Your
Leadership (is a Verb)®
Report

Leadership isn’t a position, it’s a set of learnable skills you develop and practice over time. Whether you’re an emerging leader, an established leader, or an excluded leader, you can always work to create a more well-rounded leadership style, as well as improving your execution and increasing your capacity with each skill.

Your Leadership Wheel

Your Strengths

You’re particularly skilled at boldness and learning, both of which are key leadership skills!

People likely find you exciting and inspiring to work with, and you’re most likely to find yourself excelling at taking informed action, even when it’s uncomfortable, or others are hesitating. This is a particularly good combination of skills as a leaders, since it means that you can take control of difficult situations and make smart decisions effectively and with ease.

Your Opportunities

You’ve got some room for improvement with accountability and loving.

It’s natural to be more comfortable with some aspects of leadership and less comfortable with others. For you, that may look like fiding it easy to start things, but hard to follow through on them, and preferring to work on your own, rather than emotionally engaging with a team. It’s worth paying attention to your development in these areas, because without a strong ability to own your actions and love your team, you may find that trust in your leadership erodes over time.

Things to Consider

  • Research shows that people are much more creative, innovative, and engaged at work when they feel like it’s safe to be vulnerable and to make mistakes. Approaching leadership with love is a big part of making that happen, so this week, see if you can find one specific moment to bring more love to. It could be a moment of appreciation at your weekly meeting, asking that co-worker who’s been quiet the past few weeks if they’re OK, etc. Small things are completely fine — and often more effective than the big ones!

  • While it’s never going to be super fun to acknowledge when you’ve messed up, having a clear plan for next steps can at least take some of the overwhelm out of the equation. If you’re not really sure where to go with this, then you can think of a leader you have had who modeled accountability really well for you. What would they have done in this situation? How would they have acted? Is there anything in their behavior or reactions that you can carry forward into your own leadership?

We’re Here to Help

Leadership development is an ongoing journey, and we’re here for you every step of the way.

Find out more about how we can support you and your leadership here.