Current and future clients ask what we are coaching in executive business coaching. We will address your business operating system and leadership to solidify your competitive advantage. Regarding your leadership style, at Leader’s Cut, we use Talent Dynamics to identify your leadership genius.
What is the BEST style of leadership? The one that delivers results, communicates well, and attracts the best talent? Yours. That’s the best style, reader. Because it’s a trick question. Every leadership style is effective when you work on developing it. That’s where I can help. Avoid the mistake of believing there is a style to have to “perform” to be effective.
Authenticity is the antidote to skepticism from your team.
Tip #1: Be self-aware.
One of the most important foundations of leadership coaching is self-awareness. Great leaders don’t just tell others what to do; they model the behavior they want to see. Want to teach communication skills? Be a great communicator. Want the leaders in your organization to be amazing at developing future leaders? Be a developer of top talent. The person you are in the position to change is yourself. The best way to lead is by example.
TIP: Look inward to impact outward. The best way to lead is by example.
To do that, use the information within your Talent Dynamics report and your Saboteur Assessment to reflect on how you show up in the world, how you are perceived, and what changes would make you more effective.
This is how you leverage your leadership style: demonstrate the impact of optimizing your style by understanding your genius and how different styles improve the organization. Look inward to impact outward.
Tip #2: Profile your team.
To leverage your leadership style, start by understanding yourself and your team. Profiling your team is key, even in the early stages of leadership coaching. Knowing each person’s leadership type and how the team works together helps you tap into your collective strengths.
TIP: Knowing each person’s leadership type and how the team works together helps you tap into your collective strengths.
The greater the trust, the greater the value. You can help support that trust building by ensuring everyone on the team is in flow according to their unique genius. When everyone operates in their unique genius, teamwork flows smoothly. If your team struggles with friction, it likely comes from a lack of trust and rigid processes.
Create space for everyone to contribute their strengths to gain a competitive advantage.
Tip #3: Master the keys.
To build on your awareness and team information, take note of the six key skills of highly effective teams: communicating, delegating, motivating, recruiting, collaborating, and developing.
Here’s how to leverage your leadership skills to be a role model of success:
- Communicating: By clearly communicating, your organization is 3.5 times more likely to outperform your peers.
- Delegating: Great delegation results in faster growth, generating more revenue, and creating more jobs by ensuring every team member’s talent is attuned to its highest and best use.
- Motivating: Motivating an employee from disengagement to activation adds $13,000 per year to the bottom line; given that only 36% of employees are engaged, this is a tremendous opportunity.
- Recruiting: Recruiting top talent further distinguishes you from peers when you apply a process that finds talent before it hits the market.
- Collaborating: Effective collaboration reduces friction, turnover, and improves culture.
- Developing: Finally, investing in developing your talent reflects the fact that 94% of employees would stay longer if they could learn and grow.
If you want to see real results from your leadership style, let’s start with a no-pressure meet-and-greet to see if we’re a good fit. As an executive business coach, I know how crucial decision-making is for your business.
If we’re a match, Leader’s Cut will invest in you and your team to show what our coaching can do. You’ll take the Talent Dynamics and Saboteur Assessments, which reveal key insights about your leadership style. Each team member will get a personalized report, and we’ll meet on a Zoom call to discuss the results. We’ll explore your team’s strengths and quick wins to improve your leadership style.
You will leave with actionable insights and understand how you can achieve up to 10x ROI on your coaching investment by aligning it with your business goals.
Let’s get started—schedule your Meet & Greet today!
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