I showing up in the world?
3. They’re Disciplined
4. They’re Mission-Driven
5. They Inspire Faith
Part1- Key traits of Authenticity- Why and How Authenticity helps you lead
If you enjoy this the following 3 parts of the series are;
Part 2- Step by step to Becoming an Authentic Leader Part 3- Authentic Leadership by developing your Coaching Skills in 4 key steps Part 4- Authenticity and Servant Leadership- How to develop both successfully.
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Engaging Your People for Success with Lisa Askwith
People are the greatest asset any business has, and all too often they are overlooked and forgotten. It's time you utilised your biggest asset to its fullest extent, don't let your company suffer.
Join me weekly for 'Engaging your People for Success' and learn all the many ways in which you can successfully engage your people, developing a massive positive shift in your business, and helping it achieve more than you imagined.
The best thing is, when you do this well, not only is it really rewarding, and often fun, but your business becomes sustainable and future proof.
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Meet the Hosts
"People are your greatest asset in business- If you can really embrace that, then I can help you make your business the best that it can be." -- Lisa Askwith
Lisa is a highly experienced global business specialist, at Apex BRS, who has a track record of turning businesses around, and greatly increasing their success. Having worked for both billion $$ companies and start ups, Lisa has a unique view on all aspects of business and truly understand the levers that can be used in any business to help it thrive.
In her own words,
'People are the powerhouse behind everything, they are an intrinsic part of your business, and your everyday life. If you can't engage and work with them in a mutually beneficial style then everything suffers.
I passionately believe in not only ensuring your people are engaged, but in putting people at the centre of the work equation. Whilst the business, or product, or service, is still vitally important, it is the people that will ultimately make or break your company's success.
Join me every Thursday on IBGR for Engaging 'Your People for Success' where I will talk about the many different ways in which you can capitalize on working with your greatest asset- YOUR PEOPLE
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