Effective leadership is especially called for in times of rapid organizational change, a highly competitive marketplace or otherwise turbulent times that lead to high workplace stress and dysfunctional and unproductive work environments.

Assess the leadership in your workplace:

• Information is shared openly in my department/organization

• I have easy access to the people and information resources I need for my job

• Workload is evenly distributed throughout the department

• Everyone pitches in and pulls their own weight

• When crisis hits, workers come together to find solutions

• My department works well together, we have great team spirit

• There is little or no gossip

• We acknowledge and celebrate department successes together

What is Leadership

He is able who thinks he is able.The Buddha

Leadership is a role you choose, anyone can. How well you perform it is another question.

You either assume it of your own free will, motivated by an internal drive or inspired vision, or you accept it in response to an external situation – you may have leadership thrust upon you, or perhaps you'll rise to the occasion when challenged by a crisis.

In either case, whether you're a male leader or a female leader you will need to embrace your role and develop the qualities and skills required to be effective. Read more the special challenges facing women leaders.

26 centuries ago, Lao Tzu observed that A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, they will say: we did it ourselves

What is Effective Leadership?

Effective leaders are attuned to other people's feelings creating resonance to help their staff move in a positive emotional direction. Goleman D., Boyatzis R., & McKee A. 2002

1. Effective leadership creates the working conditions that attract and engage the workforce.

2. Engaged employees create engaged customers fostering organizational success.

3. Helping employees focus on their strengths has been recognized as key to greater employee engagement.

4. Maintaining goal focus and identifying changes necessary to reach goals is necessary to attain peak performance.

5. Effective leaders have a high degree of emotional intelligenceand balance the forces of emotional and mental energy in their teams.

6. Effective leaders are influencers and facilitators, inspiring highly creative collaborations, building strong and resourceful teams to achieve success by cultivating resilient networks, developing innovative strategies and efficient and flawless execution.

Good leadership skills can be developed by anyone through motivated action. Our coaching services are designed to help you clarify your personal and professional goals and move into action.

What’s in the Balance?

Who will you lead if there’s no one who wants to follow?

To inspire or motivate others to higher levels of performance, you must first demonstrate that you can lead yourself.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.Dwight D. Eisenhower

Your role is to balance the forces of emotional and mental energy in yourself and in your teams. Balancing yourself, the requirements of the task, your relationship with your followers and their energy and commitment to the task, is the challenge.

Using emotions effectively to influence and persuade others is a required skill that reflects a high degree of emotional intelligence.

Sacred Trust

You are responsible and accountable to your followers for the projects, businesses and organizations you lead.

One measure of success is the quality of trust that is shared. Your performance impacts this sacred trust. Negative and positive impacts are reflected in your followers' behavior and productivity.

Your effectiveness in the moment depends on whether you can assume control of the situation - whether you're in a position of choice.

Culitvating Resilience

Developing the ability to adjust and modulate your unique blend of styles, traits and qualities to respond appropriately to the situation in the moment is something Beginners Mind can help you achieve.

Your followers will find you once you are centered and grounded in your own self knowledge and understand your:

• Vision
• Purpose
• Values
• Beliefs
• Character
• Knowledge
• Skills and
• Personal challenges (Achilles heel)

A practice of Self care - to develop habits of self respect by setting and honoring boundaries and holding yourself accountable is a good place to start.

Management and leadership are like dance partners... knowing when to lead and what to manage is key to sustainable success.

Speak with Us

Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, KAIZEN Lifestyle Management, specializes in workplace coaching to help executives, managers, business owners and other creative professionals improve their personal and professional effectiveness and achieve sustainable success.

We have worked with organizations experiencing high growth, rapid change, leadership challenges, a fiercely competitive environment and restructuring. Planning and organizing large scale festivals and events with diverse stakeholders and hundreds of volunteers, dedicated to specific tasks, has provided us with opportunities to develop good leadership skills.

We offer a free no obligation business coaching consultation and are happy to answer your questions. You may contact us at 416 686 6463.

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