Today's post is one of the Leadership a-z from my sister blog The BizToolkit blog, a long term blog I've hosted since 2005 for leaders and small business owners. This year, with the focus on daily blogging here at the Teams365 blog my writing over at the BizToolkit has been a little more sporadic.
Today's Post is about What Makes You Unique? Here's what I wrote a few months ago,
"We each bring our own uniqueness as a leader. Becoming more self-aware of who we are, what be excel in and how we need to adapt to the things we don’t do so well, is an important part of emotional intelligence. As we have seen in other posts, EI is a critical skill set for leaders.
How do we explore what makes us unique?
Some of the things that make us who we are include: 1. Our values - What are the things you hold as important? What are the things you will go to bat for - integrity, quality, excellence? We sometimes become aware of our values when they are compromised or stepped on.
2. Our strengths - I’ve written past posts on Strengths and working with strengths on your team. You can read them here.
Gallup outlines the business case for working with strengths. As Marcus Buckingham states, “Team members who are encouraged to use their strengths regularly at work are
What would that translate to your organization?
Exploring strengths can be done using a couple of online assessments, including:
1. Via Strengths - Emerging out of the positive psychology movement, the VIA Strengths Profile has been taken by millions around the world. IT will identify some of your top signature strengths. It is a free online assessment
2. StrengthsFinder - I widely encourage leaders to look at StrengthsFinder 2.0 as a great resource to invest in in their team as it provides an important conversation starter at the team and organiatonal level. It is also linked into Strengths Based Leadership Model. You can learn more about the assessment here.
The more aware we are of our own strengths and others the more we can leverage them with the leadership and team context.
3. Explore styles - A third way to open the dialogue about uniqueness for yourself and/or team members is exploring styles. I continue to do a lot of work using the Everything DiSC suite of tools. The 363 for Leaders provides a useful 360 along the leadership vein. The Everything DiSC Work of Leaders also provides valuable feedback on leadership styles when we lead MANY. Contact us for more information.
Activity: Select one of the assessments/tools identified in today’s blog post. Complete it. What do you recognize about what makes you unique as a leader? What have you learned from this process? Consider what adaptations you can make, and want to make, in becoming more effective in your interactions. "
Excerpt taken from: http://biztoolkit.blogspot.ca/2014/02/leadership-z-u-is-for-what-makes-you.html
Today's Post is about What Makes You Unique? Here's what I wrote a few months ago,
"We each bring our own uniqueness as a leader. Becoming more self-aware of who we are, what be excel in and how we need to adapt to the things we don’t do so well, is an important part of emotional intelligence. As we have seen in other posts, EI is a critical skill set for leaders.
How do we explore what makes us unique?
Some of the things that make us who we are include: 1. Our values - What are the things you hold as important? What are the things you will go to bat for - integrity, quality, excellence? We sometimes become aware of our values when they are compromised or stepped on.
2. Our strengths - I’ve written past posts on Strengths and working with strengths on your team. You can read them here.
Gallup outlines the business case for working with strengths. As Marcus Buckingham states, “Team members who are encouraged to use their strengths regularly at work are
- 38% more likely to be highly productive
- 44% more likely to have high customer satisfaction scores
- 50% more likely to have high employee retention” (http://www.tmbc.com/offer/strengths)
What would that translate to your organization?
Exploring strengths can be done using a couple of online assessments, including:
1. Via Strengths - Emerging out of the positive psychology movement, the VIA Strengths Profile has been taken by millions around the world. IT will identify some of your top signature strengths. It is a free online assessment
2. StrengthsFinder - I widely encourage leaders to look at StrengthsFinder 2.0 as a great resource to invest in in their team as it provides an important conversation starter at the team and organiatonal level. It is also linked into Strengths Based Leadership Model. You can learn more about the assessment here.
The more aware we are of our own strengths and others the more we can leverage them with the leadership and team context.
3. Explore styles - A third way to open the dialogue about uniqueness for yourself and/or team members is exploring styles. I continue to do a lot of work using the Everything DiSC suite of tools. The 363 for Leaders provides a useful 360 along the leadership vein. The Everything DiSC Work of Leaders also provides valuable feedback on leadership styles when we lead MANY. Contact us for more information.
Activity: Select one of the assessments/tools identified in today’s blog post. Complete it. What do you recognize about what makes you unique as a leader? What have you learned from this process? Consider what adaptations you can make, and want to make, in becoming more effective in your interactions. "
Excerpt taken from: http://biztoolkit.blogspot.ca/2014/02/leadership-z-u-is-for-what-makes-you.html
Jennifer Britton, MES, CPT, PCC
Potentials Realized
Author of From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (Jossey-Bass, 2013) and Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010)
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Authorized Partner
Everything DiSC® Authorized Partner
Contact us and let us know how we can support you in helping your team reach its' full potential: (416)996-TEAM (8326)
Potentials Realized
Author of From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (Jossey-Bass, 2013) and Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010)
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Authorized Partner
Everything DiSC® Authorized Partner
Contact us and let us know how we can support you in helping your team reach its' full potential: (416)996-TEAM (8326)
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